Get Form

formstack.get_form
ActionBusiness appsconnection required

Calls the Formstack API with the connection's credentials.

Retrieve one form's settings, optionally including its field list.

Connection

Required
Yes — the node will not save without one
Auth type
API key
Providers
Formstack
Secret shape
the Personal Access Token, or {"api_key": "fs_pat_…"}
Config it needs
base_url
Resolved by
config.connection_id, else node.connection_id

Configuration

2 fields, 1 required. A dotted path is a nested object and name[] an array of objects — the editor renders the same tree.

FieldTypeRequiredDefaultConstraintsExample
form_id
The numeric id of the Formstack form to act on.
stringYes——2721234
with_fields
Include the form's field definitions in the response.
booleanNofalse——

Example configuration

Every value below is the contract’s own example or default — nothing invented.

{
  "form_id": "2721234",
  "with_fields": false
}

Output

One shape.

result

FieldTypeExample
id
The numeric id of the form.
number—
name
The form's name.
string—
url
The public URL of the live form.
string—
viewKey
The form's view key, used in its public URL.
string—
active
True while the form accepts submissions.
boolean—
submissions
How many submissions the form has taken.
string—
created
When the form was created.
string—
updated
When the form was last changed.
string—
folder
The numeric id of the folder holding the form.
number—
{
  "active": false,
  "created": "",
  "folder": 0,
  "id": 0,
  "name": "",
  "submissions": "",
  "updated": "",
  "url": "",
  "viewKey": ""
}

See Get Form run in a workflow.

In a technical demo we add the Formstack connection, drop the node on the canvas and let Workflow Health pre-flight it before the first real run.