Validators

class

Provides a set of built-in validators that can be used by form controls.

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class Validators {
  static min(min: number): ValidatorFn
  static max(max: number): ValidatorFn
  static required(control: AbstractControl): ValidationErrors | null
  static requiredTrue(control: AbstractControl): ValidationErrors | null
  static email(control: AbstractControl): ValidationErrors | null
  static minLength(minLength: number): ValidatorFn
  static maxLength(maxLength: number): ValidatorFn
  static pattern(pattern: string | RegExp): ValidatorFn
  static nullValidator(control: AbstractControl): ValidationErrors | null
  static compose(validators: (ValidatorFn | null | undefined)[] | null): ValidatorFn | null
  static composeAsync(validators: (AsyncValidatorFn | null)[]): AsyncValidatorFn | null
}

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Description

A validator is a function that processes a FormControl or collection of controls and returns an error map or null. A null map means that validation has passed.

Static methods

Validator that requires the control's value to be greater than or equal to the provided number. The validator exists only as a function and not as a directive.

static min(min: number): ValidatorFn

Parameters

min

Type: number.

Returns

ValidatorFn: A validator function that returns an error map with the min property if the validation check fails, otherwise null.

Validate against a minimum of 3

const control = new FormControl(2, Validators.min(3));

console.log(control.errors); // {min: {min: 3, actual: 2}}

Validator that requires the control's value to be less than or equal to the provided number. The validator exists only as a function and not as a directive.

static max(max: number): ValidatorFn

Parameters

max

Type: number.

Returns

ValidatorFn: A validator function that returns an error map with the max property if the validation check fails, otherwise null.

Validate against a maximum of 15

const control = new FormControl(16, Validators.max(15));

console.log(control.errors); // {max: {max: 15, actual: 16}}

Validator that requires the control have a non-empty value.

static required(control: AbstractControl): ValidationErrors | null

Parameters

control

Type: AbstractControl.

Returns

ValidationErrors | null: An error map with the required property if the validation check fails, otherwise null.

Validate that the field is non-empty

const control = new FormControl('', Validators.required);

console.log(control.errors); // {required: true}

Validator that requires the control's value be true. This validator is commonly used for required checkboxes.

static requiredTrue(control: AbstractControl): ValidationErrors | null

Parameters

control

Type: AbstractControl.

Returns

ValidationErrors | null: An error map that contains the required property set to true if the validation check fails, otherwise null.

Validate that the field value is true

const control = new FormControl('', Validators.requiredTrue);

console.log(control.errors); // {required: true}

Validator that requires the control's value pass an email validation test.

static email(control: AbstractControl): ValidationErrors | null

Parameters

control

Type: AbstractControl.

Returns

ValidationErrors | null: An error map with the email property if the validation check fails, otherwise null.

Validate that the field matches a valid email pattern

const control = new FormControl('bad@', Validators.email);

console.log(control.errors); // {email: true}

Validator that requires the length of the control's value to be greater than or equal to the provided minimum length. This validator is also provided by default if you use the the HTML5 minlength attribute.

static minLength(minLength: number): ValidatorFn

Parameters

minLength

Type: number.

Returns

ValidatorFn: A validator function that returns an error map with the minlength if the validation check fails, otherwise null.

Validate that the field has a minimum of 3 characters

const control = new FormControl('ng', Validators.minLength(3));

console.log(control.errors); // {minlength: {requiredLength: 3, actualLength: 2}}
<input minlength="5">

Validator that requires the length of the control's value to be less than or equal to the provided maximum length. This validator is also provided by default if you use the the HTML5 maxlength attribute.

static maxLength(maxLength: number): ValidatorFn

Parameters

maxLength

Type: number.

Returns

ValidatorFn: A validator function that returns an error map with the maxlength property if the validation check fails, otherwise null.

Validate that the field has maximum of 5 characters

const control = new FormControl('Angular', Validators.maxLength(5));

console.log(control.errors); // {maxlength: {requiredLength: 5, actualLength: 7}}
<input maxlength="5">

Validator that requires the control's value to match a regex pattern. This validator is also provided by default if you use the HTML5 pattern attribute.

static pattern(pattern: string | RegExp): ValidatorFn

Parameters

pattern

Type: string | RegExp.

Returns

ValidatorFn: A validator function that returns an error map with the pattern property if the validation check fails, otherwise null.

Validate that the field only contains letters or spaces

const control = new FormControl('1', Validators.pattern('[a-zA-Z ]*'));

console.log(control.errors); // {pattern: {requiredPattern: '^[a-zA-Z ]*$', actualValue: '1'}}
<input pattern="[a-zA-Z ]*">

Validator that performs no operation.

static nullValidator(control: AbstractControl): ValidationErrors | null

Parameters

control

Type: AbstractControl.

Returns

ValidationErrors | null

Compose multiple validators into a single function that returns the union of the individual error maps for the provided control.

static compose(validators: null): null

Parameters

validators

Type: null.

Returns

null: A validator function that returns an error map with the merged error maps of the validators if the validation check fails, otherwise null.

static compose(validators: (ValidatorFn | null | undefined)[]): ValidatorFn | null

Parameters

validators

Type: (ValidatorFn | null | undefined)[].

Returns

ValidatorFn | null

Compose multiple async validators into a single function that returns the union of the individual error objects for the provided control.

static composeAsync(validators: (AsyncValidatorFn | null)[]): AsyncValidatorFn | null

Parameters

validators

Type: (AsyncValidatorFn | null)[].

Returns

AsyncValidatorFn | null: A validator function that returns an error map with the merged error objects of the async validators if the validation check fails, otherwise null.

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https://v6.angular.io/api/forms/Validators