Getting Started

Simple HTML Form Example

To use Slapform with an HTML form, you just need to change a few things:

1. Point the action attribute to our endpoint
2. Include name attributes in your form
3. That's it!

Copy-paste this code and just change [email protected] to your own email.

    
      <form method="POST"
        action="https://api.slapform.com/[email protected]">
        <input type="email" name="email">
        <textarea type="text" name="message"></textarea>
        <button type="submit">Submit</button>
      </form>
    
  

Each <input> element needs to have the name attribute in order to be received properly by Slapform.

The action="..." part of the form defines where your form data will be sent to. Usually, developers will enter something like http://mysite.com/form.php. The form.php file would then parse the received data in a server-side scripting language like Node.js, PHP, Python, Ruby, or Perl.

Upon submitting a form you've enabled with Slapform, you simply receive the data in an email. No backend code required!

Simple AJAX Example

Like the HTML form, AJAX just requires you to change a few things:

1. Point the url to our endpoint
2. Include your submission in the data object
3. That's it!

Copy-paste this code and just change [email protected] to your own email.

    
      <script
      src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.2.1.min.js"
      integrity="sha256-hwg4gsxgFZhOsEEamdOYGBf13FyQuiTwlAQgxVSNgt4="
      crossorigin="anonymous"></script>

      <script type="text/javascript">
        $( document ).ready(function() {
          $.ajax({
            url: 'https://api.slapform.com/[email protected]', /* replace '[email protected]' with your email */
            dataType: "json",
            type: 'POST',
            data: {
              name: "Jon Snow",
              message: "Hello World! This is where the message will go."
            },
            success: function (response) {
                console.log("Response: ", response);
            }
          });
        });
      </script>
    
  

You can read more about using AJAX submissions in Slapform to get a better idea of how to use AJAX.

Extending Slapform

Slapform can be easily extended to do some pretty advanced stuff:

1. Include advanced name triggers to customize the email, push webhooks, and more
2. Go beyond forms and submit data with AJAX. Learn how to submit AJAX