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HTML-ValidationRules-0.02
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NAME

HTML::ValidationRules - Extract Validation Rules from HTML Form Element

SYNOPSIS

# form.html
<!doctype html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>HTML5::ValidationRules</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <form method="post" action="/post">
      <input type="text" name="text" pattern="[A-Za-z0-9]+" maxlength="255" />
      <input type="url" name="url" maxlength="255" required />
      <input type="email" name="email" maxlength="255" required="required" />
      <input type="number" name="number" min="200" max="800" />
      <textarea name="textarea" maxlength="1000" required></textarea>
      <input type="range"" name="range" min="20" max="80" />
      <input type="submit" value="submit" />
    </form>
  </body>
</html>

# in your code
use HTML::ValidationRules;

my $parser = HTML::ValidationRules->new;
my $rules  = $parser->load_rules(file => 'form.html');

# rules will be extracted as follows:
# [
#     text     => [ [ HTML_PATTERN => '[A-Za-z0-9]+' ], [ HTML_MAXLENGTH => 255 ] ],
#     url      => [ HTML_URL    => [ HTML_MAXLENGTH => 255 ], 'NOT_BLANK'         ],
#     email    => [ HTML_EMAIL  => [ HTML_MAXLENGTH => 255 ], 'NOT_BLANK'         ],
#     number   => [ HTML_NUMBER => [ HTML_MIN => 200 ], [ HTML_MAX => 800 ]       ],
#     textarea => [ [ HTML_MAXLENGTH => 1000 ], 'NOT_BLANK'                       ],
#     range    => [ HTML_RANGE => [ HTML_MIN => 20 ], [ HTML_MAX => 80 ]          ],
# ]

# then do validation using FormValidator::Simple
use FormValidator::Simple qw(HTML);

my $query  = CGI->new;
my $result = FormValidator::Simple->check($query => $rules);

# or FormValidator::Lite
use FormValidator::Lite;
FormValidator::Lite->load_constraints('HTML');

my $query     = CGI->new;
my $validator = FormValidator::Lite->new($query);
my $result    = $validator->check(@$rules);

DESCRIPTION

HTML::ValidationRules regards HTML form element as validation rules definition and extract rules from it.

WARNING

This software is under the heavy development and considered ALPHA quality now. Things might be broken, not all features have been implemented, and APIs will be likely to change. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

METHODS

new(%args)

    my $parser = HTML::ValidationRules->new(
    options => { ... } #=> options for HTML::Parser
);

    Returns a new HTML::ValidationRules object.

load_rules(%args)

    my $rules = $parser->load_rules(file => 'form.html');

    Parse HTML and extract validation rules from form element (defined as HTML5 client-side form validation spec, but not all of them). $rules has compatible form as args for FormValidator::Simple and FormValidator::Lite's check() method.

    %args are supposed to contain one of them below:

    • file

      Path to a file or filehandle.

    • html

      String of HTML.

SUPPORTED ATTRIBUTES

HTML input, textare, and select elements can have some attributes related to validation. This module hasn't support all the attrs defined in HTML5 spec yet, just has done below so far:

  • max (input)

  • maxlength (input, textarea)

  • min (input)

  • pattern (input)

  • required (input, textarea, select)

  • type (input)

    • type:url

    • type:email

    • type:number

    • type:range

BUGS

The pattern attribute is interpreted as a Perl regular expression, not a JavaScript regular expression as defined by the HTML spec. Please use common subset of Perl and JavaScript regular expression languages to keep compatibility with both Perl and Web browsers.

AUTHORS

  • Kentaro Kuribayashi <kentarok@gmail.com>

  • Wakaba <w@suika.fam.cx>

SEE ALSO

LICENSE

Copyright (C) Kentaro Kuribayashi

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.