Action: Create Submission

Jotform Operation

The Create Submission action records a new submission entry in a form.

Example User Story

I want to create a new submission for a Jotform form so that I can collect and store responses.

Fields

Field Name	Field Type	Required
formID	String	Yes
submissionData	Map	Yes
apiKey	String	Yes
submissionID	String	No
responseCode	Integer	No

Related Connections

Jotform

Related Automations

Example link

Code (Apache v2.0): Operation

{
  "handle": "create-submission",
  "state": "inDev",
  "meta": {
    "short": "Create Submission",
    "description": "Creates a new submission for a specified form in Jotform."
  },
  "input": [
    {
      "name": "formID",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The ID of the form to which the submission will be added."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "submissionData",
      "type": "Map",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "A map of field IDs to their respective values for the submission."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "apiKey",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The API key for authenticating with Jotform."
      }
    }
  ],
  "output": [
    {
      "name": "submissionID",
      "type": "String",
      "selector": ["response", "content", "submission", "id"],
      "meta": {
        "description": "The ID of the newly created submission."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "responseCode",
      "type": "Integer",
      "selector": ["response", "code"],
      "meta": {
        "description": "The HTTP response code from the request."
      }
    }
  ],
  "steps": [
    {
      "type": "http",
      "http": {
        "method": "POST",
        "path": "/form/{{formID}}/submissions",
        "headers": {
          "Content-Type": "application/json",
          "APIKEY": "{{apiKey}}"
        },
        "bodyTemplate": {
          "value": "{{submissionData}}",
          "placeholders": [
            {
              "name": "submissionData",
              "type": "Map",
              "description": "A map of field IDs to their respective values for the submission.",
              "required": true
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}