Form Builder Validators

Form Builder Validators set of validators for any FormField widget or widgets that extend the FormField class - e.g., TextFormField, DropdownFormField, et cetera. It provides standard ready-made validation rules and a way to compose new validation rules combining multiple rules, including custom ones.

Also included is the l10n / i18n of error text messages to multiple languages.

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Contents

• Features
• Validators
  • Bool validators
  • Collection validators
  • Core validators
  • Datetime validators
  • File validators
  • Finance validators
  • Identity validators
  • Network validators
  • Numeric validators
  • String validators
  • Use-case validators
  • Extension method validators
• Supported languages
• Use
  • Setup
  • Basic use
  • Specific uses
    • Composing multiple validators
    • Modify the default error message in a specific language
• Migrations
  • v7 to v8
  • v10 to 11
• Support
  • Contribute
    • Add new supported language
    • Add new validator
  • Questions and answers
  • Donations
• Roadmap
• Ecosystem
• Thanks to

Features

• Ready-made validation rules
• Compose multiple reusable validation rules
• Default error messages in multiple languages

Validators

This package comes with several most common FormFieldValidators such as required, numeric, mail, URL, min, max, minLength, maxLength, minWordsCount, maxWordsCount, IP, credit card, etc., with default errorText messages.

Bool validators

• FormBuilderValidators.hasLowercaseChars() - requires the field's to contain a specified number of lowercase characters.
• FormBuilderValidators.hasNumericChars() - requires the field's to contain a specified number of numeric characters.
• FormBuilderValidators.hasSpecialChars() - requires the field's to contain a specified number of special characters.
• FormBuilderValidators.hasUppercaseChars() - requires the field's to contain a specified number of uppercase characters.
• FormBuilderValidators.isFalse() - requires the field's to be false.
• FormBuilderValidators.isTrue() - requires the field's to be true.

Collection validators

• FormBuilderValidators.containsElement() - requires the field's to be in the provided list.
• FormBuilderValidators.equalLength() - requires the length of the field's value to be equal to the provided minimum length.
• FormBuilderValidators.maxLength() - requires the length of the field's value to be less than or equal to the provided maximum size.
• FormBuilderValidators.minLength() - requires the length of the field's value to be greater than or equal to the provided minimum length.
• FormBuilderValidators.range() - requires the field's to be within a range.
• FormBuilderValidators.unique() - requires the field's to be unique in the provided list.

Core validators

• FormBuilderValidators.aggregate() - runs the validators in parallel, collecting all errors.
• FormBuilderValidators.compose() - runs each validator against the value provided.
• FormBuilderValidators.conditional() - conditionally runs a validator against the value provided.
• FormBuilderValidators.defaultValue() - runs the validator using the default value when the provided value is null.
• FormBuilderValidators.equal() - requires the field's value to be equal to the provided object.
• FormBuilderValidators.log() - runs the validator and logs the value at a specific point in the validation chain.
• FormBuilderValidators.notEqual() - requires the field's value to be not equal to the provided object.
• FormBuilderValidators.or() - runs each validator against the value provided and passes when any works.
• FormBuilderValidators.required() - requires the field to have a non-empty value.
• FormBuilderValidators.skipWhen() - runs the validator and skips the validation when a certain condition is met.
• FormBuilderValidators.transform() - transforms the value before running the validator.

Datetime validators

• FormBuilderValidators.dateFuture() - requires the field's value to be in the future.
• FormBuilderValidators.datePast() - requires the field's value to be a in the past.
• FormBuilderValidators.dateRange() - requires the field's value to be a within a date range.
• FormBuilderValidators.dateTime() - requires the field's value to be a valid date time.
• FormBuilderValidators.date() - requires the field's value to be a valid date string.
• FormBuilderValidators.time() - requires the field's value to be a valid time string.
• FormBuilderValidators.timeZone() - requires the field's value to be a valid time zone.

File validators

• FormBuilderValidators.fileExtension() - requires the field's value to a valid file extension.
• FormBuilderValidators.fileName() - requires the field's to be a valid file name.
• FormBuilderValidators.fileSize() - requires the field's to be less than the max size.
• FormBuilderValidators.mimeType() - requires the field's value to a valid MIME type.
• FormBuilderValidators.path() - requires the field's to be a valid file or folder path.

Finance validators

• FormBuilderValidators.bic() - requires the field's to be a valid BIC.
• FormBuilderValidators.creditCardCVC() - requires the field's value to be a valid credit card CVC number.
• FormBuilderValidators.creditCardExpirationDate() - requires the field's value to be a valid credit card expiration date and can check if not expired yet.
• FormBuilderValidators.creditCard() - requires the field's value to be a valid credit card number.
• FormBuilderValidators.iban() - requires the field's to be a valid IBAN.

Identity validators

• FormBuilderValidators.city() - requires the field's value to be a valid city name.
• FormBuilderValidators.country() - requires the field's value to be a valid country name.
• FormBuilderValidators.firstName() - requires the field's value to be a valid first name.
• FormBuilderValidators.lastName() - requires the field's value to be a valid last name.
• FormBuilderValidators.passportNumber() - requires the field's value to be a valid passport number.
• FormBuilderValidators.password() - requires the field's to be a valid password that matched required conditions.
• FormBuilderValidators.ssn() - requires the field's to be a valid SSN (Social Security Number).
• FormBuilderValidators.state() - requires the field's value to be a valid state name.
• FormBuilderValidators.street() - requires the field's value to be a valid street name.
• FormBuilderValidators.username() - requires the field's to be a valid username that matched required conditions.
• FormBuilderValidators.zipCode() - requires the field's to be a valid zip code.

Network validators

• FormBuilderValidators.email() - requires the field's value to be a valid email address.
• FormBuilderValidators.ip() - requires the field's value to be a valid IP address.
• FormBuilderValidators.latitude() - requires the field's to be a valid latitude.
• FormBuilderValidators.longitude() - requires the field's to be a valid longitude.
• FormBuilderValidators.macAddress() - requires the field's to be a valid MAC address.
• FormBuilderValidators.phoneNumber() - requires the field's value to be a valid phone number.
• FormBuilderValidators.portNumber() - requires the field's to be a valid port number.
• FormBuilderValidators.url() - requires the field's value to be a valid URL.

Numeric validators

• FormBuilderValidators.between() - requires the field's to be between two numbers.
• FormBuilderValidators.evenNumber() - requires the field's to be an even number.
• FormBuilderValidators.integer() - requires the field's value to be an integer.
• FormBuilderValidators.max() - requires the field's value to be less than or equal to the provided number.
• FormBuilderValidators.min() - requires the field's value to be greater than or equal to the provided number.
• FormBuilderValidators.negativeNumber() - requires the field's to be a negative number.
• FormBuilderValidators.notZeroNumber() - requires the field's to be not a number zero.
• FormBuilderValidators.numeric() - requires the field's value to be a valid number.
• FormBuilderValidators.oddNumber() - requires the field's to be an odd number.
• FormBuilderValidators.positiveNumber() - requires the field's to be a positive number.
• FormBuilderValidators.prime() - requires the field's to be a prime number.

String validators

• FormBuilderValidators.alphabetical() - requires the field's to contain only alphabetical characters.
• FormBuilderValidators.contains() - requires the substring to be in the field's value.
• FormBuilderValidators.endsWith() - requires the substring to be the end of the field's value.
• FormBuilderValidators.lowercase() - requires the field's value to be lowercase.
• FormBuilderValidators.matchNot() - requires the field's value to not match the provided regex pattern.
• FormBuilderValidators.match() - requires the field's value to match the provided regex pattern.
• FormBuilderValidators.maxWordsCount() - requires the word count of the field's value to be less than or equal to the provided maximum count.
• FormBuilderValidators.minWordsCount() - requires the word count of the field's value to be greater than or equal to the provided minimum count.
• FormBuilderValidators.singleLine() - requires the field's string to be a single line of text.
• FormBuilderValidators.startsWith() - requires the substring to be the start of the field's value.
• FormBuilderValidators.uppercase() - requires the field's value to be uppercase.

Use-case validators

• FormBuilderValidators.base64() - requires the field's to be a valid base64 string.
• FormBuilderValidators.colorCode() - requires the field's value to be a valid color code.
• FormBuilderValidators.duns() - requires the field's value to be a valid DUNS.
• FormBuilderValidators.isbn() - requires the field's to be a valid ISBN.
• FormBuilderValidators.json() - requires the field's to be a valid json string.
• FormBuilderValidators.languageCode() - requires the field's to be a valid language code.
• FormBuilderValidators.licensePlate() - requires the field's to be a valid license plate.
• FormBuilderValidators.uuid() - requires the field's to be a valid uuid.
• FormBuilderValidators.vin() - requires the field's to be a valid VIN number.

Extension method validators

Used for chaining and combining multiple validators.

• FormBuilderValidator.and() - Combines the current validator with another validator using logical AND.
• FormBuilderValidator.or() - Combines the current validator with another validator using logical OR.
• FormBuilderValidator.when() - Adds a condition to apply the validator only if the condition is met.
• FormBuilderValidator.unless() - Adds a condition to apply the validator only if the condition is not met.
• FormBuilderValidator.transform() - Transforms the value before applying the validator.
• FormBuilderValidator.skipWhen() - Skips the validator if the condition is met.
• FormBuilderValidator.log() - Logs the value during the validation process.
• FormBuilderValidator.withErrorMessage() - Overrides the error message of the current validator.

Supported languages

Validators support default errorText messages in these languages:

• Albanian (al)
• Arabic (ar)
• Bangla (bn)
• Bosnian (bs)
• Bulgarian (bg)
• Catalan (ca)
• Chinese Simplified (zh_Hans)
• Chinese Traditional (zh_Hant)
• Croatian (hr)
• Czech (cs)
• Danish (da)
• Dutch (nl)
• English (en)
• Estonian (et)
• Finnish (fi)
• Farsi/Persian (fa)
• French (fr)
• German (de)
• Greek (el)
• Hebrew (he)
• Hungarian (hu)
• Hindi (hi)
• Indonesian (id)
• Italian (it)
• Japanese (ja)
• Kurdish (ku)
• Korean (ko)
• Khmer (km)
• Lao (lo)
• Malay (ms)
• Mongolian (mn)
• Norwegian (no)
• Polish (pl)
• Portuguese (pt)
• Romanian (ro)
• Russian (ru)
• Slovak (sk)
• Slovenian (sl)
• Spanish (es)
• Swahili (sw)
• Swedish (se)
• Tamil(ta)
• Thai (th)
• Turkish (tr)
• Ukrainian (uk)
• Vietnamese (vi)

And you can still add your custom error messages.

Use

Setup

The default error message is in English. To allow for localization of default error messages within your app, add FormBuilderLocalizations.delegate in the list of your app's localizationsDelegates.

return MaterialApp(
    supportedLocales: [
        Locale('de'),
        Locale('en'),
        Locale('es'),
        Locale('fr'),
        Locale('it'),
        ...
    ],
    localizationsDelegates: [
        GlobalMaterialLocalizations.delegate,
        GlobalWidgetsLocalizations.delegate,
        FormBuilderLocalizations.delegate,
    ],

Basic use

TextFormField(
    decoration: InputDecoration(labelText: 'Name'),
    autovalidateMode: AutovalidateMode.always,
    validator: FormBuilderValidators.required(),
),

See pub.dev example tab or github code for more details

Specific uses

Composing multiple validators

The FormBuilderValidators class comes with a handy static function named compose(), which takes a list of FormFieldValidator functions. Composing allows you to create once and reuse validation rules across multiple fields, widgets, or apps.

On validation, each validator is run, and if any validator returns a non-null value (i.e., a String), validation fails, and the errorText for the field is set as the returned string.

Example:

TextFormField(
    decoration: InputDecoration(labelText: 'Age'),
    keyboardType: TextInputType.number,
    autovalidateMode: AutovalidateMode.always,
    validator: FormBuilderValidators.compose([
        /// Makes this field required
        FormBuilderValidators.required(),

        /// Ensures the value entered is numeric - with a custom error message
        FormBuilderValidators.numeric(errorText: 'La edad debe ser numérica.'),

        /// Sets a maximum value of 70
        FormBuilderValidators.max(70),

        /// Include your own custom `FormFieldValidator` function, if you want
        /// Ensures positive values only. We could also have used `FormBuilderValidators.min(0)` instead
        (val) {
            final number = int.tryParse(val);
            if (number == null) return null;
            if (number < 0) return 'We cannot have a negative age';
            return null;
        },
    ]),
),

Modify the default error message in a specific language

see override_form_builder_localizations_en for more detail.

Migrations

v10 to v11

• All validators now first check for null or empty value and return an error if so. You can set checkNullOrEmpty to false if you want to avoid this behavior.
• dateString() changed to date() for constancy in api naming. Simply change the name to fix the code.

v7 to v8

Remove context as a parameter to validator functions. For example, FormBuilderValidators.required(context) becomes FormBuilderValidators.required() without context passed in.

Support

Contribute

You have some ways to contribute to this package.

• Beginner: Reporting bugs or requesting new features
• Intermediate: Answer questions, implement new features (from issues or not), and create pull requests
• Advanced: Join organization like a member and help to code, manage issues, discuss new features, and other things

See the contribution file for more details

Add new supported language

We welcome efforts to internationalize/localize the package by translating the default validation errorText strings for built-in validation rules.

1. Add ARB files

   Create one ARB file inside the lib/l10n folder for each locale you need to add support. Name the files in the following way: intl_<LOCALE_ISO_CODE>.arb. For example: intl_fr.arb or intl_fr_FR.arb.

2. Translate the error messages

   Copy and paste the contents of intl_en.arb into your newly created ARB file. Then translate the error messages by overwriting the default messages.

3. Generate localization code

   To generate boilerplate code for localization, run the generate command inside the package directory where pubspec.yaml file is located:

   flutter gen-l10n

   The command will automatically create/update files inside the lib/localization directory, including your newly added locale support. The files in here are only necessary for local development and will not be committed to Github.

4. Update README

   Remember to update README, adding the new language (and language code) under Supported languages section in alphabetic order, so that everyone knows your new language is now supported!

5. Submit PR

   Submit your PR and be of help to millions of developers all over the world!

Add new validator

1. Add a new validator to one of the folders in the src folder.
2. Implement it using the BaseValidator class. Override the validateValue method and let the base class handle the null check in the validate method.
3. Override the translatedErrorText property and return the correct translation from FormBuilderLocalizations.current..
4. Make sure to pass errorText and checkNullOrEmpty to the base class.
5. Add static method to form_builder_validators.dart that uses the new validator.
6. Implement tests
7. Add to validators with name and description
8. Add message error translated on all languages (yes, all languages). To accomplish this need: a. Add property to all intl_*.arb files, in alphabetic order. b. Translate message in all languages. c. Run flutter gen-l10n command
9. Run dart dart fix --apply and dart format .
10. Submit PR

Questions and answers

You can ask questions or search for answers on Github discussion or on StackOverflow

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Roadmap

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