Chapter 11

How to
validate data

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Objectives (part 1)
Applied
1. Given the data validation requirements for a web form, use any of
the validation techniques presented in this chapter to implement
that validation.

Knowledge
2. Describe the default data validation provided by model binding.
3. Describe the use of attributes for data validation.
4. List six data validation attributes.
5. Describe the use of tag helpers for data validation.
6. Describe the use of the IsValid property of a controller’s
ModelState property.
7. Describe the use of CSS to format validation messages.

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Objectives (part 2)
7. Describe the use of a controller’s ModelState property for
checking the validation state of a control and setting a custom
error message.
8. Describe the use of model-level and property-level validation
messages.
9. Describe the use of unobtrusive client-side data validation.
10. Distinguish between client-side validation and server-side
validation.
11. Describe the process of customizing server-side data validation.
12. Describe the process of implementing remote validation.
13. Describe the process of customizing client-side data validation.

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The Movie class
public class Movie
{
public string Name { get; set; }
public int Rating { get; set; }
}

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A strongly-typed view that posts a Movie object
to an action method
@model Movie
...
<div asp-validation-summary="All" class="text-danger">
</div>

<form asp-action="Add" method="post" class="form-inline">

<div class="form-group">
<label>Name:</label>&nbsp;
<input asp-for="Name" class="form-control" />
</div>&nbsp;
<div class="form-group">
<label>Rating (1 - 5):</label>&nbsp;
<input type="text" asp-for="Rating"
class="form-control" />
</div>&nbsp;
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Submit
</button>
</form>
...

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An action method that receives a Movie object
from the view
[HttpPost]
public IActionResult Add(Movie movie)
{
if (ModelState.IsValid) {
/* code to add movie goes here */
return RedirectToAction("List", "Movie");
}
else {
return View(movie);
}
}

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How it looks in the browser when the rating
can’t be cast to an int

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Common data attributes for validation
Required
Range(min, max)
Range(type, min, max)
StringLength(length)
RegularExpression(ex)
Compare(other)
Display(Name = "n")

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The Movie entity class with data attributes
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
...
public class Movie
{
[Required]
[StringLength(30)]
public string Name { get; set; }

[Range(1, 5)]
public int Rating { get; set; }
}

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The view after the user submits invalid data

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The default validation messages
Attribute Message
Required The field [Name] is required.
Range The field [Name] must be between
[minimum] and [maximum].
StringLength The field [Name] must be a string
with a maximum length of [length].
RegularExpression The field [Name] must match the
regular expression '[pattern]'.
Compare '[Name]' and '[OtherName]' do not
match.

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How to replace the default message
with a custom message
[Required(ErrorMessage = "Please enter a name")]
[StringLength(30,
ErrorMessage = "Name must be 30 characters or less.")]
public string Name { get; set; }

[Range(1, 5,
ErrorMessage = "Please enter a rating between 1 and 5.")]
public int Rating { get; set; }

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The Customer class
public class Customer {
[Required(ErrorMessage = "Please enter a name.")]
[RegularExpression("^[a-zA-Z0-9]+$",
ErrorMessage = "Name may not contain special characters.")]
public string Name { get; set; }

[Required(ErrorMessage = "Please enter a date of birth.")]

[Range(typeof(DateTime), "1/1/1900", "12/31/9999",
ErrorMessage = "Date of birth must be after 1/1/1900.")]
public DateTime? DOB { get; set; }

[Required(ErrorMessage = "Please enter a password.")]

[StringLength(25)]
[Compare("ConfirmPassword")]
public string Password { get; set; }

[Required(ErrorMessage = "Please confirm your password.")]

[Display(Name = "Confirm Password")]
public string ConfirmPassword { get; set; }
}

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A validation tag in a strongly-typed view
that posts a Customer object
<div asp-validation-summary="All" class="text-danger">
</div>
...
<input asp-for="Name" class="form-control" />
<input type="text" asp-for="DOB" class="form-control" />
<input type="password" asp-for="Password"
class="form-control" />
<input type="password" asp-for="ConfirmPassword"
class="form-control" />

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An action method that receives a Customer object
from the view
public IActionResult Index(Customer customer) {
if (ModelState.IsValid) {
// code that adds customer to database
return RedirectToAction("Welcome");
} else {
return View(customer);
}
}

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The Registration page after the user submits
invalid data

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The HTML emitted for an <input> tag bound
to the Name property
<input type="text" class="form-control"
data-val="true"
data-val-regex="Name may not contain special characters."
data-val-regex-pattern="^[a-zA-Z0-9 ]&#x2B;$"
data-val-required="Please enter a name."
id="Name" name="Name" value="" />

The HTML emitted for that <input> tag

when data validation fails
<input type="text" class="form-control input-validation-error"
data-val="true"
data-val-regex="Name may not contain special characters."
data-val-regex-pattern="^[a-zA-Z0-9 ]&#x2B;$"
data-val-required="Please enter a name."
id="Name" name="Name" value="" />

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The HTML emitted for a summary of valid data
<div class="text-danger validation-summary-valid"
data-valmsg-summary="true">
<ul><li style="display:none"></li></ul>
</div>

The HTML emitted for a summary of invalid data

<div class="text-danger validation-summary-errors"
data-valmsg-summary="true">
<ul>
<li>Please enter a name.</li>
<li>Please enter a date of birth.</li>
</ul>
</div>

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Some CSS styles in the site.css file
.input-validation-error {
border: 2px solid #dc3545; /* same red as text-danger */
background-color: #faebd7; /* antique white */
}

.validation-summary-valid { display: none; }

.validation-summary-errors ul { list-style: none; }

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The view with formatted validation

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Properties of the ModelStateDictionary class
Count
ErrorCount
IsValid
Keys
Values

Methods of the ModelStateDictionary class

AddModelError(key, msg)
GetValidationState(key)

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Code that adds a validation message
to the ModelState property
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ModelBinding;
...
[HttpPost]
public IActionResult Index(Customer customer)
{
string key = nameof(Customer.DOB);

if (ModelState.GetValidationState(key) ==
ModelValidationState.Valid) {
if (customer.DOB > DateTime.Today) {
ModelState.AddModelError(
key, "Date of birth must not be a future date.");
}
}
if (ModelState.IsValid) {
// code that adds customer to database
return RedirectToAction("Welcome");
}
else {
return View(customer);
}
}

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Two tag helpers used with data validation
asp-validation-summary
asp-validation-for

The values of the ValidateSummary enum

All
ModelOnly
None

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An action method that adds a model-level
validation message
[HttpPost]
public IActionResult Index(Customer customer) {
if (ModelState.IsValid) {
// code that adds customer to database
return RedirectToAction("Welcome");
} else {
ModelState.AddModelError("",
"There are errors in the form.");
return View(customer);
}
}

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Part of a view that displays both model-level
and property-level messages
<div asp-validation-summary="ModelOnly"
class="text-danger"></div>

<form asp-action="Index" method="post">

<div class="form-group row">
<div class="col-sm-2"><label>Name:</label></div>
<div class="col-sm-4">
<input asp-for="Name" class="form-control" />
</div>
<div class="col-sm-6">
<span asp-validation-for="Name"
class="text-danger"></span>
</div>
</div>
...

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The form in the browser after validation fails

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The jQuery libraries that download by default
with the MVC template

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The jQuery libraries in a Layout view
<head>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
<link href="~/lib/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css"
rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="~/css/site.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script src="~/lib/jquery/dist/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="~/lib/jquery-validation/dist/
jquery.validate.min.js">
</script>
<script src="~/lib/jquery-validation-unobtrusive/
jquery.validate.unobtrusive.min.js">
</script>
<title>@ViewBag.Title</title>
</head>

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Some caveats to client-side validation
 It only works correctly with property-level validation, not model-
level validation.
 Any server-side validation doesn’t run until all client-side
validation passes. This can lead to a 2-step process that may
annoy some users.
 Not all data annotations work properly on the client. In the
example below, for instance, the Range annotation for the DOB
field isn’t working as it should.

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The form in the browser with client-side validation

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Classes used to create a custom attribute
ValidationAttribute
ValidationContext
ValidationResult

A virtual method of the ValidationAttribute class

IsValid(object, context)

A constructor of the ValidationResult class

ValidationResult(string)

A field of the ValidationResult class

Success

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A custom attribute that checks if a date
is in the past
public class PastDateAttribute : ValidationAttribute
{
protected override ValidationResult IsValid(object value,
ValidationContext ctx)
{
if (value is DateTime) {
DateTime dateToCheck = (DateTime)value;
if (dateToCheck < DateTime.Today) {
return ValidationResult.Success;
}
}

string msg = base.ErrorMessage ??

$"{ctx.DisplayName} must be a valid past date.";
return new ValidationResult(msg);
}
}

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Code that uses the PastDate attribute
with the default validation message
[PastDate]
public DateTime? DOB { get; set; }

How it looks in the browser

Code that uses the PastDate attribute

with a custom validation message
[PastDate(ErrorMessage =
"Please enter a date of birth in the past.")]
public DateTime? DOB { get; set; }

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A custom attribute that accepts values (part 1)
public class YearsFromNowAttribute : ValidationAttribute
{
private int numYears;
public YearsFromNowAttribute(int years) {
numYears = years;
}
public bool IsPast { get; set; } = false;

protected override ValidationResult IsValid(object value,

ValidationContext ctx)
{
if (value is DateTime) {
// cast value to DateTime
DateTime dateToCheck = (DateTime)value;

// calculate date range

DateTime now = DateTime.Today;
DateTime from;

if (IsPast) {
from = new DateTime(now.Year, 1, 1);
from = from.AddYears(-numYears);
}

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A custom attribute that accepts values (part 2)
else {
from = new DateTime(now.Year, 12, 31);
from = from.AddYears(numYears);
}

// check date
if (IsPast) {
if (dateToCheck >= from && dateToCheck < now) {
return ValidationResult.Success;
}
}
else {
if (dateToCheck > now && dateToCheck <= from) {
return ValidationResult.Success;
}
}
}
string msg = base.ErrorMessage ??
ctx.DisplayName + " must be a " +
(IsPast ? "past" : "future") + " date within " +
numYears + " years of now.";
return new ValidationResult(msg);
}
}

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A DOB property that requires a past date
no more than 100 years ago
[YearsFromNow(100, IsPast = true)]
public DateTime? DOB { get; set; }

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A custom attribute that checks more than one
property in a class
public class RequiredContactInfoAttribute :
ValidationAttribute
{
protected override ValidationResult IsValid(object v,
ValidationContext c){
var cust = (Customer)c.ObjectInstance;
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(cust.PhoneNumber) &&
string.IsNullOrEmpty(cust.EmailAddress))
{
string msg = base.ErrorMessage ??
"Enter phone number or email.";
return new ValidationResult(msg);
}
else {
return ValidationResult.Success;
}
}
}

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The method of the IValidatableObject interface
Validate(context)

A constructor of the ValidationResult class

ValidationResult(m, list)

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A custom validation class that checks
more than one field
public class Customer : IValidatableObject {
...
[Required(ErrorMessage = "Please enter a date of birth.")]
public DateTime? DOB { get; set; }

public string PhoneNumber { get; set; }

public string EmailAddress { get; set; }

public IEnumerable<ValidationResult> Validate(ValidationContext ctx) {

if (DOB > DateTime.Now)
{
yield return new ValidationResult(
"Date of birth can't be in the future.",
new[] { nameof(DOB) });
}
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(PhoneNumber) &&
string.IsNullOrEmpty(EmailAddress))
{
yield return new ValidationResult(
"Please enter a phone number or email address.",
new[] { nameof(PhoneNumber), nameof(EmailAddress) });
}
}
}

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A method of the IClientModelValidator interface
AddValidation(context)

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The updated PastDate attribute
with client-side validation (part 1)
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ModelBinding.Validation;
...
public class PastDateAttribute : ValidationAttribute, IClientModelValidator
{
private int numYears;
public PastDateAttribute(int years = -1) => numYears = years;

protected override ValidationResult IsValid(object val,

ValidationContext ctx)
{
if (val is DateTime) {
DateTime dateToCheck = (DateTime)val;
if (numYears == -1) { // no limit on past date
if (dateToCheck < DateTime.Today)
return ValidationResult.Success;
} else {
DateTime minDate = DateTime.Today.AddYears(-numYears);
if (dateToCheck >= minDate && dateToCheck < DateTime.Today)
return ValidationResult.Success;
}
}
return new ValidationResult(GetMsg(ctx.DisplayName));
}

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The updated PastDate attribute (part 2)
public void AddValidation(ClientModelValidationContext c)
{
if (!c.Attributes.ContainsKey("data-val"))
c.Attributes.Add("data-val", "true");
c.Attributes.Add("data-val-pastdate-numyears", numYears.ToString());
c.Attributes.Add("data-val-pastdate",
GetMsg(c.ModelMetadata.DisplayName ?? c.ModelMetadata.Name));
}

private string GetMsg(string name) =>

base.ErrorMessage ?? name + " must be a valid past date" +
(numYears == -1 ? "." : " (max " + numYears + " years ago).");
}

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A model property with the PastDate attribute
[PastDate(100)]
public DateTime? DOB { get; set; }

The HTML that the PastDate attribute emits

<input type="text" class="form-control" data-val="true"
data-val-pastdate=
"DOB must be a valid past date (max 100 years ago)."
data-val-pastdate-numyears="100" id="DOB" name="DOB" value=""
/>

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The pastdate.js file (part 1)
jQuery.validator.addMethod("pastdate",
function (value, element, param) {
// get date entered by user, confirm it's a date
if (value === '') return false;
var dateToCheck = new Date(value);
if (dateToCheck === "Invalid Date") return false;

// get the number of years

var numYears = Number(param);

// get the current date

var now = new Date();

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The pastdate.js file (part 2)
// check date
if (numYears == -1) {
if (dateToCheck < now) return true;
} else {
// calculate limit
var minDate = new Date();
var minYear = now.getFullYear() - numYears;
minDate.setFullYear(minYear);

if (dateToCheck >= minDate && dateToCheck < now)

return true;
}
return false;
});

jQuery.validator.unobtrusive.adapters.addSingleVal(
"pastdate", "numyears");

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The header section of the layout
<head>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
<link href="~/lib/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css"
rel="stylesheet" />

<script src="~/lib/jquery/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="~/lib/jquery-validation/jquery.validate.min.js">
</script>
<script src="~/lib/jquery-validation-unobtrusive/
jquery.validate.unobtrusive.min.js"></script>
<script src="~/js/pastdate.js"></script>
<title>@ViewBag.Title</title>
</head>

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Two constructors of the RemoteAttribute class
RemoteAttribute(act, ctl)
RemoteAttribute(act, ctl, area)

A model property with a Remote attribute

[Remote("CheckEmail", "Validation")]
public string Email { get; set; }

The CheckEmail() action method

public JsonResult CheckEmail(string email)
{
bool hasEmail = Utility.CheckEmail(email);
if (hasEmail)
return Json(
$"Email address {email} is already registered.");
else
return Json(true);
}

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One property of the RemoteAttribute class
AdditionalFields

Remote validation that gets data

from additional fields
The model
[Remote("CheckEmail", "Validation",
AdditionalFields = "Username, Region")]
public string Email { get; set; }
public string Username { get; set; }

The view
<input asp-for="EmailAddress" class="form-control" />
<input asp-for="Username" class="form-control" />
<input type="hidden" name="Region" value="West" />

The CheckEmail() action method

public JsonResult CheckEmail (string email, string username,
string region){
// validation code
}

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The Registration app with invalid data

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The CSS for the validation class
.input-validation-error {
border: 2px solid #dc3545; /* text-danger */
background-color: #faebd7; /* antique white */
}

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The Customer class (part 1)
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.Schema;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
...
public class Customer
{
public int ID { get; set; } // automatically generated

[Required(ErrorMessage = "Please enter a username.")]

[RegularExpression("^[a-zA-Z0-9 ]+$", ErrorMessage =
"Username may not contain special characters.")]
public string Username { get; set; }

[Required(ErrorMessage = "Please enter an email address.")]

[Remote("CheckEmail", "Validation")]
public string EmailAddress { get; set; }

[Required(ErrorMessage = "Please enter a date of birth.")]

[MinimumAge(13, ErrorMessage =
"You must be at least 13 years old.")]
public DateTime? DOB { get; set; }

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The Customer class (part 2)
[Required(ErrorMessage = "Please enter a password.")]
[Compare("ConfirmPassword")]
[StringLength(25, ErrorMessage =
"Please limit your password to 25 characters.")]
public string Password { get; set; }

[Required(ErrorMessage = "Please confirm your password.")]

[Display(Name = "Confirm Password")]
[NotMapped]
public string ConfirmPassword { get; set; }
}

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The RegistrationContext class
public class RegistrationContext : DbContext
{
public RegistrationContext(
DbContextOptions<RegistrationContext> options)
: base(options) { }

public DbSet<Customer> Customers { get; set; }

}

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The MinimumAgeAttribute class (part 1)
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ModelBinding.Validation;
...
public class MinimumAgeAttribute : ValidationAttribute,
IClientModelValidator
{
private int minYears;
public MinimumAgeAttribute(int years) {
minYears = years;
}

// overrides IsValid() method of ValidationAttribute base class

protected override ValidationResult IsValid(object value,
ValidationContext ctx) {
if (value is DateTime) {
DateTime dateToCheck = (DateTime)value;
dateToCheck = dateToCheck.AddYears(minYears);
if (dateToCheck <= DateTime.Today) {
return ValidationResult.Success;
}
}
return new ValidationResult(GetMsg(ctx.DisplayName));
}

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The MinimumAgeAttribute class (part 2)
// implements AddValidation() method of IClientModelValidator
// interface
public void AddValidation(ClientModelValidationContext ctx) {
if (!ctx.Attributes.ContainsKey("data-val"))
ctx.Attributes.Add("data-val", "true");
ctx.Attributes.Add("data-val-minimumage-years",
minYears.ToString());
ctx.Attributes.Add("data-val-minimumage",
GetMsg(ctx.ModelMetadata.DisplayName ??
ctx.ModelMetadata.Name));
}

private string GetMsg(string name) =>

base.ErrorMessage ??
$"{name} must be at least {minYears} years ago.";
}

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The minumim-age JavaScript file
jQuery.validator.addMethod("minimumage",
function(value, element, param) {
if (value === '') return false;

var dateToCheck = new Date(value);

if (dateToCheck === "Invalid Date") return false;

var minYears = Number(param);

dateToCheck.setFullYear(dateToCheck.getFullYear() +
minYears);

var today = new Date();

return (dateToCheck <= today);
});

jQuery.validator.unobtrusive.adapters.addSingleVal(
"minimumage", "years");

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The Validation controller
public class ValidationController : Controller
{
private RegistrationContext context;
public RegisterController(RegistrationContext ctx) =>
context = ctx;

public JsonResult CheckEmail(string emailAddress)

{
string msg = Check.EmailExists(context,
emailAddress);
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(msg)) {
TempData["okEmail"] = true;
return Json(true);
}
else return Json(msg);
}
}

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The Register controller (part 1)
public class RegisterController : Controller
{
private RegistrationContext context;
public RegisterController(RegistrationContext ctx) =>
context = ctx;

public IActionResult Index() => View();

[HttpPost]
public IActionResult Index(Customer customer)
{
if (TempData["okEmail"] == null) {
string msg = Check.EmailExists(
context, customer.EmailAddress);
if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(msg)) {
ModelState.AddModelError(
nameof(Customer.EmailAddress), msg);
}
}

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The Register controller (part 2)
if (ModelState.IsValid) {
context.Customers.Add(customer);
context.SaveChanges();
return RedirectToAction("Welcome");
}
else return View(customer);
}
}

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The static Check class
public static class Check
{
public static string EmailExists(RegistrationContext ctx,
string email) {
string msg = "";
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(email)) {
var customer = ctx.Customers.FirstOrDefault(
c => c.EmailAddress.ToLower() == email.ToLower());
if (customer != null)
msg = $"Email address {email} already in use.";
}
return msg;
}
}

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The layout
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
<title>@ViewBag.Title</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
href="~/lib/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<link href="~/css/site.css" rel="stylesheet" />
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<header class="bg-primary text-white text-center">
<h1 class="m-3 p-3">Registration</h1>
</header>
<main>
@RenderBody()
</main>
</div>
<script src="~/lib/jquery/dist/jquery.min.js"></script>
@RenderSection("scripts", false)
</body>
</html>

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The Register/Index view (part 1)
@model Customer

@{
ViewData["Title"] = "Registration";
}

@section scripts {
<script
src="~/lib/jquery-validation/dist/jquery.validate.min.js"></script>
<script src="~/lib/jquery-validation-unobtrusive/
jquery.validate.unobtrusive.min.js"></script>
<script src="~/js/minimum-age.js"></script>
}

<form asp-action="Index" method="post">

<div class="form-group row">
<div class="col-sm-2"><label>Username:</label></div>
<div class="col-sm-4">
<input asp-for="Username" class="form-control" /></div>
<div class="col">
<span asp-validation-for="Username"
class="text-danger"></span></div></div>

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The Register/Index view (part 2)
<div class="form-group row">
<div class="col-sm-2"><label>Email Address:</label></div>
<div class="col-sm-4">
<input asp-for="EmailAddress" class="form-control" />
</div>
<div class="col">
<span asp-validation-for="EmailAddress"
class="text-danger"></span></div></div>
<div class="form-group row">
<div class="col-sm-2"><label>DOB:</label></div>
<div class="col-sm-4">
<input type="text" asp-for="DOB"
class="form-control" /></div>
<div class="col">
<span asp-validation-for="DOB"
class="text-danger"></span></div></div>
<!-- Password and ConfirmPassword fields -->
<div class="row">
<div class="offset-2 col-sm-4">
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">
Register</button>
</div></div>
</form>

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