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Operate every FormHook workflow from one mission control.

Build forms, watch ingest health, wire automations, and brief operators without bouncing between tabs. This playbook keeps developers and stakeholders in sync.

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Implementation guides

Wire forms, SDKs, automations, and alerts in one place.

Operational playbooks

Dashboards, quotas, and escalation tips for non-devs.

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Compliance controls, webhook signatures, and retention.

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Get started fast
Provision a form slug, set sandbox secrets, and ship your first payload.
Launch checklist
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Use REST + webhook references with schemas, limits, and examples.
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Guides for non-devs
Dashboards, alerts, and runbooks tailored for ops, support, and success.
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First answers
What environments are available?

Every workspace gets a sandbox token and a production token, so you can wire QA or preview traffic without touching live data. Broader workspace controls are on the roadmap—ping us if you need early access.

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How do I keep secrets safe?

Client code never needs private keys. Proxy submissions through server actions, verify HMAC headers, and rotate secrets quarterly.

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Can I import existing submissions?

Bulk import tooling is coming soon. For now, email support and we will help load CSV exports or replay submissions on your behalf.

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Do you support HIPAA or GDPR?

Infrastructure stays encrypted, regional residency is available, and field-level masking plus retention rules meet most regulator requirements.

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Getting FormHook wired into your stack

Use these blueprints to cover creation, embeds, automation, and operations without guesswork.

Hero path timeline

1
Provision a form slug

Create a project or call POST /v1/forms to mint IDs plus signing secrets for every environment.

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2
Embed or proxy submissions

Point HTML forms, React hooks, or Server Actions at https://api.formhookapp.com/f/<id> with CORS + spam guardrails.

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3
Fan out automation

Attach Slack, CRM, or custom webhooks. Durable queues replay automatically with HMAC signatures.

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4
Measure + govern

Use dashboards for live health, set retention rules, and export audit logs for governance teams.

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Embeds & SDKs

Pick the integration style that fits

Drop-in HTML works for marketing teams, while React, cURL, and server actions keep developers productive.

Drop-in HTML form
Great for marketing pages and Jamstack exports. No build tooling required.
<form action="https://api.formhookapp.com/f/your-form-id" method="POST">
  <input type="email" name="email" required />
  <button type="submit">Notify me</button>
</form>
React Hook Form handler
Keep validation inside React and proxy to FormHook once inputs pass.
const onSubmit = handleSubmit(async (values) => {
  const res = await fetch('https://api.formhookapp.com/f/your-form-id', {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
    body: JSON.stringify(values)
  });
  if (!res.ok) throw new Error('submission failed');
});
cURL smoke test
Verify networking from preview environments or CI pipelines.
curl -X POST https://api.formhookapp.com/f/your-form-id   -H "Content-Type: application/json"   -d '{"email":"dev@formhookapp.com","source":"docs"}'

Local development

Checklist before you push

Mirror production behavior in preview builds so shipping day has no surprises.

Use sandbox credentials
Create sandbox project tokens and load them into .env before running npm run dev.

Never paste production secrets into git history.

Proxy through Next.js handlers
Route client submissions via Route Handlers so secrets stay server-side and cookies remain HTTP-only.

Leverage Next middleware for auth, rate limits, and logging.

Verify signatures early
Use identical HMAC helpers locally so prod payloads never surprise you.

Log headers plus the raw body to trace mismatches safely.

Developers

Deep technical reference

Endpoints, SDK notes, schemas, and rate limits—everything required to automate FormHook.

REST API reference
CRUD for forms, submissions, secrets, and delivery settings with scopes + schemas.
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Framework recipes
Next.js App Router, Remix loaders, and Laravel controllers you can paste in.
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Validation & filtering
Server transforms, zod/Valibot helpers, and spam heuristics before persistence.
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Observability hooks
Send traces to OpenTelemetry, Honeycomb, or Datadog with structured spans.
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Code samples

Use pure HTML for marketing pages or static exports.

Language: html

<form action="https://api.formhookapp.com/f/frm_live_123" method="POST">
  <input name="email" type="email" required />
  <button type="submit">Notify me</button>
</form>
Expected response
HTTP/1.1 302 Accepted
Location: https://formhookapp.com/success
Ingestion flow
Clients hit Anycast edge nodes, payloads queue durably, then land in your timeline.
Client formEdge intakeDurable queueTimeline
Webhook retry ladder
Retries escalate with jitter while signatures regenerate for every attempt.
Attempt 1BackoffQueueDestination

Dashboards

Analytics operators trust

Real-time charts make it easy to coach support, marketing, and product teams.

Live submission timeline
Filter by form, source, or environment to spot spikes before they threaten SLAs.

<200ms median ingest latency

Attribution layers
Slice by UTM, device class, or geo so GTM partners see what is working.

15+ built-in dimensions

Error budgets
Track webhook failures, API throttles, and spam catches with CSV exports.

Realtime breach alerts

Automations & webhooks

Design resilient downstream workflows

Use these habits to keep every destination current, secure, and observable.

Treat webhooks as code
Store definitions in git or Terraform so every environment matches production.
  • Name each destination clearly (crm-prod, slack-alerts, etc.).
  • Rotate signing secrets quarterly through your secret manager.
  • Use PATCH /v1/forms/{id}/webhooks to sync infrastructure changes.
Stay resilient
Durable queues never drop payloads, but good hygiene shortens recovery time.
  • Watch retry counts in the dashboard or GET /v1/webhooks/{id}/attempts.
  • Pause noisy destinations instead of deleting them to keep replay context.
  • Use exponential backoff with jitter on receivers to prevent thundering herds.
Secure delivery
Every payload ships with HMAC headers so authenticity is easy to prove.
  • Reject mismatched signatures immediately and log the checksum.
  • Regenerate secrets via POST /v1/webhooks/{id}/rotate without downtime.
  • Store payload digests for post-incident forensics.

Notifications

Keep the right people in the loop

Pair real-time alerts with digest reports so teams stay informed without burnout.

Channel priorities

Urgent submissions land in Slack/Teams; audits arrive as daily email digests.

Digest windows

Batch lower-priority forms hourly to keep inboxes calm.

Role-based visibility

Share notification rules so finance only sees invoices while support handles incidents.

Operator tips

  • Pin error budgets to #oncall so incident responders see deltas instantly.
  • Use hourly digests for low-priority forms to keep inboxes calm.
  • Export CSV snapshots weekly so finance and CX can reconcile conversions.

For every teammate

Operational guides for non-developers

Customer success, growth, and ops teams rely on FormHook to keep submissions flowing.

Teams & permissions
Granular roles for collaborators, auditors, and contractors with scoped tokens.
Workflow automation
Trigger approvals, CRM updates, or nurture drips from a single POST /v1/automations.
Data governance
Retention windows, redaction jobs, and export logging for compliance partners.
Insights for managers
Dashboards explain region/device trends and API health in plain language.

Reliability

Under-the-hood commitments

Your forms are business critical. Here is how the platform keeps them safe.

Global edge intake

20+ Anycast regions dedupe, encrypt, and queue traffic before it touches storage.

Retry-first delivery engine

Each webhook keeps exponential backoff with jitter, regenerated signatures, and diff snapshots.

Audit-ready storage

Submissions live in encrypted partitions with per-customer keys and queryable access logs.

Transparent roadmaps

Weekly changelogs, public RFCs, and migration kits ahead of GA changes.

Security

Controls security teams expect

Share this section with your GRC partners to speed up reviews.

Regional processing

Choose US or EU ingestion to satisfy residency requirements and minimize latency.

Role-aware dashboards

SSO + scoped API tokens restrict who can view PII or rotate secrets.

Data lifecycle controls

Apply retention policies, redaction jobs, and automated exports so records never outstay policy.

Security notes

  • All webhook payloads include SHA-256 HMAC headers signed per destination.
  • PII can be masked automatically before it hits downstream systems.
  • Regional residency controls are in planning—tell support if your workload requires data to stay in a specific region.

Runbooks

Battle-tested responses

Copy these playbooks when things get noisy. Each one keeps on-call engineers and ops managers aligned.

Webhook 410 responses
Downstream service removed an endpoint and retries began to fail.

Pause the destination, patch the URL, then replay from the dashboard to backfill submissions.

Unexpected spam spikes
Submission counts surge while conversion KPIs fall.

Enable honeypot fields, IP throttles, and review the spam queue before escalating.

Signature mismatch
Your server rejects HMAC headers after a deploy.

Confirm the raw body stays unparsed, double-check UTF-8 encoding, and rotate secrets if compromise is suspected.

Resources

Bookmark the next steps

These links stay in sync with the product so your team has a single source of truth for integrations, governance, and support.

API integration guide
End-to-end tutorial for wiring FormHook into your stack.
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Product release notes
Track the latest launches, fixes, and roadmap context.
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Billing & seats
Manage invoices, seats, and SSO policies from one screen.
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Support desk
Escalate incidents or schedule enterprise reviews.
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Build confidently on FormHook

This page updates with every major release. Bookmark it, share it with teammates, and treat it as your go-to source of truth.

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