Inline Validation

Demonstrates how to do inline field validation

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             import time

from fasthtml.common import H3, Button, Div, Form, Img, Input, Label, NotStr, Span, Style, fast_app

css = """
.error input {
    box-shadow: 0 0 3px #CC0000;
}
.valid input {
    box-shadow: 0 0 3px #36cc00;
}
"""

app, rt = fast_app(hdrs=[Style(css)])


@app.get
def page():
    return Div(cls="container")(
        H3("Signup Form"),
        NotStr("Enter an email and on tab out it will be validated. Only <ins>test@test.com</ins> will pass."),
        Form(
            make_email_field("", error=False, touched=False),
            Div(Label("Name"), Input(name="name")),
            Button("Submit", disabled="", cls="btn primary"),
        ),
    )


@app.post("/contact/email")
def validate_email(email: str):
    time.sleep(2)
    return make_email_field(email, email != "test@test.com", True)


def make_email_field(value: str, error: bool, touched: bool):
    cls = "" if not touched else "error" if error else "valid"
    return Div(hx_target="this", hx_swap="outerHTML", cls=cls)(
        Label("Email"),
        Input(name="email", hx_post=validate_email.rt(), hx_indicator="#ind", value=value),
        Img(id="ind", src="/img/bars.svg", cls="htmx-indicator"),
        Span("Please enter a valid email address", style="color:red;") if error else None,
    )
           

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