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Ability to post using either XML or HTTP POST

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We have a client with a parent company that requires specific output of web forms for their own tracking purposes. The parent company's Business Analyst is requesting the following regarding new form development, and our IT person is on extended emergency leave. He says this is a VERY COMMON OUTPUT OF WEB FORMS, and is making us look like idiots to our client. He is asking for the following:

What we need is for you to have the ability to post the values entered into your form using either XML or HTTP POST.  When you have that ability, then all you need do is give us an example post string and we can set up our mapping.

 He states that once we provide that to him, he will give us a URL that will then need to go to our developer to program the SUBMIT button, which will then send all of the information when the user clicks submit.

We need to know what information to provide to him, and then what comes next once they provide us with the URL. We are desperate, and feeling like fools. Should we be?

Thank you for your speedy assistance, you guys are awesome!

What we need is for you to have the ability to post the values entered into your form using either XML or HTTP POST.  When you have that ability, then all you need do is give us an example post string and we can set up our mapping.

I'm not sure about how this is done for POST, but GET is pretty easy:

Form Settings : General and instead of Show Message, choose Redirect to URL?
You could then assemble a query like this : https://jrdesign.com.au?firstname=[1270]

where the field id is represented here by [1270]

I know it's not exactly what you wanted, but it works really well.

JR

On reflection, I know that answer is insufficient.

A great way to do what you want is by setting up a Zapier ZAP.

You'll need the Zapier Add-On for formidable, and an account at Zapier.

Here's a link : https://zapier.com/zapbook/zaps/5240/post-new-formidable-entries-to-a-webhook-url/

One more option is to use the Formidable API Add-On:

https://formidableforms.com/knowledgebase/formidable-api/

This post may also be useful:
https://formidableforms.com/help-desk/form-actions-send-api-data-2/

The requirement isn't clear at all to me. By default, Formidable saves form values with HTTP POST. He may be asking for a REST API url, in which case, you can use the Formidable API add-on: https://formidableforms.com/knowledgebase/formidable-api/

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