Can I pass a URL parameter into a question label?

  • jstark
    Asked on December 15, 2017 at 11:19 AM

    I'd like to take a URL parameter and pass it to a question label. For instance, I'd like to use the link

    https://form.jotform.com/73455670703155?state=ne

    and have a question label like:

    How is the weather in {state}?

    This does not appear to work. Is there a way to do this?

  • Sabbir
    Replied on December 15, 2017 at 11:25 AM

    Please check this guide: Prepopulating fields to your JotForm via URL parameters

    Let us know if it helps what you are trying to achieve.

  • jstark
    Replied on December 15, 2017 at 12:05 PM

    The guide has to do with prepopulating answers. Instead, I want to fill in question label text with URL parameters.

  • Jan
    Replied on December 15, 2017 at 1:38 PM

    You can only pass a value in the input field via the URL and not on the form label. A workaround is to pass a value to the input field first and then you can bind it in a form label or text field using the {Unique Name}.

    Please check this demo form: https://form.jotform.com/73484836528974?input=hello.

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    You can find the Unique Name of a field in the Properties > Advanced tab.

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    After that, you can now use the {Unique Name} in the form labels or texts field and in the URL. If you want to hide a field, then just right click it and then select the "Hide" option.

    Related guides:
    Pass-an-Input-Field-to-a-Text-Field
    Prepopulating-fields-to-your-JotForm-via-URL-parameters

    Hope that helps. Thank you.


  • jstark
    Replied on December 15, 2017 at 2:30 PM

    This works. I put in a hidden text field and then flowed its value through to the label. Thank you.