From e48d1224f6d18d7b9bf52364c3bddda25f39a082 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benjamin Renard <brenard@easter-eggs.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2024 00:19:22 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Improve validate_form() JS helper function

---
 static/js/app.js | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/static/js/app.js b/static/js/app.js
index 585cf95..255742d 100644
--- a/static/js/app.js
+++ b/static/js/app.js
@@ -127,9 +127,10 @@ function show_form_modal(opts) {
 /**
  * Validate and serialize form's data
  * @param {jQuery} form The form element to validate and serialize
+ * @param {bool} keep_empty Keep element with empty value in result (optional, default: false)
  * @returns object|false The serialized form's data on success or false
  */
-function validate_form(form) {
+function validate_form(form, keep_empty = false) {
   form.find(".is-invalid").removeClass("is-invalid");
   if (!form[0].checkValidity()) {
     $(form[0].elements).each(function (idx, element) {
@@ -140,7 +141,12 @@ function validate_form(form) {
   var data = {};
   jQuery.each(form.serializeArray(), function (idx, item) {
     item.value = item.value.trim();
-    if (item.value) data[item.name] = item.value;
+    if (item.value || keep_empty) data[item.name] = item.value;
+  });
+  form.find("input[type=checkbox]").each(function (idx, checkbox) {
+    if (!$(checkbox).val() && $(checkbox).attr("name")) {
+      data[$(checkbox).attr("name")] = $(checkbox).is(":checked");
+    }
   });
   console.log(data);
   return data;