BootstrapValidator

A jQuery plugin to validate form fields. Use with Bootstrap 3

Features

• Built from scratch
• Many built-in validators

Required

• jQuery
• Bootstrap 3

Demo

You can see the live demo here:

• Sample demo
• Validator examples

Usage

Since the bootstrapValidator plugin requires jQuery and Bootstrap 3, you have to include the required CSS and JS files to your page:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="/path/to/bootstrap/css/bootstrap.css"/>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/path/to/bootstrapValidator.min.css"/>

<script type="text/javascript" src="/path/to/jquery/jquery-1.10.2.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/path/to/bootstrap/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/path/to/bootstrapValidator.min.js"></script>

Call the plugin to validate the form as following:

$(document).ready(function() {
    $(<form Selector>).bootstrapValidator({
        // The default error message for all fields
        // You can specify the error message for any fields
        message: ...,

        // The submit buttons selector
        // These buttons will be disabled when the form input are invalid
        submitButtons: ...,

        // The fields which need to be validated
        fields: {
            ...
            // The field name
            <fieldName>: {
                // The default error message for this field
                message: ...,

                // Array of validators
                validators: {
                    ...
                    <validatorName>: <validatorOptions>
                    ...
                }
            }
            ...
        }
    });
});

The <validatorName> can be the name of the built-in validator which are described in the Validators section

Validators

Below is the list of built-in validators sorted in alphabetical order:

Validator name	Description
between	Check if the input value is between (strictly or not) two given numbers
digits	Return true if the value contains only digits
emailAddress	Validate an email address
greaterThan	Return true if the value is greater than or equals to given number
hexColor	Validate a hex color
identical	Check if the value is the same as one of particular field
lessThan	Return true if the value is less than or equals to given number
notEmpty	Check if the value is empty
regexp	Check if the value matches given Javascript regular expression
remote	Perform remote checking via Ajax request
stringLength	Validate the length of a string
uri	Validate an URL address
usZipCode	Validate a US zip code

The validator options are described in the following section:

Between Validator

Option name	Default	Description
message	n/a	The error message
min	n/a	The lower value in the range. This option is required
max	n/a	The upper value in the range. This option is required
inclusive	true	Can be true or false. If true, the input value must be in the range strictly

GreaterThan Validator

Option name	Default	Description
message	n/a	The error message
value	n/a	The number to make a comparison to. This option is required
inclusive	n/a	Can be true or false
		If true, the input value must be greater than the comparison one
		If false, the input value must be greater than or equal to the comparison one

Identical Validator

Option name	Default	Description
message	n/a	The error message
field	n/a	The name of field that will be used to compare with current one. This option is required

LessThan Validator

Option name	Default	Description
message	n/a	The error message
value	n/a	The number to make a comparison to. This option is required
inclusive	n/a	Can be true or false
		If true, the input value must be less than the comparison one
		If false, the input value must be less than or equal to the comparison one

Regexp Validator

Option name	Default	Description
message	n/a	The error message
regexp	n/a	The Javascript regular expression. This option is required

Remote Validator

Option name	Default	Description
message	n/a	The error message
url	n/a	The remote URL.
		The remote URL must response an encoded JSON of array containing the 'valid' key
		This option is required

StringLength Validator

Option name	Default	Description
message	n/a	The error message
min	n/a	The minimum length
max	n/a	The maximum length. One of 'min', 'max' options is required

Build

BootstrapValidator uses grunt to simplify building process.

From the BootstrapValidator root directory, execute the following commands to install the dependent packages (the administrator permission might be required):

$ npm install grunt --save-dev
$ npm install grunt-contrib-concat --save-dev
$ npm install grunt-contrib-copy --save-dev
$ npm install grunt-contrib-cssmin --save-dev
$ npm install grunt-contrib-uglify --save-dev
$ npm install grunt-contrib-watch --save-dev

Then, uses grunt to build:

$ grunt

If you want grunt to generate scripts whenever the original scripts (located in src) change, use the following command:

$ grunt watch

The generated scripts (including source and compressed versions) are placed inside the dist directory.

Release History

Look at the Change Log

Author

Nguyen Huu Phuoc ([Email](mailto: phuoc@huuphuoc.me) / Twitter / Github)

Big thanks to the contributors:

• Vu Minh Khang ([Email](mailto: khangvm530@gmail.com) / Github)

License

Copyright (c) 2013 Nguyen Huu Phuoc

BootstrapValidator is licensed under the MIT license.