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This guide explains how to generate a page with a form for editing information. As a default, the system automatically validates information and inserts data into a database.

You can navigate to the edit page from the list by clicking this icon. Edit list button image

Edit page​

Generate a simple page for edit information.

For example, we have state and county tables in our database.

📄 AVRO Form Structure (JSON Configuration)

This structure defines a dynamic form with grouped input elements. It's used by the AVRO framework to render forms in a low-code environment.

🔧 Generate edit page​

  {
      "block": [
    {
      "group": [
        {
            "element": [{
                  "input_text": {
                      "title": "Title",
                      "name": "title",
                      "value": "California"
                  }
            }]
        },{
            "element": [{
              "select_option": {
                  "title": "Country",
                  "name": "country_id",
                  "col_name": "title",
                  "value":[1]
                }
            ]}
        },
      ],
      "status": {
          "1": "Active",
          "-1": "Passive"
        }
  }

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🔄 Dynamic Dropdown: select_option with Automatic Table Binding​

In AVRO, the following JSON configuration:

"select_option": {
  "title": "Country",
  "name": "country_id",
  "col_name": "title"
}

It is automatically interpreted by the system to fetch data from the related database table — without requiring any manual SQL query.

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More about a select option found in Select option guide. More about form elements found in Form elements guide.

🧠 How It Works​

  • name: "country_id" Indicates that this field refers to a foreign key — most likely pointing to the id field in the country table.

  • col_name: "title" Tells AVRO to display the title column from the country table as the dropdown label.

📡 Behind the Scenes​

AVRO automatically generates an SQL query such as:

SELECT id, title FROM country WHERE status = 1
  • The results are then rendered as a dropdown list.
  • You do not need to define the source table; AVRO infers it from the name (country_id → country).
🖥️ Interface Output Example​
[ Coutry: ▼ ]
   - USA
   - CANADA
   ...
✅ Benefits​
  • No need for hard-code table joins or dropdown sources
  • Clean JSON structure — easy to maintain
  • Automatically respects localization and status filtering (if configured)

🧱 Form Layout Logic in AVRO​

The layout logic in AVRO is very straightforward:

  • block — The main container. You can place multiple form groups inside a block.
  • group — Represents a row in the form layout.
  • element — Represents the actual form element (input, select, checkbox, etc.)

You define the structure, order, and size of each element within the group — allowing full control over layout and responsiveness.

tip

You can create more than 5000 unique form combinations using AVRO's element configuration.

Result​

Validation Error Handling in AVRO​

If the form is filled out incorrectly, the system checks the data based on the predefined validation configuration and returns an error message.

🖥️ Interface Behavior​

  • The invalid fields are highlighted in red
  • A detailed error message appears above or below the respective field
  • A general error alert may appear at the top of the form summarizing the issue

📡 API Response Format​

The API returns a structured JSON response like the following:

{
  "success": 0,
  "message": "",
  "error": {
    "elements": ["title"],
    "messages": {
      "title": [
        "Title",
        "This field is required.",
        "Please enter no more than 255 characters."
      ]
    }
  },
  "id": 0
}

Edit Error image

✅ Success Message Handling in AVRO​

When the form is submitted correctly, the system returns a success response and displays a confirmation message.

🖥️ Interface Behavior​

  • A green success alert is displayed at the top of the form with a message like: "Success"
  • The form remains filled with the submitted data (e.g., Title: California, Country: USA)
  • The user can choose to continue editing or navigate back to the list

📡 API Response Format​

Upon successful submission, the API returns the following response:

{
  "success": 1,
  "message": "Success",
  "error": "",
  "id": 124
}

Edit Success image

🔁 Redirect​

Redirect Behavior After Form Submission

By default, after a successful form submission, the system automatically redirects the user to the list page.

🚫 Prevent Redirect​

If you want to stay on the same page and show a success message, include the following hidden input in your form:

<input type="hidden" id="no_redirect" value="1">

This tells the system not to redirect after saving and instead stay on the current page.

🔀 Custom Redirect​

If you want the system to redirect to a custom URL after success, use the following hidden input:

<input type="hidden" id="redirect" value="<your_custom_link>">

Replace <your_custom_link> with the destination URL you want the user to be redirected to after the successful operation.

🧩 Creating Redirect Controls with AVRO Form Elements

Of course, you don't need to write raw HTML for these hidden inputs.

You can define them easily using AVRO's form element configuration:

{
  "element": [
    {
      "input_hidden": {
        "name": "no_redirect",
        "value": 1
      }
    }
  ]
}

or for a custom redirect:

{
  "element": [
    {
      "input_hidden": {
        "name": "redirect",
        "value": "/custom/redirect/url"
      }
    }
  ]
}

This makes it quick and consistent to configure redirect logic across all your forms using JSON — without writing any HTML manually.

Advanced Edit pages​

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To explore more available form elements and their configurations, visit the Form Elements section in the documentation.