Scala Reactive Programming

Play Form functions

The Play Framework Form case class has many functions to handle the Form submissions, such as binding data, validating data, and unbinding data.

Now, we will discuss the following two important Form API functions:

• Form.bindFromRequest(): This binds request data (user-submitted HTTP POST request data) to the Form, that is, it handles the Form submission. It returns a copy of this Form filled with the new data:

            def bindFromRequest()(implicit request:             play.api.mvc.Request[_]): Form[T] = { 
             } 

• Form.fold(): This takes care of handling form results and takes two parameters:
  • First parameter: This is a function to handle the form errors
  • Second parameter: This is a function to handle form submission success

If the form has ...