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I am using headless Drupal with .NET middleware. I have a Drupal 9 form. This form contains two drop-down elements which are filled up depending on a value selected in a third drop-down. I have a custom validation handler just after those AJAX drop-down elements, where I store some data in a .NET database.

This is my code for hook_form_alter().

$form['technology_type'] = [
  '#type' => 'select',
  '#title' => t('Technology Type'),
  '#options' => $tech_type_options,
  '#default_value' => $t_selected_option,
  '#ajax' => [
    'callback' => 'techlistDropdownCallback',
    'wrapper' => 'techlist-fieldset-container',
    'event' => 'change',
  ],    
];

if ($t_selected_option != '') {
  $tech_options = array(0 => '- None -');
  $tech_options = custom_authorization_tech_options($t_selected_option);
}
else {
  $tech_options = array(0 => '- None -');
}

$form['techlist-select-fieldset-container']= [
  '#type' => 'container',
  '#attributes' => ['id' => 'techlist-fieldset-container'],
];

$form['techlist-select-fieldset-container']['source_tech'] = [
  '#type' => 'select',
  '#title' => t('Source Tech'),
  '#options' => $tech_options,
  '#default_value' => !empty($source_tech_value) ? $source_tech_value : $form_state->getValue('source_tech'),
  '#multiple' => true,
];

$form['techlist-select-fieldset-container']['target_tech'] = [
  '#type' => 'select',
  '#title' => t('Target Tech'),
  '#options' => $tech_options,
  '#default_value' => !empty($target_tech_value) ? $target_tech_value : $form_state->getValue('target_tech'),
  '#multiple' => true,
];

if ($t_selected_option == 0) {
  $form['techlist-select-fieldset-container']['source_tech']['#title'] = t('Source Tech (You must choose tech type first)');
  $form['techlist-select-fieldset-container']['source_tech']['#disabled'] = TRUE;
  $form['techlist-select-fieldset-container']['target_tech']['#title'] = t('Target Tech (You must choose tech type first)');
  $form['techlist-select-fieldset-container']['target_tech']['#disabled'] = TRUE;
}

array_unshift($form['#validate'],'custom_authorization_mak_form_validate');

Whenever these dependent drop-downs get filled up with values, the validation function gets called somehow and incomplete data gets automatically stored in database even without pressing the save button of the form.

How do I avoid this weird issue?

I just want to fill up the drop-down elements using AJAX, then call the validation handler to store data in database.

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    Headless Drupal means Drupal isn't used to show pages nor forms to the users. Your code is altering a form Drupal should not show to users. Also, headless Drupal doesn't write to database tables created by other software.
    – apaderno ♦
    Apr 12, 2022 at 21:16
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    Shouldn't you be writing to table once the form has been successfully submitted? Not during validation?
    – sonfd
    Apr 12, 2022 at 21:33
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    In reality validation is called each time there is an ajax change you should change your custom validation code to check if values exist if do run validation if not dont
    – taggartJ
    Apr 12, 2022 at 23:54
  • Hi @apaderno, Please find my clarifications- 1. Headless Drupal means Drupal isn't used to show pages nor forms to the users - The front end of my application contains a menu which navigates users to drupal forms. 2. headless Drupal doesn't write to database tables created by other software - In validation function, I have one api which posts form data to .net database
    – Raja Chakraborty
    Apr 13, 2022 at 2:44
  • Hi @taggartJ, is the validation function called everytime when an ajax call happens?
    – Raja Chakraborty
    Apr 13, 2022 at 2:46

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To prevent the form submission when the form is submitted with AJAX (when you change the state of the form with AJAX), in the validation handler use $form_state->setRebuild();

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