From e0d0c3f9159ea9837a772b0ea3c6359a6c11a51a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Liebowitz <alex@alexliebowitz.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2016 04:01:25 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Publish: validate names as the user types

Rejects invalid characters and pops up a form hint explaining what
characters are allowed.
---
 js/page/publish.js | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/js/page/publish.js b/js/page/publish.js
index a8932a813..46dadcc1e 100644
--- a/js/page/publish.js
+++ b/js/page/publish.js
@@ -161,14 +161,19 @@ var PublishPage = React.createClass({
       return;
     }
 
+    if (!lbry.nameIsValid(rawName, false)) {
+      this.refs.name.showAdvice('LBRY names must contain only letters, numbers and dashes.');
+      return;
+    }
+
     this.setState({
       rawName: rawName,
     });
 
-    var name = lbry.formatName(rawName);
+    var name = rawName.toLowerCase();
 
     lbry.resolveName(name, (info) => {
-      if (name != lbry.formatName(this.refs.name.getValue())) {
+      if (name != this.refs.name.getValue().toLowerCase()) {
         // A new name has been typed already, so bail
         return;
       }