Form2Channel Docs

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Basic Form setup

1. Add this form tag
   

   <form action="https://form2channel.com" method="POST">

2. Add hidden tags for form recipients (see example form) like
   

   <input type="hidden" name="formto_googlesheets" value="me@email.address">

   <input type="hidden" name="formto_email" value="me@email.address">

3. Upload the page to your server
   Localhost is not allowed

For submissions to Google Sheets or Email no further setup is necessary

Adding multiple forms

When adding multiple forms to one website include a form identifyer in the form action querystring like

<form action="https://form2channel.com/?form=contactus" method="POST">

<form action="https://form2channel.com/?form=customerinfo" method="POST">

Adding multiple recipients

Comma-separate multiple recipients for a channel

<input type="hidden" name="formto_email" value="me@email.address, me2@email.address">

<input type="hidden" name="formto_googlesheets" value="me@email.address, me2@email.address">

Thank you and error pages

By default the process redirects visitors to the website default page with the result in the querystring like

result={"Message":"Form submitted","Success":true}

You can add the hidden field below into your form to redirect visitors to after a successful or failed submission

<input name="formto_redirect" type="hidden" value="Url or page to redirect visitors to on success">

<input name="formto_error" type="hidden" value="Url or page to redirect visitors to on error">

File uploads

Forms that contain file upload tags must have the enctype="multipart/form-data" attribute, like so

<form action="https://form2channel.com" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">

Add any number of single or multiple file upload tags to the form, like so

<input type="file" name="fieldname1">

<input type="file" name="fieldname2[]" multiple>

The following limits and cautions apply to file uploads

1. Max size per file: 4MB
   Larger files are discarded

2. Max POST size: 8MB
   Larger posts will fail
3. File retention: 30 days
   Files are deleted after 30 days
4. File accessibility is public
   All files are accessible to anyone in posession of the url
5. File safety not guaranteed
   Files have not been scanned for viruses

Spam prevention

To prevent spamming, the following limits apply

1. Up to 10 email recipients per site
   You can add to these recipients every 10 days
2. Up to 10 Google Sheet recipients per site
   You can add to these recipients every 10 days
3. Submitting from locally hosted pages is not permitted

<input type="hidden" name="formto_http" value="Address of the receiving webhook or api">

    [
        {"key":"FirstName","value":"John"},
        {"key":"LastName","value":"Lennon"},
        {"key":"Country","value":"United Kingdom"},
        {"key":"Subscribed","value":"checked"},
        {"key":"Gender","value":"Male"},
        {"key":"File","value":"https://form2channel.com/images/built-with-linx.svg"}
    ]

Post your data directly to our Linx REST API

You can skip the form altogether and submit your data directly to our API as a Json object

• URI: https://showcase.api.linx.twenty57.net/Form2Channel
• Method: POST
• Content Type: application/json
• Body: Array of key / value pairs as shown below

    [
        {"key":"formto_email","value":"me@email.address"},
        {"key":"formto_email","value":"me2@email.address"},
        {"key":"formto_googlesheet","value":"me@email.address"},
        {"key":"FirstName","value":"John"},
        {"key":"LastName","value":"Lennon"},
        {"key":"Country","value":"United Kingdom"},
        {"key":"Subscribed","value":"checked"},
        {"key":"Gender","value":"Male"},
        {"key":"File","value":"https://form2channel.com/images/built-with-linx.svg"}
    ]

1. Message (String)
2. Success (boolean)

{"Message":"Form submitted","Success":true}

Spam prevention limits are applied to the calling IP address