In this article I will explain with an example, how to perform Indian PAN Card Number validation on Client Side using Data Annotation and Regular Expressions in ASP.Net Core MVC.
The Data Annotation attributes will be applied to the Model class properties in ASP.Net Core MVC.
Model
The following Model class consists of one property PANNumber. The property is decorated with the following Data Annotation attributes for performing validations.
1. Required Data Annotation attribute.
2. RegularExpression Data Annotation attribute.
Note: The Data Annotations attributes can be used with the Entity Data Model (EDM), LINQ to SQL, and other data models.
The Required Data Annotation and the RegularExpression Data Annotation attributes have been specified with a property Error Message with a string value. As the name suggests, this string value will be displayed to the user when the respective validation fails.
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
namespace PAN_Number_Validation_MVC_Core.Models
{
public class PersonModel
{
[Display(Name = "PAN Card:")]
[Required(ErrorMessage = "PAN Number is required")]
[RegularExpression("^([A-Za-z]){5}([0-9]){4}([A-Za-z]){1}$", ErrorMessage = "Invalid PAN Number")]
public string PANNumber { get; set; }
}
}
Controller
The Controller consists of following two Action methods.
Action method for handling GET operation
Inside this Action method, simply the View is returned.
Action method for handling POST operation
This Action method handles the POST operation and when the form is submitted, the object of the PersonModel class is sent to this method.
public class HomeController : Controller
{
public IActionResult Index()
{
return View();
}
[HttpPost]
public IActionResult Index(PersonModel person)
{
return View();
}
}
View
Inside the View, in the very first line the PersonModel class is declared as Model for the View.
The Form
The View consists of an HTML Form which has been created using following ASP.Net Tag Helpers attributes.
asp-action – Name of the Action. In this case the name is Index.
asp-controller – Name of the Controller. In this case the name is Home.
method – It specifies the Form Method i.e. GET or POST. In this case it will be set to POST.
Implementing Validation
The Form consists of a Label, a HTML INPUT TextBox, a SPAN element and a Submit Button.
The TextBox have been set with the following Tag Helpers attributes:-
asp-for – The Model property to which validation will be performed. In this case PANNumber.
asp-validation-for – Displaying the validation message for the Model property.
When the Submit button is clicked, the Form gets submitted and the PANNumber value is sent to the Controller.
Enabling Client-Side validations
By default, the validations performed using Data Annotations and Model class is performed on Server Side.
In order to enable Client-Side validations, you will need to inherit the following script files.
1. jquery.js
2. jquery.validate.js
3. jquery.validate.unobtrusive.js
Once, the above files are inherited automatically, the Client-Side validations using Data Annotations is enabled.
@model PAN_Number_Validation_MVC_Core.Models.PersonModel
@addTagHelper*, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers
@{
Layout = null;
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
<title>Index</title>
<style type="text/css">
body { font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; }
.PAN { text-transform: uppercase; }
.error { color: red; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<form method="post" asp-controller="Home" asp-action="Index">
<label asp-for="PANNumber"></label>
<input type="text" asp-for="PANNumber" class="PAN" />
<span asp-validation-for="PANNumber" class="error"></span>
<hr/>
<input type="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.6.0/jquery.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery-validate/1.19.3/jquery.validate.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery-validation-unobtrusive/3.2.12/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Screenshots
Invalid PAN Card Number
![ASP.Net Core MVC: Client Side PAN Card Number validation using Data Annotations and Regular Expressions]()
Valid PAN Card Number
![ASP.Net Core MVC: Client Side PAN Card Number validation using Data Annotations and Regular Expressions]()
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