Backend validation using useForm in React form with onSubmit function

[sebastiandev]

Hi,

I am using useForm to validate my form, as shown in the examples on @Shopify/react-form. Everything works fine on the frontend, but I want to validate the data on the backend as well. However, since I am new to frontend solutions, I am having trouble understanding how to handle the onSubmit function.

According to the documentation, onSubmit should be async and return either a success or fail status, along with any error messages. However, I am having trouble getting the error messages to show up.

After doing some research, I found a solution that works for me:

1. If the server responds with a status code of 200, show a Toast with a success message.
2. If the server responds with a status code of 400, show a Toast with an error message and save the errors for specific fields using the setErrors method.
3. If the server responds with any other error code, show a Toast with the message "Please try again."

I would like to explore other solutions to learn more about how this should work.

const onSubmit = useCallback(async (formData) => {
    const endpoint = "/api/item";

    try {
        const response = await fetch(endpoint, {
            method: 'POST',
            body: JSON.stringify(formData),
            headers: {
                'Content-Type': 'application/json'
            }
        });

        if (!response.ok) {
            if (response.status === 400) {
                const data = await response.json();
                console.log(data);

                title.setError('error');

                throw new Error('400 error')
            }

            throw new Error('some error')
        }

        return {status: 'success'};
    } catch (error) {
        return {status: 'fail', error: [error]};
    }

}, [item, setItem]);

[sebastiandev]

t the moment, I have found this solution, but I am not sure if it is correct. Additionally, the reset form functionality does not seem to be working, and I am unsure why. Do you have any ideas on how to fix this issue?

const onSubmit = useCallback(async (formData) => {
    const endpoint = "/api/item";

    try {
        const response = await fetch(endpoint, {
            method: 'POST',
            body: JSON.stringify(formData),
            headers: {
                'Content-Type': 'application/json'
            }
        });

        const data = await response.json();

        if (!response.ok) {
            if (response.status === 400) {
                title.setError('error'); // error for title field

                throw new Error('400 error')
            }

            throw new Error('some error')
        }

        reset();
        makeClean();
        setToast({error: false, content: 'Item has been created.'});

        return {status: 'success'};
    } catch (error) {
        setToast({error: true, content: error.message});

        return {status: 'fail', errors: [{message: error.message}]};
    }

}, [item, setItem]);