ASP.NET Core Client Side Validation With Dynamic Contents - asp.net-core

I have some dynamic content that is loaded by AJAX and added to the current page. This content is essentially a form that is rendered on the server-side which includes client-side validation attributes. The problem is, when the resulting form is validated using unobtrusive validation - the original plus the dynamic, AJAX-loaded -, the validation on the form part that came from AJAX does not fire.
Is it possible to include it in the client validation?

The solution was to do:
//add content to the form
$(form).removeData("validator").removeData("unobtrusiveValidation");
$.validator.unobtrusive.parse(form);
There is documentation from Microsoft available at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/mvc/models/validation#client-side-validation, but it has a small error, on which the removeData method is being called on the form element instead of the jQuery wrapping it.

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jQuery magic starts here :)
token: $('[name=__RequestVerificationToken]').val(),
Antiforgery is ON by default since .net core 2.0 (as far as I remember), so if you do AJAX post you need to send the antiforgery token with each request.
Let us know if it helps. Spread knowledge don't hide it just for yourself :P
Finally I came across a very interesting article from Matthew Jones at https://exceptionnotfound.net/using-anti-forgery-tokens-in-asp-net-core-razor-pages/ about Anti-Forgery Tokens in Razor pages. Worth reading, indeed.
However, independently from that article what solved my issue was simply not to add the <form .. element at the client-side, but already at the server-side. As there is no need for me to explicitly adding it at the client-side, but only the button itself, this is a solution for me which works properly.
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