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type FormFieldType = string | File | File[] | null;

type Form = Record<string, FormFieldType>;

export const submitForm = (form: Form) => {
  const formData = buildFormData(form);
  console.log('formData', formData); // eslint-disable-line no-console
};

const buildFormData = (form: Form) => {
  const formData = new FormData(); // note that FormData can only contain unicode strings and blobs, including files
  const formEntries = Object.entries(form);
  for (const [fieldName, value] of formEntries) {
    addToFormData(formData, fieldName, value);
  }
  return formData;
};

const addToFormData = (
  formData: FormData,
  fieldName: string,
  value: FormFieldType
) => {
  if (value === null) {
    return;
  } else if (Array.isArray(value)) {
    for (const item of value) {
      addToFormData(formData, fieldName, item);
    }
  } else if (value instanceof File) {
    formData.append(fieldName, value, value.name);
  } else {
    formData.append(fieldName, value);
  }
};