Best solution for checks like unique username
Right now I am building an app with Vite React and zod, react-hook-form.
I have a form that does not check uniqueness on the username, but if I add a check, what would be the "best practice"? My Convext backend checks if already exists, I'm just wondering where to add the check on the frontend.
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Would it be best to add the check directly into the Zod schema?
I'd check with a Convex query, one called api.users.usernameExists.
Yeah I have that exact endpoint, but would you place the query into a Zod validator, or into the form on submit function?
I don't want to overload the API for no reason so I'm thinking in the on submit.
Also, what's the recommended way to jsut fire a regular await fetch request with Convex?
Is this in React? convex.query() where convex is what you get from useConvex()
I ended up using
convex.query yeah