To view the raw data sent to your endpoint when users submit your form, you can first copy and use https://www.jotform.com/show-post-data/ as a temporary destination URL. This lets you see the raw POST data structure, including the variables and their values, helping you debug before you finalize your setup for redirecting your form to an external page that supports HTTP POST to include submission data.
See also: How to Send Submission Data Using a POST Request.
Follow these steps to test and view submission data on the page users are redirected to:
- In Form Builder, click on the Settings tab.
- Then, click on the Thank You Page tab on the left side of the page.
- In the Thank You Page Settings on the right, select Redirect to an external link after submission. See How to Redirect Users After Submission.
- After that, paste https://www.jotform.com/show-post-data/ into the Enter URL setting.
- Then, toggle the Redirect with HTTP POST setting to the On position.
Note
The changes you make in the Form Builder are saved automatically. When you set or update your form’s redirect link, you’ll see a message confirming that it has been saved successfully.
You should now be able to see your submission’s data structure and POST variables when you submit the form for testing. In this example form, the output looks as follows:
Data Submitted:
Array ( [submission_id] => 5264586364403223222 [formID] => 213185545698973 [ip] => 10.146.210.44 [name] => Array ( [first] => Jane [last] => Doe ) [email] => jane.doe@jotform.com [message] => Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur. )
PHP Code:
$_POST['submission_id'];
$_POST['formID'];
$_POST['ip'];
$_POST['name']['first'];$_POST['name']['last'];
$_POST['email'];
$_POST['message'];
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83 Comments:
April 25, 2025
Hello, I found your video very useful. But when I went to implement this, I discovered that my form does not have the "Send Post Data" field.
Could you please assist?
October 17, 2024
How to pass certain field value and add the value just after the external link is it possible ??
August 7, 2024
how to send the file data through submission api.? can you please give me one example .
May 17, 2024
Consulta, ¿Cómo puedo incluir el mail de la persona en la página de agradecimiento de mi web?
Question: How can I include the person's email on the thank you page of my website?
November 29, 2023
how to access Signature...
October 17, 2023
At least on our instance, step 3, Scroll down to Send Post Data and set it to “Enabled.” is incorrect. This is enabled on the Thank You Page.
June 25, 2023
Hello,
webhook body data is sent in PHP format not JSON. Some backend platforms as retool read json objects not php as incoming webhooks. Is it posibble to transform it to json array? I know i can use auotmation services to read it and process it but im trying to use the post data directly to retool databse. Am i a little lost here?
May 16, 2023
So a user is going to see code after submission?
August 19, 2022
Is this obsolete? I don't get a thank you page choice on my menu.
June 8, 2021
Thank you for such valuable information.
March 25, 2021
It is taking too much time after submitting the data to get result,
November 12, 2020
Help
May 13, 2020
Thanks a lot.
But do this script work with PHP7?
Or are some changes to 'mysqli' necessary?
regards,
Sascha
April 30, 2020
I am trying to use Sinatra (Ruby) to read the Jotform POST data.
But All I get is the raw multipart data. Can anyone assist?...
March 30, 2020
Hey Charmiequino, I would like to connect through linkedin.
Here's the link.
January 9, 2020
transfer data from one form to another form after submit
June 23, 2019
How can i add a pie graph that takes values for four colors, each colour takes value from a hidden field that calculates average score of some suvey questions. ?
April 23, 2019
I have my POST data. Now what do I do with it? Are there instructions somewhere to get this into the Thank you page?
January 23, 2019
Is it possible to get the file attachments as well? if so, how?
regards
January 16, 2019
hi!
it is possible to autocomplete some info into a nother form viar URL?
something like this?
mythankyoupage.com/?name=?$_POST['name']
regards!
October 24, 2018
Hi,
I tried to send data to https://www.jotform.com/show-post-data/ but nothing happens.
I've a blank page :-(
What's the mistake?
June 12, 2018
I was trying to use Redirect to External Link on the Thank you page...
April 15, 2018
Excellent! This helps me to create a really cool, custom Thank You page.
January 31, 2018
Does check marking "Add existing contacts to Constant Contact" mean that any existing prior submissions in the form will be added to constant contact?
November 21, 2017
this giude was quite helpful