Passing URL Parameters Through a Softr Form

[devyn]

Question: How can I pass parameters through the URL with a Softr customizable form submission?

I am building an onboarding experience that requires two form submissions on two separate pages
Page 1) users submit their website URL in Softr Form 1
Page 2) users submit their email address in Softr Form 2 (along with the hidden value from Softr Form 1 as captured from the URL params)

The problem I am solving for is passing the response from Form 1 through the URL parameters so it can be captured within a hidden field of Softr Form 2.

Is there a script I can add to pass the response of Softr Form 1 through the URL parameters? The URL would look like this (?submittedurl=test.com).

Note: This onboarding experience is for non-logged in users who do not yet have an account.

Platforms like Unbounce allow me to pass form submission response through the URL parameters which can then be captured within a hidden field on Softr Page 2, but I cannot figure out how to do this with a Softr form.

See this form for example on Unbounce – it submits the response through the URL: https://launch.presell.ai/

[dcoletta]

It looks like you have already got the submittedurl parameter working, so what you need is some custom code on that page with the second form that copies the value of that parameter into a form field. Rather than making it hidden, I would actually suggest making the URL field of the second form visible and editiable, and pre-populating it with the value of the submittedurl parameter. This lets the user edit it if they made a typo on the previous page.

[devyn]

Thanks, David - I appreciate the new perspective! It make sense to keep the URL field visible and editable on Step 2.

We will implement this as a fix and split-test to see how it affects signup conversion rates.

And yes, our submittedurl parameter does work (passes through the URL and stores as a hidden field) when using a non-Softr form on Step 1 such as the Unbounce form at https://launch.presell.ai/.

Thanks for the suggestion.

If anyone knows how to submit URL parameters with a Softr form that would still be very helpful for us.

Cheers!

[pbs]

I am trying to achieve something similar. Can someone explain how to get form values from a form on page 1 into the URL that takes the user to page 2? Thank you!

[alx2bgx]

@devyn
On the first step… how did you include the value of the URL into the URL used to open external URL ???
What did you do to have the submittedurl parameter working ???
Would you mind sharing your tip ??? Thanks in advance !

[Fab_protec]

Same question

[Shikaka805]

Following, same question

[Jjenglert]

Hi @Shikaka805 @Fab_protec @alx2bgx @pbs and others,

Here is how you can pass data to your URL parameters:

1. Within your form, go to the “form submit” action.
2. Then choose → Open external URL
3. From there, you can add values to your URLs using Key & Value pairs!

Remember, you need to use “?” for the first parameter, and then you separate each parameter afterwards with “&”.

Hope this helps you!

[Workflowheroes_Marc]

@Jjenglert Can you pass tokens / fields from your airtable in here? Or are the values always static? I now did a workaround by requesting an url that i concat in airtable but I am in need of this feature

[Jjenglert]

Unfortunately they’re static at the moment. CCing our PM for visibility @austinyang

[JimGo]

Request: Push Item Details values as parameters on Open URL buttons on Item List blocks

This is not specifically to create a URL inside of a List Details block since that block has access to all those details fields and can essentially perform this functionality (how I am having to solve the problem). This is to create a URL on other dynamic blocks where a page has a List Details block at the top. In other words, when you have other dynamic blocks, the other lists and their Top Bar buttons already have access to the List Details fields, such as with the Add Record button. But the…

Linking to this feature request, looks similar.

[dramirez]

@jjenglert @austinyang @pbs I have a similar case as the requests above. I have a form where I’m storing the record id of another block in a hidden field and want to pass the hidden record id in the Open External URL field of the On Form Submit Action. I’ve tried several pieces of code but keep getting an Error 400 - doesn’t seem to be picking up the hidden field recordID. Can some one help with the right code or url syntax? Something like: https://www.villageconnect.life/service-calendar?recordId={hiddenFieldValue}?

[acjnas]

Hey!

Maybe this post can help a little:

Pass URL parameters to a fixed url that opens via modal [SOLVED]

Problem Context: In Softr Studio, when working with tables or list blocks, there are situations where you need to open a modal window with a custom URL. Softr Studio typically allows URLs to be mapped from Airtable fields or entered manually. However, there are cases where: The URL cannot be mapped to an Airtable field because it’s not at the record level. You need to dynamically pass parameters, like the current record ID from the parent window, to the modal URL. Challenges: Custom URL Requ…

[JimGo]

Nice! thanks for helping provide an interim solution.

Implementing this functionality within the site to make it as close to no-code as possible is still my wish. Once I get this plumbed, it would be great to be able to modify the console rather than revisit old code when it needs extending in the future.