HTML5 Form Validator For Bootstrap 5 - jbvalidator

jbvalidator is a fresh new jQuery based form validation plugin that is created for the latest Bootstrap 5 framework and supports both client side and server-side validation.

More Features:

• Multiple languages.
• Custom error messages.
• Custom validation rules.
• Easy to use via HTML data attribute.

How to use it:

1. Load the latest jQuery JavaScript library and Bootstrap 5 framework in the document.

<link rel="stylesheet" href="/path/to/cdn/bootstrap.min.css" />
<script src="/path/to/cdn/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="/path/to/cdn/bootstrap.min.js"></script>

2. Add the novalidate attribute to the form element and apply validators to form fields using the following HTML data attributes:

• data-v-equal: id of the password field where the values should be the same
• data-v-min-select: min number of options should be selected
• data-v-max-select: max number of options allowed to be selected
• data-checkbox-group: the parent attribute of group checkbox elements
• data-v-min-select: min number of checkboxes should be selected
• data-v-required: parent attribute required
• data-v-min: min value
• data-v-max: max value
• data-v-min-length: min length
• data-v-max-length: max length
• data-v-min-size: min size
• data-v-max-size: max size
• data-v-message: custom error message

<form class="example" novalidate>
  <div class="form-group">
    <label>Email</label>
    <input type="email" class="form-control" placeholder="[email protected]" required>
  </div>
  <div class="form-group">
    <label for="password">Password</label>
    <input type="password" name="password" class="form-control" id="password" title="password" required>
  </div>
  <div class="form-group">
    <label for="password">Confirm Password</label>
    <input name="repassword" type="password" class="form-control" data-v-equal="#password" required>
  </div>
  <div class="form-group">
    <label>URL</label>
    <input type="url" class="form-control" placeholder="http://www" required>
  </div>
  <div class="form-group">
    <label>Using Regex</label>
    <input type="text" class="form-control" pattern="[0-9]+" title="Only number." required>
  </div>
  <div class="form-group">
    <label>Custom Min/Max Values</label>
    <input type="text" class="form-control" data-v-min="10" data-v-max="100">
  </div>
  <div class="form-group">
    <label>Custom Min/Max Length</label>
    <input type="text" class="form-control" data-v-min-length="5" data-v-max-length="10">
  </div>
  <div class="form-group">
    <label>Multiple Select</label>
    <select class="form-select" multiple data-v-min-select="2" data-v-max-select="3">
      <option selected>Open this select menu</option>
      <option value="1">One</option>
      <option value="2">Two</option>
      <option value="3">Three</option>
      <option value="4">Four</option>
      <option value="5">Five</option>
    </select>
  </div>
  <div class="form-group">
    <label>Textarea</label>
    <textarea class="form-control" minlength="10" maxlength="165"></textarea>
  </div>
  <div class="form-group">
    <div class="form-check">
      <input class="form-check-input" type="checkbox" value="" id="defaultCheck1" >
      <label class="form-check-label" for="defaultCheck1">
      checkbox 1
      </label>
    </div>
    <div class="form-check">
      <input class="form-check-input" type="checkbox" value="" id="defaultCheck2" >
      <label class="form-check-label" for="defaultCheck2">
      checkbox 2
      </label>
    </div>
    <div class="form-check">
      <input class="form-check-input" type="checkbox" value="" id="defaultCheck3" >
      <label class="form-check-label" for="defaultCheck3">
      checkbox 3
      </label>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="form-group">
    <label>File Input</label>
    <input type="file" class="form-control" data-v-min-size="400" data-v-max-size="450">
  </div>
  <div class="form-group">
    <label>Date Input</label>
    <input type="date" class="form-control" min="2020-10-20">
  </div>
  <div class="form-group">
    <label>Custom message</label>
    <input type="text" class="form-control" minlength="10" data-v-message="Please enter minimum 10 characters" required>
  </div>
  <div class="form-group">
    <input type="submit" class="btn btn-primary" value="Submit">
  </div>
</form>

3. Activate the form validation plugin and determine the path to the language JSON. Available languages:

• de.json
• en.json
• es.json
• fr.json
• tr.json

let validator = $('form.example').jbvalidator({
    language: 'dist/lang/en.json'
});

4. Override the default error messages or create your own locals as you see in the en.json.

{
  "maxValue": "You cannot enter a number greater than %s.",
  "minValue": "Please enter a number greater than %s.",
  "maxLength": "Please use maximum %s character. You are using %s characters.",
  "minLength": "Please use minimum %s character, you are using %s characters.",
  "minSelectOption": "Please select at least %s options.",
  "maxSelectOption": "Please select at most %s options.",
  "groupCheckBox": "Please select at least %s options.",
  "equal": "This field does not match %s",
  "fileMinSize": "File size cannot be less than %s bytes.",
  "fileMaxSize": "File size cannot be more than %s bytes.",
  "number": "Please write a number."
}

5. The examples shows how to validate form fields on the server side.

$(document).on('submit', '.example', function(){
  $.ajax({
    method:"get",
    url:"test.json",
    data: $(this).serialize(),
    success: function (data){
      if(data.status === 'error') {
        validatorServerSide.errorTrigger($('[name=username]'), data.message);
      }
    }
  })
  return false;
});

6. You can also create your own validation rules using JavaScript.

validator.validator.custom = function(el, event){
  if($(el).is('[name=password]') && $(el).val().length < 5){
    return 'Your password is too weak.';
  }
}

7. Determine whether to apply a Success to form fields when valid. Default: false.

let validator = $('form.example').jbvalidator({
    language: 'dist/lang/en.json',
    successClass: true
});

8. Override the default CSS classes.

let validator = $('form.example').jbvalidator({
    validFeedBackClass: 'valid-feedbak',
    invalidFeedBackClass: 'invalid-feedback',
    validClass: 'is-valid',
    invalidClass: 'is-invalid'
});

9. API methods.

// add custom validator
validator.validator(validation)

// show errors without submitting the form, return error count
validator.checkAll()

// show the error messages returned from the server.
validator.errorTrigger(): 

// reload instance after dynamic element is added
validator.reload(): 

About Author:

Author: emretulek

Website: https://emretulek.github.io/jbvalidator/

Changelog:

v1.0.9 (03/02/2022)

• • Added Spanish Language File es.json

v1.0.8 (01/01/2022)

• Add language DE , german

v1.0.7 (12/12/2021)

• Update

v1.0.6 (10/06/2021)

• Update

v1.0.5 (09/15/2021)

• Added new methods: reload() and checkAll()

v1.0.4 (06/11/2021)

• Adding french translation.

v1.0.3 (05/10/2021)

• Update

v1.0.1 (04/10/2021)

• JS updated

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This awesome jQuery plugin is developed by emretulek. For more Advanced Usages, please check the demo page or visit the official website.