password protect a form

  • ourpalsplace
    Asked on February 25, 2018 at 4:27 PM
  • Marvih
    Replied on February 25, 2018 at 5:38 PM

    UPDATE (August 20, 2019): Password protection feature is available now. 

    Here is how it works:

    1. Open the Form Builder and find the Enable Password Protection option under the Settings tab. 

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    2. If you select this option, you should set a password for the form. If you don't set any password, the Enable Password Protection option will be unselected.

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    3. When you set a password for the form, a person who wants to open the form will see this page:

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    4. If the person enters the incorrect password, s/he cannot open the form and will see this warning:

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    5. If the person enters the correct password, s/he can open the form and submit it. However, if you (form owner) change the password after s/he opened the form, s/he cannot submit the form and will see this warning:

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    6. You can reset the password by clicking on the RESET PASSWORD button or unchecking the Enable Password Protection option.

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    Unfortunately there is no direct way to add Password protect to your form. However, you can simply do this by adding a "Short Text Entry" field and Show/Hide Conditional logic.

    1. Add the "Short Text Entry" field to your form that will act as the "Password" field. On this example, we will be using the term "KEY/Code" to prevent being Autosuspended since having a Password field is prohibited in Jotform's terms.

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    2. Then we can now add our Show/Hide condition. The condition will trigger to SHOW all other fields if certain "code/key" is entered on our "Short Text Entry "field.

    I have setup that the key/code to show other fields would be "secretpassword". Here is how it is set using the Show/hide condition.
    https://www.jotform.com/help/316-How-to-Show-or-Hide-Fields-Base-on-User-s-Answer

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    I have created a very basic sample form that will Show all fields when a code/key is typed correctly.

    Please check this form https://form.jotform.com/80556390336964 the code/key is "secretpassword".

    You can also create/enable Encrypted Form. Please check the guide and FAQ's about Encrypted Forms on the following link https://www.jotform.com/help/344-Encrypted-Forms-and-How-to-Use-Them

    Hope I was able to help you.

     

  • Nur Karabağ JotForm Developer
    Replied on August 20, 2019 at 8:31 AM

    UPDATE: Password protection feature is available now. 

    Here is how it works:

    1. Open the Form Builder and find the Enable Password Protection option under the Settings tab. 

    password protect a form Image 10

    2. If you select this option, you should set a password for the form. If you don't set any password, the Enable Password Protection option will be unselected.

    1566296147Screen Shot 2019 08 20 at 10 Screenshot 21

    3. When you set a password for the form, a person who wants to open the form will see this page:

    1566296207Screen Shot 2019 08 20 at 10 Screenshot 32

    4. If the person enters the incorrect password, s/he cannot open the form and will see this warning:

    1566296231Screen Shot 2019 08 20 at 10 Screenshot 43

    5. If the person enters the correct password, s/he can open the form and submit it. However, if you (form owner) change the password after s/he opened the form, s/he cannot submit the form and will see this warning:

    1566296247Screen Shot 2019 08 20 at 10 Screenshot 54

    6. You can reset the password by clicking on the RESET PASSWORD button or unchecking the Enable Password Protection option.

    1566296263Screen Shot 2019 08 20 at 11 Screenshot 65