How to create a dynamic input type component

Question

I'm developing a dynamic component where the input can be used for several types: text, password, number, date, etc. The idea is to use this input, no matter the type and where to implement it, as long its adaptable. I thought using state was a nice idea, but I have no clue how to do this. Any thoughts?

import React, { Component } from 'react';
import './styles.css';

export default class InputField extends Component {
constructor(props) {
    super(props);

    this.state = {
        name: '',
        password: false,
        type: ''
    }
}

render () {
    return (
        <div>
            <label className='f-size'>{this.state.name}</label>
            <input 
                className='input'
                name={this.state.name}
                placeholder={this.state.name}
                value={this.props.value}
                type={this.state.type}
                onChange={this.props.onChange}
            />
            <span className="errorMessage">{this.props.error}</span>
            <span className="errorMessage">{this.props.missField}</span>

        </div>

    )
}
}

Thank you!

Answer 1

I personally think you should control this via props, seeing as the value will only be meaningful to the Input's parent.

I used this

const InputField = ({
  name,
  placeholder,
  value,
  type,
  onChange,
  error,
  missField
}) => (
  <div>
    <label className="f-size">{name}</label>
    <input
      className="input"
      name={name}
      placeholder={placeholder}
      value={value}
      type={type}
      onChange={onChange}
    />
    <span className="errorMessage">{error}</span>
    <span className="errorMessage">{missField}</span>
  </div>
);

Parent component:

class App extends React.Component {
  constructor(props) {
    super(props);

    this.handleChange = this.handleChange.bind(this);
  }
  state = {
    value: '',
    password: '',
  };

  handleChange(event) {
    this.setState({ [event.target.name]: event.target.value });
  }
  render() {
    return (
      <div className="App">
        <InputField
          value={this.state.value}
          type="number"
          name="value"
          onChange={this.handleChange}
        />
        <InputField
          value={this.state.password}
          type="password"
          name="password"
          onChange={this.handleChange}
        />
      </div>
    );
  }
}

Code Sandbox: https://codesandbox.io/s/y4ljv75k9

Edited to used a stateless component. Not sure if you want state to handle error messages but from your example, this is a valid solution.