The Formstack API is exactly what you need to take your online forms to the next level. Here you can read tips and tricks on how to use the API, tips on how to create widgets and other resources that will give you greater insight into the Formstack API.
Do you have a WordPress blog and are looking to create web forms? The Formstack Web Form plug-in for WordPress makes embedding your Formstack forms as easy as clicking a button!
The Formstack widget allows you to embed WordPress web forms into your sidebar. The widget automatically optimizes the web form’s CSS so that your form will fit seamlessly in the sidebar.
Yesterday we announced support for WebHooks, a feature that enables Formstack web forms to pass submission data immediately to another server or web app. Today, we have a new and highly useful WebHooks integration with another amazing web app: Flowtown.
We are pleased to announce that Formstack now supports WebHooks on all paid accounts. A Formstack WebHook will allow developers to more easily integrate web applications with Formstack web forms and data in near “real time.” When a web form is submitted, the WebHook can send all form data to a script or application running on another web server using a POST request. What happens next is up to the developer. The possibilities are endless.
We have written about The Small Business Web before and as our involvement has grown so have the awesome opportunities. Our friends at BatchBlue submitted a panel for SXSW that will cover the best of open API’s and how Small Business Web members are creating real value for small businesses and other organizations.
A new feature we recently introduced was OAuth authentication with our FreshBooks integration. What is OAuth? Glad you asked!
OAuth solves the problem of how to share information between sites without giving your password from one site to another.
One of the many fun experiences we had at SXSW this year was teaming up with The Small Business Web to host the SXSBW Happy Hour party. As part of our contribution to the event, Formstack provided the registration form for people who wanted to attend the party. With almost 5,000 people signing-up, we needed a quick and easy way to check those people in at the door. Enter the Formstack API!
Today’s guest post is from Noah Coffey, a web developer/designer and creator of Tweetbrite.
One of my favorite uses for Formstack is throwing together a registration form for a conference or event. As the popularity of Twitter continues to explode, I’ve noticed more event registration forms asking for attendee’s Twitter user names. If you are organizing and event, wouldn’t it be nice if you could automatically tweet every time someone registers for your event?
Now that Formstack has an API, the fun part begins. How do we use it?
One of the things I like to do is monitor my forms to see if any new data has been collected. I’d kind of like something that just hangs around in the background, watching the form, and if someone submits a form, it lets me know.
This is the last of three Google mashup articles this week for programmers who want to explore the new Formstack API. If you haven’t seen them yet, take a look at the Google Maps mashup and the Google Spreadsheets mashup.
This is the second of three Google mashup articles this week for programmers who want to explore the new Formstack API. If you haven’t seen it yet, take a look at yesterday’s Google Maps mashup.
