Setting up a Custom Airtable Form
Requires Pro Plus or higher
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Click Add Element
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Click Form to create a new Form element.
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Set Type to Custom, then Send to Airtable.
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Enter your Airtable Personal Access Token, which can be found by following these instructions.
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Enter your Base ID, which can be found by following these instructions.
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Enter your Table ID or table name, which can also be found by following these instructions.
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Click Fields
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Click the first field (labeled "Untitled") to expand it.
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Assign the field a short, descriptive Label. This label will appear either within the field itself or directly above it (depending on how you've styled your form).
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Set the field's Type. The following types are currently supported:
Text Accepts a short, single line of text. Email Accepts a valid email address (eg. user@domain.ext
).Text Area Accepts multiple lines of text. Select Accepts a single option chosen from a dropdown menu. Options assigned to this field must match up exactly with the options you've set up at Airtable. Checkbox Accepts either a "checked" or "unchecked" state. Phone Accepts a valid phone number. Number Accepts a valid integer, decimal or currency value. Date Accepts a valid date (eg. 2016-03-07
). When clicked, opens the browser's native date picker dialog.Hidden Accepts a single line of predefined text. File fields are currently not supported by our Airtable integration and will be ignored. -
(Optional) Configure any options specific to the field's type.
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(Optional) Check Optional to make the field optional.
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(Optional) Assign the field an ID. If omitted, an ID will be automatically generated based on the field's label.
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(Recommended) Assign the field an Airtable Field Name to link it to a specific field in your table. If omitted, the field's label will be used instead. In either case, this must match up exactly with the field's name at Airtable.
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(Optional) Assign the field a Default Value.
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Click Add to add additional fields, repeating steps 9 through 15 for each.
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With the form's fields now in place, click back to Form
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(Optional) Choose an On Success behavior.
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(Optional) Choose an On Failure behavior.
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(Optional) Click the Button tab and change the form's submit button Label.
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You're done! The site should now have a fully functional custom Airtable form.