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FormBackend docs — set up form endpoints, file uploads, email notifications, spam filtering, and integrations.

Guides for setting up FormBackend forms, notifications, spam protection, integrations, and the API. If something is unclear or missing, reach out and we will tighten it up.

• Basics

  • Getting started
    How to get started with FormBackend — create an endpoint and connect your HTML form
  • Special fields
    Reserved field names that change how FormBackend handles a submission

• User Guides

  • Your first form
    Connect your own HTML form to a FormBackend endpoint
  • Customize thank you page
    How to customize the page users see once they have submitted your form.
  • Redirect after submission
    How to redirect to a page of your choice after someone submits your form
  • Sending emails
    How to send emails when someone submits your form
  • Customize email templates
    How to customize email templates to look like your brand
  • Spam filtering
    Ways to protect your form against spam
  • Manage submissions
    Search, organize, restore, and troubleshoot form submissions
  • Team members and roles
    What account administrators and members can see and do in FormBackend
  • FormBackend JavaScript
    How to add a bit of interactivity to your form using FormBackend's javascript include
  • Projects and team access
    Organize forms and control which account members can access them

• Features

  • File uploads
    Upload images, documents and more with your form using FormBackend
  • Email attachments
    Attach uploaded files to owner notification emails
  • Merge tags
    Use merge tags to personalize notifications with submitted form values
  • Form rules
    Automate spam handling, emails, and redirects based on submitted values
  • Analytics and exports
    Track submission volume and export form data to CSV
  • Using AJAX
    Submit a form with JavaScript without reloading the page
  • Form settings and data retention
    Control retention, accepted domains, spam behavior, and attachment safety
  • Custom sender domains
    Use your own domain to send emails
  • Hide fields
    Hide certain submission fields when viewing submissions
  • Rename fields
    Rename submitted field names on the submission page

• Spam

  • Cloudflare Turnstile
    Implement Cloudflare Turnstile to protect your forms from spam and abuse
  • Google ReCAPTCHA
    Protect your form against spam and bots with Google reCAPTCHA
  • hCaptcha
    Implement hCaptcha to protect your forms from spam and abuse

• Api

  • Authentication
    How to authenticate with the FormBackend API
  • Forms
    List, create, view, and delete forms through the FormBackend API
  • MCP server
    Connect AI assistants like Claude Code, Claude Desktop, and Cursor to FormBackend via the Model Context Protocol
  • Submissions
    How to use the submission endpoints

• Integrations

  • Slack, Google Sheets, and Zapier
    Send new form submissions to the tools your team already uses
  • Discord
    Post form submissions to a Discord channel via webhook
  • Webhooks
    Integrate with third party services using our webhooks