From 5316e01ccec03a888b70a719050b6a2ca67bc1f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tamsin johnson <tomjohnson@ucsb.edu>
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 22:57:49 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] lets-go:8.3 some validation

---
 snippetbox/cmd/web/handlers.go | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/snippetbox/cmd/web/handlers.go b/snippetbox/cmd/web/handlers.go
index 6ce05bb..be329fd 100644
--- a/snippetbox/cmd/web/handlers.go
+++ b/snippetbox/cmd/web/handlers.go
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"unicode/utf8"
 
 	"github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter"
 	"snippetbox.chaosfem.tw/internal/models"
@@ -74,6 +76,27 @@ func (app *application) snippetCreatePost(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request
 		return
 	}
 
+	fieldErrors := make(map[string]string)
+
+	if strings.TrimSpace(title) == "" {
+		fieldErrors["title"] = "This field cannot be blank"
+	} else if utf8.RuneCountInString(title) > 100 {
+		fieldErrors["title"] = "This field cannot contain more than 100 characters"
+	}
+
+	if strings.TrimSpace(content) == "" {
+		fieldErrors["content"] = "This field cannot be blank"
+	}
+
+	if expires != 1 && expires != 7 && expires != 365 {
+		fieldErrors["expires"] = "This field must equal 1, 7 or 365"
+	}
+
+	if len(fieldErrors) > 0 {
+		fmt.Fprint(w, fieldErrors)
+		return
+	}
+
 	id, err := app.snippets.Insert(title, content, expires)
 	if err != nil {
 		app.serverError(w, r, err)