React Hook Form Image

React Hook Form is a powerful form library for React that allows developers to easily capture user input and validate it before submitting it to the server. One of the newest features of React Hook Form is the ability to work with images, making it even easier to build custom forms that capture all kinds of user data.

With React Hook Form Image, developers can easily create forms that allow users to upload images along with their other input data. The library provides several new components, such as Controller and FileInput, that make it easy to integrate image handling into your forms.

Getting Started

To get started with React Hook Form Image, follow these steps:

1. Install the react-hook-form-image package using your preferred package manager (npm or yarn):

   npm install react-hook-form-image
   
   or
   
   yarn add react-hook-form-image
   

2. Import the necessary components into your React code:

   import { Controller, FileInput } from 'react-hook-form-image';
   

3. Use the new components along with the existing React Hook Form components to create your form. For example:

   import React from 'react';
   import { useForm } from 'react-hook-form';
   import { Controller, FileInput } from 'react-hook-form-image';
   
   export default function MyForm() {
     const { register, handleSubmit, control } = useForm();
   
     const onSubmit = (data) => {
       console.log(data);
     };
   
     return (
       <form onSubmit={handleSubmit(onSubmit)}>
         <input {...register('firstName')} />
         <input {...register('lastName')} />
         <Controller
           name="profilePicture"
           control={control}
           render={({ field }) => <FileInput {...field} />}
         />
         <input type="submit" />
       </form>
     );
   }
   

Components

Controller

The Controller component is used to integrate the FileInput component with React Hook Form. It wraps around the FileInput component and provides it with the necessary props (such as name and onChange) to work with React Hook Form. For example:

<Controller
  name="profilePicture"
  control={control}
  render={({ field }) => <FileInput {...field} />}
/>

FileInput

The FileInput component is used to handle file uploads within a form. It provides a button that allows the user to select a file, and it can also display a preview of the file (if one is available). For example:

<FileInput
  name="profilePicture"
  onChange={(file) => console.log(file)}
  preview={(file) => <img src={URL.createObjectURL(file)} alt="preview" />}
/>

Conclusion

React Hook Form Image is a powerful library that makes it easy to work with images in your React forms. With its intuitive API and powerful components, developers can easily create custom forms that capture all the data they need from their users. Be sure to check out the library documentation for more information on what you can do with React Hook Form Image!