HTTP Form Post

Logiforms Support

June 15, 2018 10:42

The HTTP Form Post profile allows you to send form submission data to a 3rd party script. Some examples of HTTP Form posting are posting data to a target website, simple-and-direct integration with payment gateways, and sending a copy of the data to a script on your own server. The receiving script will receive and process the fields found within the post string. The result from the script will be available for use in any autoresponders and notifications.

For example, if you were posting data to a payment gateway, you could use the result to show a success or a failure page. For testing, we recommend you set up the thank you page and include the [httppost_result] wildcard so you can check if the post is working correctly.

Creating a HTTP Form Post Profile

Though we offer you many options when creating this profile, it's quite easy when you follow the steps in the wizard:

Begin by choosing Post Processing > 3rd Party Integrations from the Form Designer Toolbar; or you can also right-click on the form in the Dashboard, then select Form Design Tools > 3rd Party Integrations.
The 3rd Party Integration management window will appear. To launch the wizard, click the Add Profile button. NOTE: If you encounter a listing containing one or more profiles, click the Add Profile menu item.
When the wizard that appears, click the Next button to begin.
You are given the choice of several types of 3rd party profile types. Choose HTTP Form Post.
In the Profile Settings panel of the wizard, enter a Profile Name and check the box for Default Profile if you want this to be the default profile.
The Manually Triggered Only option can be checked if you want to use a trigger to manually fire this profile. When checked, this profile will not be automatically executed when the from is submitted. Instead, you can set up a Run 3rd Party Trigger Action to call it via Respondent Update Mode, the Record Details window or as part of a workflow.
Now, enter the web address of the target website in the Post URL field. The URL must have the form http://www.targetwebsite.com)
Click Next to move on to the Post Fields step of the wizard. In the Enabled column, check the box for each field whose value you want to send along in the post string.
Click Finish to save the profile and return to the 3rd Party Integration management window.

After configuring this profile, a new hidden field will be found in your form, HTTPPOST Result. When the target script completes, the result will be placed into this field. This data is also recorded in your submission bin, so you can view history of each post and its result.

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