validation - Min / Max Validator in Angular 2 Final

Question

According to thoughtgram.io, the currently supported validators are:

• required
• minlength
• maxlength
• pattern

So, considering the following code (plunkr here):

@Component({
  selector: 'my-app',
  template: `
  
  <form #formRef="ngForm">
    <input type="number" [(ngModel)]="firstValue" name="firstValue" min="0" required/>
    <input type="text" [(ngModel)]="secondValue" maxlength="5" name="secondValue" required/>
    <button type="submit"> Submit </button> 
  </form>
  
  FORM: {{formRef.form | json }}
`
})
export class AppComponent { 
  firstValue = -22;
  secondValue = "eyy macarena!"; 
}

While minlength is supported, min="0" is ignored by angular validation:

So, to make the form result in an error when firstValue ngModel < 0, do I need to build a custom validator?

Answer 1

To apply min/max validation on a number you will need to create a Custom Validator

Validators class currently only have a few validators, namely

• required
• requiredTrue
• minlength
• maxlength
• pattern
• nullValidator
• compose
• composeAsync

---

Validator: Here is toned down version of my number Validator, you can improve it as you like

static number(prms = {}): ValidatorFn {
    return (control: FormControl): {[key: string]: any} => {
      if(isPresent(Validators.required(control))) {
        return null;
      }
      
      let val: number = control.value;

      if(isNaN(val) || /D/.test(val.toString())) {
        
        return {"number": true};
      } else if(!isNaN(prms.min) && !isNaN(prms.max)) {
        
        return val < prms.min || val > prms.max ? {"number": true} : null;
      } else if(!isNaN(prms.min)) {
        
        return val < prms.min ? {"number": true} : null;
      } else if(!isNaN(prms.max)) {
        
        return val > prms.max ? {"number": true} : null;
      } else {
        
        return null;
      }
    };
  }

Usage:

// check for valid number
var numberControl = new FormControl("", [Validators.required, CustomValidators.number()])

// check for valid number and min value  
var numberControl = new FormControl("", CustomValidators.number({min: 0}))

// check for valid number and max value
var numberControl = new FormControl("", CustomValidators.number({max: 20}))

// check for valid number and value range ie: [0-20]
var numberControl = new FormControl("", CustomValidators.number({min: 0, max: 20}))