formik-patterns – Other skill for AI agents

Formik Patterns

When to Use

Use this skill when you need formik form handling with validation patterns. Use when building forms, implementing validation, or handling form submission.

Basic Form Setup

These are React Native-style/custom UI fragments: VStack/Input/Button, generated GraphQL hooks, schemas and navigation are project dependencies, not Formik exports. Web forms require DOM event/submit adapters. Client validation is UX only; validate/authenticate/authorize again on the server, redact mutation errors and never log passwords. enableReinitialize resets dirty edits when initial values change; prompt or merge deliberately before refreshing an edited record.

import { useFormik } from 'formik';
import * as yup from 'yup';

const validationSchema = yup.object({
  email: yup.string().email('Invalid email').required('Email is required'),
  password: yup.string().min(8, 'Min 8 characters').required('Password is required'),
});

const LoginForm = () => {
  const formik = useFormik({
    initialValues: {
      email: '',
      password: '',
    },
    validationSchema,
    onSubmit: async (values) => {
      await loginMutation({ variables: { input: values } });
    },
  });

  return (
    <VStack gap="$4">
      <Input
        label="Email"
        value={formik.values.email}
        onChangeText={formik.handleChange('email')}
        onBlur={formik.handleBlur('email')}
        error={formik.touched.email ? formik.errors.email : undefined}
        keyboardType="email-address"
        autoCapitalize="none"
      />

      <Input
        label="Password"
        value={formik.values.password}
        onChangeText={formik.handleChange('password')}
        onBlur={formik.handleBlur('password')}
        error={formik.touched.password ? formik.errors.password : undefined}
        secureTextEntry
      />

      <Button
        onPress={formik.handleSubmit}
        isDisabled={!formik.isValid || formik.isSubmitting}
        isLoading={formik.isSubmitting}
      >
        Login
      </Button>
    </VStack>
  );
};

Validation Schemas

Common Patterns

import * as yup from 'yup';

// Email
email: yup.string()
  .email('Invalid email address')
  .required('Email is required')

// Password with requirements
password: yup.string()
  .min(8, 'Must be at least 8 characters')
  .matches(/[a-z]/, 'Must contain lowercase letter')
  .matches(/[A-Z]/, 'Must contain uppercase letter')
  .matches(/[0-9]/, 'Must contain number')
  .required('Password is required')

// Confirm password
confirmPassword: yup.string()
  .oneOf([yup.ref('password')], 'Passwords must match')
  .required('Please confirm password')

// Phone number
phone: yup.string()
  .matches(/^\+?[1-9]\d{1,14}$/, 'Invalid phone number')
  .required('Phone is required')

// Optional field with validation when present
website: yup.string()
  .url('Must be a valid URL')
  .nullable()

// Number with range
quantity: yup.number()
  .min(1, 'Minimum 1')
  .max(100, 'Maximum 100')
  .required('Quantity required')

// Array with minimum items
tags: yup.array()
  .of(yup.string())
  .min(1, 'Select at least one tag')

Conditional Validation

const schema = yup.object({
  hasCompany: yup.boolean(),
  companyName: yup.string().when('hasCompany', {
    is: true,
    then: (schema) => schema.required('Company name required'),
    otherwise: (schema) => schema.nullable(),
  }),
});

Form Field Helpers

Input Helper

const getFieldProps = (name: keyof typeof formik.values) => ({
  value: formik.values[name],
  onChangeText: formik.handleChange(name),
  onBlur: formik.handleBlur(name),
  error: formik.touched[name] ? formik.errors[name] : undefined,
});

// Usage
<Input label="Email" {...getFieldProps('email')} />

Select/Picker Helper

<Select
  label="Country"
  value={formik.values.country}
  onValueChange={(value) => formik.setFieldValue('country', value)}
  error={formik.touched.country ? formik.errors.country : undefined}
  options={countryOptions}
/>

Form Submission with GraphQL

const CreateItemForm = () => {
  const [createItem] = useCreateItemMutation({
    onCompleted: () => {
      toast.success({ title: 'Item created' });
      navigation.goBack();
    },
    onError: (error) => {
      console.error('createItem failed:', error);
      toast.error({ title: 'Failed to create item' });
    },
  });

  const formik = useFormik({
    initialValues: { name: '', description: '' },
    validationSchema,
    onSubmit: async (values, { setSubmitting }) => {
      try {
        await createItem({ variables: { input: values } });
      } finally {
        setSubmitting(false);
      }
    },
  });

  return (
    <VStack gap="$4">
      {/* Form fields */}
      <Button
        onPress={formik.handleSubmit}
        isDisabled={!formik.isValid || formik.isSubmitting}
        isLoading={formik.isSubmitting}
      >
        Create
      </Button>
    </VStack>
  );
};

Edit Form with Initial Values

const EditItemForm = ({ item }: { item: Item }) => {
  const [updateItem] = useUpdateItemMutation({
    onCompleted: () => toast.success({ title: 'Saved' }),
    onError: (error) => {
      console.error('updateItem failed:', error);
      toast.error({ title: 'Save failed' });
    },
  });

  const formik = useFormik({
    initialValues: {
      name: item.name,
      description: item.description ?? '',
    },
    enableReinitialize: true, // Update when item prop changes
    validationSchema,
    onSubmit: async (values) => {
      await updateItem({
        variables: { id: item.id, input: values },
      });
    },
  });

  // Track if form has changes
  const hasChanges = formik.dirty;

  return (
    <VStack gap="$4">
      {/* Form fields */}
      <Button
        onPress={formik.handleSubmit}
        isDisabled={!hasChanges || !formik.isValid || formik.isSubmitting}
        isLoading={formik.isSubmitting}
      >
        Save Changes
      </Button>
    </VStack>
  );
};

Form State Helpers

const {
  values,          // Current form values
  errors,          // Validation errors
  touched,         // Fields that have been touched
  isValid,         // Form passes validation
  isSubmitting,    // Submit in progress
  dirty,           // Values differ from initial
  handleSubmit,    // Submit handler
  handleChange,    // Change handler
  handleBlur,      // Blur handler
  setFieldValue,   // Set single field
  setFieldTouched, // Mark field touched
  resetForm,       // Reset to initial values
  setSubmitting,   // Control submitting state
} = formik;

Multi-Step Forms

const MultiStepForm = () => {
  const [step, setStep] = useState(0);

  const formik = useFormik({
    initialValues: {
      // Step 1
      name: '',
      email: '',
      // Step 2
      address: '',
      city: '',
      // Step 3
      paymentMethodToken: '', // token from a payment provider’s hosted field; never raw card data
    },
    validationSchema: stepSchemas[step],
    onSubmit: async (values) => {
      if (step < steps.length - 1) {
        setStep(step + 1);
      } else {
        // Validate the complete order schema here; step-only validation is insufficient.
        await finalOrderSchema.validate(values, { abortEarly: false });
        await submitOrder(values);
      }
    },
  });

  return (
    <VStack>
      {step === 0 && <PersonalInfoStep formik={formik} />}
      {step === 1 && <AddressStep formik={formik} />}
      {step === 2 && <PaymentStep formik={formik} />}

      <HStack gap="$4">
        {step > 0 && (
          <Button variant="outline" onPress={() => setStep(step - 1)}>
            Back
          </Button>
        )}
        <Button
          onPress={formik.handleSubmit}
          isDisabled={!formik.isValid || formik.isSubmitting}
          isLoading={formik.isSubmitting}
        >
          {step < steps.length - 1 ? 'Next' : 'Submit'}
        </Button>
      </HStack>
    </VStack>
  );
};

Anti-Patterns

// WRONG - Not showing validation errors
<Input
  value={formik.values.email}
  onChangeText={formik.handleChange('email')}
/>

// CORRECT - Show errors when touched
<Input
  value={formik.values.email}
  onChangeText={formik.handleChange('email')}
  onBlur={formik.handleBlur('email')}
  error={formik.touched.email ? formik.errors.email : undefined}
/>


// WRONG - Submit button always enabled
<Button onPress={formik.handleSubmit}>Submit</Button>

// CORRECT - Disabled when invalid or submitting
<Button
  onPress={formik.handleSubmit}
  isDisabled={!formik.isValid || formik.isSubmitting}
  isLoading={formik.isSubmitting}
>
  Submit
</Button>


// WRONG - No error handling on mutation
onSubmit: async (values) => {
  await createItem({ variables: { input: values } });
}

// CORRECT - Handle errors
onSubmit: async (values, { setSubmitting }) => {
  try {
    await createItem({ variables: { input: values } });
  } catch (er

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