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I am passing in props to my form. So the data in the form can be populated from these props or from user entry. Because I'm using props I don't have data defined for these elements. But instead am using v-model and passing in my props.

The problem then is when I want to submit, how can I get all the form data.

I realized I can define refs on the form inputs in order to grab the data from the form in order to submit it. But with that solution I have to step thru each data element individually. What I would like to do is just step thru the form and pull the data out in a forEach loop.

Is that possible?

Here is my code running.

And this is the top of my template (using Vuetify as a framework) with one of the elements of my form:

<template>

<v-container fluid grid-list-lg class="come_closer">

  <v-layout row wrap>

    <v-flex xs12 v-for="(creds, index) in amazonCredsArray" :key="creds.id" class="pb-4">

      <v-card class="lightpurple">

        <v-card-title>

          <v-icon class="my_dark_purple_text">language</v-icon>

          <h1 class="title oswald my_dark_purple_text pl-2 pr-5">ENTER YOUR CREDENTIALS BELOW</h1>

        </v-card-title>



     <v-form ref="form" lazy-validation>

        <v-layout xs12 row wrap class="mx-auto" >

          <v-flex xs12>

            <v-text-field

              ref="seller_id"

              :rules="[ v => sellerIdRules(v, index) ]"

              validate-on-blur

              required

              color="indigo"

              label="Amazon Seller Id"

              v-model="creds.seller_id"

              prepend-icon="person"

            ></v-text-field>

          </v-flex>

Then on submit I would have to run a method for each element that contains this:

this.$refs.seller_id.forEach(function(element){console.log(element.value)});

Is there an easier way to do this? Can I scope my refs so I can just use 1 forEach loop. Or any other suggestions?

There are several ways to solve this problem.

The simplest is probably to create data properties that should hold the state of your input fields and initialize them with props.

props: ['value'],



data () {

   return {

      valueLocal: this.value

   }

}

Now, data properties can be used to reflect the value of your input fields again:

<input v-model="valueLocal">

Downside is, if the prop value changes after the component is mounted, those changes are ignored by your component.

You can however, extend the component definition with watchers. This way valueLocal is always equal to whatever changed last. The prop or the user input.

props: ['value'],



data () {

   return {

      valueLocal: this.value

   }

},



watch: {

    value (newValue) {

        this.valueLocal = newValue

    }

}

Note, that v-model is basically just syntax sugar for binding the value attribute and listening for the input event. So v-model is just short for:

<input :value="valueLocal" @input="valueLocal = $event.target.value">

So you might as well keep your form component generic and let the parent component handle the state.

Form component

The template of your from component:

<input :value="value" @input="$emit('input', $event.target.value)">

<!-- ... --->

<input type="submit" @submit="$emit('submit')">

No data properties required, only props:

props: ['value']

Parent component

In the parent component template:

<form-component :value="value" @input="value = $event" @submit="...">

Or use v-model again

<form-component :v-model="value" @submit="...">

Since you have multiple input elements in your from component this is less of an option though.