Creating a Reactive Form in Angular

 Creating a Reactive Form in Angular


Reactive forms in Angular are a powerful way to build complex forms with validation and dynamic behavior. Reactive forms allow you to manage the form state using observable data streams, and provide a clean and maintainable way to handle user input. In this blog post, we'll explore how to create a reactive form in Angular using the FormBuilder service.


First, let's start by creating a new Angular component for our form. You can create it using the following command:


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ng generate component my-form

This command creates a new component named "my-form" in the "src/app" folder.


Now, let's create a new FormGroup object using the FormBuilder service in the "my-form.component.ts" file:


typescript


// my-form.component.ts

import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';

import { FormBuilder, FormGroup, Validators } from '@angular/forms';


@Component({

  selector: 'app-my-form',

  templateUrl: './my-form.component.html',

  styleUrls: ['./my-form.component.css']

})

export class MyFormComponent implements OnInit {

  myForm: FormGroup;


  constructor(private fb: FormBuilder) { }


  ngOnInit(): void {

    this.myForm = this.fb.group({

      name:


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  ['', Validators.required],

  email: ['', [Validators.required, Validators.email]],

  password: ['', [Validators.required, Validators.minLength(6)]]

});

}

}


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In this example, we've created a new FormGroup object named "myForm" using the FormBuilder service. We've added three form controls to the FormGroup: "name", "email", and "password". Each form control has a default value of an empty string, and we've added validators for the "email" and "password" fields using the Validators service.


Now, let's create the HTML template for our form in the "my-form.component.html" file:


<!-- my-form.component.html -->

<form [formGroup]="myForm" (ngSubmit)="onSubmit()">

  <label for="name">Name:</label>

  <input type="text" id="name" formControlName="name">

<label for="email">Email:</label>

<input type="email" id="email" formControlName="email">


<label for="password">Password:</label>

<input type="password" id="password" formControlName="password">


<button type="submit" [disabled]="myForm.invalid">Submit</button>


</form>

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In this example, we've used the "formGroup" directive to bind the FormGroup object to the form element, and used the "formControlName" directive to bind each form control to its corresponding input element. We've also added a submit button that is disabled when the form is invalid.


Finally, let's handle the form submission in the "my-form.component.ts" file by adding an onSubmit() method:


typescript


// my-form.component.ts

import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';

import { FormBuilder, FormGroup, Validators } from '@angular/forms';


@Component({

  selector: 'app-my-form',

  templateUrl: './my-form.component.html',

  styleUrls: ['./my-form.component.css']

})

export class MyFormComponent implements OnInit {

  myForm: FormGroup;


  constructor(private fb: FormBuilder) { }


  ngOnInit(): void {

    this.myForm = this.fb.group({

      name: ['', Validators.required],

      email: ['', [Validators.required, Validators.email]],

      password: ['', [Validators.required, Validators.minLength(6)]]

    });

  }


  onSubmit() {

    // TODO: Implement form submission

  }

}


In this example, we've added an onSubmit() method that is called when the form is submitted. You can add your own implementation to this method, such as sending the form data to a server or displaying a success message to the user.


And that's it! With these changes, we've created a reactive form in Angular using the FormBuilder service, added validators to the form controls, and handled the form submission using the onSubmit() method. You can further customize the form by adding more form controls, validators, and customizing the UI using CSS.

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