Angular ng-messages: how to check password confirmation?

Question

THE SITUATION:

I am using ng-messages directive for instant validation in my angular app. Everything is working fine except one thing: i need to validate the field 'password confirmation' and don't know how to do.

THE CODE:

<form name="autentication_form" novalidate="" ng-submit="submit_register()">

    <label class="item item-input">
        <span class="input-label">Email</span>
        <input type="text" name="email" ng-model="registerData.email" required>

        <div class="form-errors" ng-messages="autentication_form.email.$error" role="alert" ng-if='autentication_form.email.$dirty'>
            <div class="form-error" ng-message="required">You did not enter the email</div>
        </div>
    </label>

    <label class="item item-input">
        <span class="input-label">Password</span>
        <input type="password" name="password" ng-model="registerData.password" required>

        <div class="form-errors" ng-messages="autentication_form.password.$error" role="alert" ng-if='autentication_form.password.$dirty'>
            <div class="form-error" ng-message="required">Please enter the password</div>
        </div>
    </label>

    <label class="item item-input">
        <span class="input-label">Password confirmation</span>
        <input type="password" name="password_confirmation" ng-model="registerData.password_confirmation" required>

        <div class="form-errors" ng-messages="autentication_form.password_confirmation.$error" role="alert" ng-if='autentication_form.password_confirmation.$dirty'>
            <div class="form-error" ng-message="required">Password confirmation required</div>
        </div>
    </label>

</form>

THE QUESTION:

How can i check that the password confirmation match using ng-messages?

score 22 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 23 '15 at 08:02

22

The easiest approach is to use a pattern. Works fine for me!

<input type="password" name="new_password1" ng-model="new_password1">

<input type="password" name="new_password2" ng-pattern="\b{{new_password1}}\b" ng-model="new_password2">
<div ng-messages="passwordForm.new_password2.$error">
    <div ng-message="pattern">Not equal!!!</div>
</div>

answered Dec 23 '15 at 08:02

ebastuart

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1

This looks like the best and easiest solution. I'd change the pattern a little bit to match the full line though: `ng-pattern="^{{new_password1}}$"` – Andrzej Gis Dec 24 '15 at 23:01
This is awesome. How would I avoid the Parse Lexer error though? I get "Unexpected next character" – Jared Jan 05 '16 at 09:20
3

@Jared to fix the Parse Lexer error the pattern should be wrapped with /: `ng-pattern="/^{{new_password1}}$/"` – Anton Nikiforov Jan 18 '16 at 04:28
7

Just read the API reference from the angular page [link](https://docs.angularjs.org/api/ng/directive/input) _If the expression evaluates to a string, then it will be converted to a RegExp after wrapping it in ^ and $ characters. For instance, "abc" will be converted to new RegExp('^abc$')._ **That means you can use ng-pattern="{{new_password1}}** – ebastuart Jan 19 '16 at 14:34
2

@ebastuart What happens when the password contains characters that have meaning in the regexp (like * and +)? – QOI Jan 21 '16 at 10:54
@ebastuart you're right I just tested it and if password contains regexp then the ng-pattern will fail and not match. So doesn't look like using ng-pattern is a workable solution. – Hisham Mar 14 '16 at 18:02
9

DON'T USE THIS, this answer is failing if the password contains regular expression valid characters like /, $, etc. – Vignesh Mar 24 '16 at 11:14
Great solution, @ebastuart! – Nam Pham Mar 26 '16 at 17:07

score 10 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 28 '15 at 10:19

The best approach is to use a directive. The major point of problem here is that both password and password confirmation inputs need to be watched.

Here's the solution that could help

angular.module('app', ['ngMessages'])

.controller('ctrl', function($scope) {
  $scope.registerData = {};
})


.directive('confirmPwd', function($interpolate, $parse) {
  return {
    require: 'ngModel',
    link: function(scope, elem, attr, ngModelCtrl) {

      var pwdToMatch = $parse(attr.confirmPwd);
      var pwdFn = $interpolate(attr.confirmPwd)(scope);

      scope.$watch(pwdFn, function(newVal) {
          ngModelCtrl.$setValidity('password', ngModelCtrl.$viewValue == newVal);
      })

      ngModelCtrl.$validators.password = function(modelValue, viewValue) {
        var value = modelValue || viewValue;
        return value == pwdToMatch(scope);
      };

    }
  }
});

<html ng-app="app">

<head>
  <script data-require="angular.js@~1.4.3" data-semver="1.4.3" src="https://code.angularjs.org/1.4.3/angular.js"></script>
  <script data-require="angular-messages@1.4.3" data-semver="1.4.3" src="https://code.angularjs.org/1.4.3/angular-messages.js"></script>
  <script src="https://code.angularjs.org/1.3.15/angular.js"></script>
  <script src="script.js"></script>
</head>

<body ng-controller="ctrl">
  <form name="autentication_form" novalidate="" ng-submit="submit_register()">
    <label class="item item-input">
      <span class="input-label">Email</span>
      <input type="text" name="email" ng-model="registerData.email" required="" />
      <div class="form-errors" ng-messages="autentication_form.email.$error" ng-if='autentication_form.email.$touched'>
        <span class="form-error" ng-message="required">You did not enter the email</span>
      </div>
    </label>
    <label class="item item-input">
      <span class="input-label">Password</span>
      <input type="password" name="password" ng-model="registerData.password" required />
      <div class="form-errors" ng-messages="autentication_form.password.$error" ng-if='autentication_form.password.$touched'>
        <span class="form-error" ng-message="required">Please enter the password</span>
      </div>
    </label>
    <label class="item item-input">
      <span class="input-label">Password confirmation</span>
      <input type="password" name="password_confirmation" ng-model="registerData.password_confirmation" required="" confirm-pwd="registerData.password" />
      <div class="form-errors" ng-messages="autentication_form.password_confirmation.$error" ng-if='autentication_form.password_confirmation.$touched'>
        <span class="form-error" ng-message="required">Password confirmation required</span>
        <span class="form-error" ng-message="password">Password different</span>
      </div>
    </label>
  </form>
</body>

</html>

Why not call $validate() instead of $setValidity? The logic is already in there. — remarsh, May 15 '19 at 21:49

Stepan Kasyanenko · Answer 3 · 2017-01-12T12:53:54.890

When developing, you can face the fact that you need to create your own checks, which will affect the validity of the form. If these checks are simple, such as a comparison of the two values, it is better to use a general guideline, than write your own checks for each situation. Look at use-form-error directive.

Live example on jsfiddle.

angular.module('ExampleApp', ['use', 'ngMessages'])
  .controller('ExampleController', function($scope) {

  });

.errors {
  color: maroon
}

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.4.9/angular.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.4.9/angular-messages.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.rawgit.com/Stepan-Kasyanenko/use-form-error/master/src/use-form-error.js"></script>

<div ng-app="ExampleApp">
  <div ng-controller="ExampleController">

    <form name="ExampleForm">
      <label>Password</label>
      <input ng-model="password" required />
      <br>
      <label>Confirm password</label>
      <input ng-model="confirmPassword" name="confirmPassword" use-form-error="isNotSame" use-error-expression="password && confirmPassword && password!=confirmPassword" required />
      <div ng-show="ExampleForm.$error.isNotSame" class="errors">Passwords Do Not Match!</div>
      <div ng-messages="ExampleForm.confirmPassword.$error" class="errors">
        <div ng-message="isNotSame">
          Passwords Do Not Match (from ng-message)!
        </div>
      </div>
    </form>

  </div>
</div>

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 21 '17 at 05:41

Here's what I did (using ng-pattern):

<md-input-container class="md-block">
  <label>New Password</label>
  <input ng-model="user.password" name="password" type="password" required ng-pattern="'.{8,}'" />
  <div ng-messages="form.password.$error">
    <div ng-message="required">Password required.</div>
    <div ng-message="pattern">Password must be at least 8 characters.</div>
  </div>
</md-input-container>
<md-input-container class="md-block">
  <label>Confirm Password</label>
  <input ng-model="user.confirmPassword" name="confirmPassword" type="password" ng-pattern="user.password|escapeRegex" required />
  <div ng-messages="form.confirmPassword.$error">
    <div ng-message="required">Password confirmation required.</div>
    <div ng-message="pattern">Passwords do not match.</div>
  </div>
</md-input-container>

And the following filter converts the ng-pattern regex to a literal:

module.filter('escapeRegex', function(){
  return function(str){
    return str.replace(/[\-\[\]\/\{\}\(\)\*\+\?\.\\\^\$\|]/g, "\\$&");
  }
});

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 01 '18 at 00:41

ngMessage works by adding $error.message_field_name to the DOM field name in the form object (within the scope of course). So if your DOM form name is autentication_form and the DOM field name is password_confirmation, you need to set $scope.autentication_form.password_confirmation.$error.nomatch (or whatever ngMessage name you want) to true to display the "Doesn't match" error.

Markup:

<input type="password" name="password_confirmation" ng-model="registerData.password_confirmation" required />

<div ng-messages="autentication_form.password_confirmation.$error">
                <div ng-message="required">Please repeat your password.</div>
                <div ng-message="nomatch">Doesn't match.</div>
            </div>
</div>

Code, nothing special, just watching both passwords:

$scope.$watch("registerData.password + registerData.password_confirmation", function () {
            $scope.autentication_form.password_confirmation.$error.nomatch = $scope.registerData.password !== $scope.registerData.password_confirmation;
        });

score -2 · Answer 6 · answered Jan 17 '16 at 12:54

i did using only ionic(html) validations.

New Password New Password is required

<label class="item item-input inputRadius">
<span class="input-label">Confirm Password</span>
<input type="password" placeholder="Confirm Password" ng-model="passwordUpdateInfo.confirmPassword" name="confirmPassword" required>
</label>
<div ng-show="passwordUpdateForm.$submitted || passwordUpdateForm.confirmPassword.$touched">
<div ng-show="passwordUpdateForm.confirmPassword.$error.required" class="errorMessage">Confirm Password is required</div>
</div>
<div ng-show="passwordUpdateInfo.confirmPassword.length > 0 && passwordUpdateInfo.confirmPassword != passwordUpdateInfo.newPassword">
    Password not match..(amar from india)
</div>
<button class="button button-positive button-block" ng-disabled="passwordUpdateInfo.confirmPassword.length > 0 && passwordUpdateInfo.confirmPassword != passwordUpdateInfo.newPassword">Update</button>

Angular ng-messages: how to check password confirmation?

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