Form Center | External Submissions

Enable External Submissions

Whereas the External Integration command discussed previously sends and receives information from the external web service, the External Submission functionality only submits information to an external service. An External Submission acts like a standard form, except that data is also sent to an external service when the form is submitted.

1. Sign in to your website solution
2. Navigate to the Form Center module:
   
   1. Expand the Modules menu
   2. Select the Content tab
   3. Click Form Center
      
      Note: You can also navigate to your Form Center using the URL, www.yourwebsite.com/Admin/FormCenter.
3. Select the category your form is in:
   
   • If needed, create an external integration form
4. Locate your external integration form:
5. Click the Actions button next to the form's name:
6. Select Modify:
7. Locate the Type dropdown menu:
8. Set the Type to External Submission:
9. Enter the URL that will receive the external submission data:
   
   Note: The submission data is sent to the specified URL using a standard HTTP POST request. Only a status 200 HTTP response is expected back from the server. If a protocol (JSON, XML, HTML) is not specified, the Municipal Websites Central solution will default to sending content as an HTML document. The request contents will be identical to those submitted in the Service URL Configuration and Data Exchange Format article.
10. Click a save option:
    • Save: Saves changes made to the form
      
      Note: Already published forms will reflect the change when the form's page refreshes.
    • Save and Publish: Saves changes made to the form and makes the form available for use

In-Article Glossary

Review the Municipal Websites Central's Glossary of Terms, a comprehensive explanation of the acronyms, abbreviations, and company-specific terminology. The terms located in this section are listed alphabetically:

• HTML: Hypertext Markup Language
• HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol
• JSON: JavaScript Object Notation
• URL: Uniform Resource Locator
• XML: Extensible Markup Language