From 029b9cbf69c232bb463807fe1a3200901144e6bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robin Olsen <robinolsen98@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:40:16 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] make generic form parser

---
 pkg/web/handler/forms.go | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 pkg/web/handler/forms.go

diff --git a/pkg/web/handler/forms.go b/pkg/web/handler/forms.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..960464a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/web/handler/forms.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package handler
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/go-playground/form/v4"
+	"github.com/go-playground/validator/v10"
+)
+
+var (
+	decoder  = form.NewDecoder()
+	validate = validator.New(validator.WithRequiredStructEnabled())
+)
+
+func ParseForm[T any](r *http.Request) (*T, error) {
+	if err := r.ParseForm(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	var data T
+	if err := decoder.Decode(&data, r.PostForm); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return &data, nil
+}
+
+func ValidateForm[T any](data *T) error {
+	return validate.Struct(data)
+}