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Implementing Form Submission in the Ask Form

Explore how to implement form submission in a React ask form by using controlled components and React Hook Form. Learn to handle form state, manage asynchronous submission, disable the form during submission, and display success messages for a smooth user experience.

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Let’s carry out the following steps to implement submission in the ask form:

  1. In QuestionsData.ts, create a function that will simulate posting a question:

Node.js
export interface PostQuestionData {
  title: string;
  content: string;
  userName: string;
  created: Date;
}
export const postQuestion = async (
  question: PostQuestionData,
): Promise<QuestionData | undefined> => {
  await wait(500);
  const questionId =
    Math.max(...questions.map(q => q.questionId)) + 1;
  const newQuestion: QuestionData = {
    ...question,
    questionId,
    answers: [],
    };
  questions.push(newQuestion);
  return newQuestion;
};

This function adds the question to the questions array using the Math.max method to set questionId to the next number.

  1. In AskPage.tsx, import the function we just added to QuestionData.ts:

Node.js
import { postQuestion } from './QuestionsData';
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