Get Form

kobotoolbox.get_form
ActionBusiness appsconnection required

Calls the KoboToolbox API with the connection's credentials.

Retrieve one form with its settings, deployment state and content.

Connection

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

Configuration

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

FieldTypeRequiredDefaultConstraintsExample
asset_uid
The uid of the KoboToolbox form (asset) to act on, as it appears in its URL.
stringYes——aSAvYreNzVEkrWg5Gdcvg

Example configuration

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

{
  "asset_uid": "aSAvYreNzVEkrWg5Gdcvg"
}

Output

One shape.

result

FieldTypeExample
uid
The form's uid.
string—
name
The form's name.
string—
asset_type
What kind of asset this is, such as survey.
string—
url
The API URL of this asset.
string—
date_created
When the form was created.
string—
date_modified
When the form was last changed.
string—
has_deployment
True once the form has been deployed.
boolean—
deployment__submission_count
How many submissions it holds.
number—
settings
The form's settings block.
object—
{
  "asset_type": "",
  "date_created": "",
  "date_modified": "",
  "deployment__submission_count": 0,
  "has_deployment": false,
  "name": "",
  "settings": {},
  "uid": "",
  "url": ""
}

See Get Form run in a workflow.

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