Is it possible to have forms outside of Jotforms that subsequently take advantage of your backend?

  • corelight
    Asked on January 11, 2017 at 1:16 PM

    Hi,

     

    We have been dealing with the Java script issue of the webpage we are building refreshing after submit.  I have looked through the Forums and none of the solutions are appealing to us.  They seem to be fairly hdoge podge.  We also are experiencing issues with the iFrame not conforming to the frame on the site and requiring scrolling.  All this said, doing the front end development is reltaively easy. 

    Is there a way for us to build our own forms (this will be much faster for us) and feed this data into JotForm so that we can use your backend?

  • Jan
    Replied on January 11, 2017 at 5:39 PM

    You can actually download the form's full source code. Here's a guide: https://www.jotform.com/help/104-How-to-get-the-Full-Source-Code-of-your-Form.

    Hope that helps. Thank you.

  • corelight
    Replied on January 11, 2017 at 7:28 PM

    Unfortunately this will not address our underlying issues and puts the burden on us to accomodate JotForm's back end.

  • Ian
    Replied on January 12, 2017 at 1:57 AM

    I am not sure, if I understand you correctly, but hosting the full source code on your server and making css and js changes will still store the submission data on our server, and you still will be able to check the submissions on our server.

    If this does not answer your question, please let us know more about what you are trying to achieve. 

  • Support_Management Jotform Support
    Replied on January 12, 2017 at 2:03 AM

    In addition to what my colleague said:

    Is it possible to have forms outside of Jotforms that subsequently take advantage of your backend?

    Is there a way for us to build our own forms (this will be much faster for us) and feed this data into JotForm so that we can use your backend?

    The short answer to both questions above would be no, there's no way for that to be done. The only way you can utilize our backend, as you call it, is for you to build the form using our Form Builder.

    All this said, doing the front end development is reltaively easy.

    That's true, using our Form Builder with the frontend part of building the form is straight forward. Embedding it on your own website/page can be done in a variety of ways and if you need a more advanced way of integrating it with your current workflow, then using the form's Full Source code would be the only viable solution.