Fix validation documentation & Submission Errors Cannot Have Translatable Error Objects

docs/CreateEdit.md

@@ -1215,12 +1215,17 @@ The value of the form `validate` prop must be a function taking the record as in
 const validateUserCreation = (values) => {
     const errors = {};
     if (!values.firstName) {
-        errors.firstName = ['The firstName is required'];
+        errors.firstName = 'The firstName is required';
     }
     if (!values.age) {
-        errors.age = ['The age is required'];
+        // You can return translation keys
+        errors.age = 'ra.validation.required';
     } else if (values.age < 18) {
-        errors.age = ['Must be over 18'];
+        // Or an object if the translation messages need parameters
+        errors.age = {
+            message: 'ra.validation.minValue',
+            args: { min: 18 }
+        };
     }
     return errors
 };
@@ -1272,7 +1277,7 @@ const validateFirstName = [required(), minLength(2), maxLength(15)];
 const validateEmail = email();
 const validateAge = [number(), minValue(18)];
 const validateZipCode = regex(/^\d{5}$/, 'Must be a valid Zip Code');
-const validateSex = choices(['m', 'f'], 'Must be Male or Female');
+const validateGenre = choices(['m', 'f', 'nc'], 'Please choose one of the values');
 
 export const UserCreate = (props) => (
     <Create {...props}>
@@ -1281,10 +1286,11 @@ export const UserCreate = (props) => (
             <TextInput label="Email" source="email" validate={validateEmail} />
             <TextInput label="Age" source="age" validate={validateAge}/>
             <TextInput label="Zip Code" source="zip" validate={validateZipCode}/>
-            <SelectInput label="Sex" source="sex" choices={[
+            <SelectInput label="Genre" source="genre" choices={[
                 { id: 'm', name: 'Male' },
                 { id: 'f', name: 'Female' },
-            ]} validate={validateSex}/>
+                { id: 'nc', name: 'Prefer not say' },
+            ]} validate={validateGenre}/>
         </SimpleForm>
     </Create>
 );
@@ -1319,7 +1325,7 @@ const ageValidation = (value, allValues) => {
     if (value < 18) {
         return 'Must be over 18';
     }
-    return [];
+    return undefined;
 };
 
 const validateFirstName = [required(), maxLength(15)];
@@ -1414,17 +1420,25 @@ You can validate the entire form data server-side by returning a Promise in the
 const validateUserCreation = async (values) => {
     const errors = {};
     if (!values.firstName) {
-        errors.firstName = ['The firstName is required'];
+        errors.firstName = 'The firstName is required';
     }
     if (!values.age) {
-        errors.age = ['The age is required'];
+        errors.age = 'The age is required';
     } else if (values.age < 18) {
-        errors.age = ['Must be over 18'];
+        errors.age = 'Must be over 18';
     }
 
-    const isEmailUnique = await checkEmailIsUnique(values.userName);
+    const isEmailUnique = await checkEmailIsUnique(values.email);
     if (!isEmailUnique) {
-        errors.email = ['Email already used'];
+        // Return a message directly
+        errors.email = 'Email already used';
+        // Or a translation key
+        errors.email = 'myapp.validation.email_not_unique';
+        // Or an object if the translation needs parameters
+        errors.email = {
+            message: 'myapp.validation.email_not_unique',
+            args: { email: values.email }
+        };
     }
     return errors
 };
@@ -1515,6 +1529,8 @@ export const UserCreate = (props) => {
 
 **Tip**: The shape of the returned validation errors must correspond to the form: a key needs to match a `source` prop.
 
+**Tip**: The returned validation errors might have any validation format we support (simple strings or object with message and args) for each key.
+
 ## Submit On Enter
 
 By default, pressing `ENTER` in any of the form fields submits the form - this is the expected behavior in most cases. However, some of your custom input components (e.g. Google Maps widget) may have special handlers for the `ENTER` key. In that case, to disable the automated form submission on enter, set the `submitOnEnter` prop of the form component to `false`:

examples/simple/src/users/UserEdit.tsx

@@ -53,16 +53,26 @@ const EditActions = ({ basePath, data, hasShow }) => (
     </TopToolbar>
 );
 
-const UserEdit = ({ permissions, ...props }) => (
-    <Edit
-        title={<UserTitle />}
-        aside={<Aside />}
-        actions={<EditActions />}
-        {...props}
-    >
+const UserEditForm = ({ permissions, save, ...props }) => {
+    const newSave = values =>
+        new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+            if (values.name === 'test') {
+                return resolve({
+                    name: {
+                        message: 'ra.validation.minLength',
+                        args: { min: 10 },
+                    },
+                });
+            }
+            return save(values);
+        });
+
+    return (
         <TabbedForm
             defaultValue={{ role: 'user' }}
             toolbar={<UserEditToolbar />}
+            {...props}
+            save={newSave}
         >
             <FormTab label="user.form.summary" path="">
                 {permissions === 'admin' && <TextInput disabled source="id" />}
@@ -87,8 +97,20 @@ const UserEdit = ({ permissions, ...props }) => (
                 </FormTab>
             )}
         </TabbedForm>
-    </Edit>
-);
+    );
+};
+const UserEdit = ({ permissions, ...props }) => {
+    return (
+        <Edit
+            title={<UserTitle />}
+            aside={<Aside />}
+            actions={<EditActions />}
+            {...props}
+        >
+            <UserEditForm permissions={permissions} />
+        </Edit>
+    );
+};
 
 UserEdit.propTypes = {
     id: PropTypes.any.isRequired,

packages/ra-core/package.json

@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
     "peerDependencies": {
         "connected-react-router": "^6.5.2",
         "final-form": "^4.20.2",
-        "final-form-submit-errors": "^0.1.2",
         "react": "^16.9.0 || ^17.0.0",
         "react-dom": "^16.9.0 || ^17.0.0",
         "react-final-form": "^6.5.2",

packages/ra-core/src/form/FormWithRedirect.tsx

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import * as React from 'react';
 import { useRef, useCallback, useEffect, useMemo } from 'react';
 import { Form, FormProps, FormRenderProps } from 'react-final-form';
 import arrayMutators from 'final-form-arrays';
-import { submitErrorsMutators } from 'final-form-submit-errors';
 
 import useInitializeFormWithRecord from './useInitializeFormWithRecord';
 import useWarnWhenUnsavedChanges from './useWarnWhenUnsavedChanges';
@@ -19,6 +18,7 @@ import { RedirectionSideEffect } from '../sideEffect';
 import { useDispatch } from 'react-redux';
 import { setAutomaticRefresh } from '../actions/uiActions';
 import { FormContextProvider } from './FormContextProvider';
+import submitErrorsMutators from './submitErrorsMutators';
 
 /**
  * Wrapper around react-final-form's Form to handle redirection on submit,

packages/ra-core/src/form/ValidationError.tsx

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ interface Props {
 
 const ValidationError: FunctionComponent<Props> = ({ error }) => {
     const translate = useTranslate();
-
     if ((error as ValidationErrorMessageWithArgs).message) {
         const { message, args } = error as ValidationErrorMessageWithArgs;
         return <>{translate(message, { _: message, ...args })}</>;

packages/ra-core/src/form/submitErrorsMutators.spec.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+import { getIn, setIn } from 'final-form';
+
+import { resetSubmitErrors } from './submitErrorsMutators';
+
+const makeFormState = ({
+    submitErrors,
+    submitError,
+}: {
+    submitErrors?: any;
+    submitError?: any;
+}) => ({
+    formState: {
+        submitError,
+        submitErrors,
+    },
+});
+
+describe('submitErrorsMutators', () => {
+    test('should ignore when no changes occur', () => {
+        const prev = {
+            value: 'hello',
+        };
+
+        const current = {
+            value: 'hello',
+        };
+
+        const state = makeFormState({
+            submitErrors: {
+                value: 'error',
+            },
+        });
+
+        resetSubmitErrors([{ prev, current }], state, { getIn, setIn });
+
+        expect(state.formState.submitErrors).toEqual({
+            value: 'error',
+        });
+    });
+
+    test('should reset errors for basic types', () => {
+        const prev = {
+            bool: true,
+            null: null,
+            number: 1,
+            string: 'one',
+        };
+
+        const current = {
+            bool: false,
+            null: undefined,
+            number: 2,
+            string: 'two',
+        };
+
+        const state = makeFormState({
+            submitErrors: {
+                bool: 'error',
+                null: 'error',
+                number: 'error',
+                string: 'error',
+            },
+        });
+
+        resetSubmitErrors([{ prev, current }], state, { getIn, setIn });
+
+        expect(state.formState.submitErrors).toEqual({});
+    });
+
+    test('should reset errors for nested objects', () => {
+        const prev = {
+            nested: {
+                deep: {
+                    field: 'one',
+                    other: {
+                        field: 'two',
+                    },
+                },
+            },
+        };
+
+        const current = {
+            nested: {
+                deep: {
+                    field: 'two',
+                },
+            },
+        };
+
+        const state = makeFormState({
+            submitErrors: {
+                nested: {
+                    deep: {
+                        field: 'error',
+                        other: 'error',
+                    },
+                },
+            },
+        });
+
+        resetSubmitErrors([{ prev, current }], state, { getIn, setIn });
+
+        expect(state.formState.submitErrors).toEqual({});
+    });
+
+    test('should reset errors for arrays', () => {
+        const prev = {
+            array: [
+                {
+                    some: [1, 2],
+                },
+                {
+                    value: 'one',
+                },
+                1,
+            ],
+        };
+
+        const current = {
+            array: [
+                {
+                    some: [2],
+                },
+                {
+                    value: 'one',
+                },
+                2,
+            ],
+        };
+
+        const state = makeFormState({
+            submitErrors: {
+                array: [
+                    {
+                        some: ['error', 'error'],
+                    },
+                    {
+                        value: 'error',
+                    },
+                    'error',
+                ],
+            },
+        });
+
+        resetSubmitErrors([{ prev, current }], state, { getIn, setIn });
+
+        expect(state.formState.submitErrors).toEqual({
+            array: [undefined, { value: 'error' }],
+        });
+    });
+
+    test('should reset errors for validation error objects', () => {
+        const prev = {
+            field: 'aaaa',
+        };
+
+        const current = {
+            field: 'aaaaa',
+        };
+
+        const state = makeFormState({
+            submitErrors: {
+                field: {
+                    message: 'ra.validation.min_length',
+                    args: { min: 5 },
+                },
+            },
+        });
+
+        resetSubmitErrors([{ prev, current }], state, { getIn, setIn });
+
+        expect(state.formState.submitErrors).toEqual({});
+    });
+});