Forms

Update a form

PATCH/v1/forms/{formId}

Update a form's draft, name or overrides. Each field you send replaces the stored value. The live form changes only when you publish. See Paid checks and AI builds and fixes.

curl -X PATCH "$AYEFORM_API/v1/forms/$FORM_ID" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AYEFORM_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{}'

200 Response

{
  "id": "t0krb8e2388xhczz6166gy21106t7cqe",
  "brandId": "khs69yxwyr7kw03m5j1v7qmhdvknj6ac",
  "workspaceId": "q9vxefwe62t8njyxv1pjr1vdq9s1awap",
  "name": "Delivery order",
  "status": "draft",
  "publishedVersion": 1,
  "publishedAt": 1790879400000,
  "hasUnpublishedChanges": true,
  "changedAt": 1790879400000,
  "partialCapture": false,
  "stepCount": -9007199254740991,
  "blockCount": -9007199254740991,
  "createdAt": 1790879400000,
  "updatedAt": 1790879400000,
  "draft": {
    "crust": "Thin crust"
  },
  "themeOverrides": {
    "accent": "…",
    "accentText": "…",
    "background": "…",
    "surface": "…",
    "text": "…",
    "muted": "…",
    "border": "…",
    "radius": 0,
    "buttonRadius": 0,
    "font": "…",
    "headingFont": "…",
    "backdrop": "…",
    "fontStylesheet": "…"
  },
  "trackingOverrides": {
    "meta": false,
    "ga4": false,
    "jornayaCampaignKey": "…"
  },
  "pictures": [
    {
      "blockId": "1cdn4674wrk6kx308mnwe9zax57752ys",
      "value": "…",
      "status": "making",
      "imageId": "d8qymvc681gxg3m2khywfd305hb9wsh4"
    }
  ]
}

Path parameters

formIdstringrequired
The form's id.

Body

JSON, with Content-Type: application/json.

namestring
The form's name.
1–200 chars
draftobject
The whole form, with steps in order and then endings. A visitor walks through the steps. When they leave a step, the step's first matching rule decides where they go. Without one, the first question on the step whose chosen answer has a goto decides; that's an option's goto on single choice and dropdown questions, or routes on yes_no. Otherwise the step's next decides, and "following" means the next step, or the first ending after the last step. Every path stops at an ending, which submits the response. An ending shows a message, redirects, or hands back to the site, and says whether it counts as a lead for ad tracking. To disqualify someone, route them to an ending that doesn't count as a lead. Here the draft is only checked for its shape. POST /v1/forms/{formId}/publish checks that everything it refers to exists.
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- stepsarray of objectrequired
  min 1 item
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  idstringrequired
  blocksarray of one of 2required
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  Option 1
  Option 2
  rulesarray of objectrequired
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  whenarray of objectrequired
  All must match (AND).
  min 1 item
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  fieldIdstringrequired
  openumrequired
  One of "equals", "not_equals", "in", "not_in", "includes", "gt", "lt", "answered"
  valuestring or number or array of string
  gotoone of 2required
  Where the visitor goes next: { kind: "step", stepId } shows that step; { kind: "ending", endingId } finishes the form at that ending (the response is submitted).
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  kind: "step"
  kind"step"required
  stepIdstringrequired
  kind: "ending"
  kind"ending"required
  endingIdstringrequired
  nextone of 2required
  The default way on: a step or ending, or { kind: "following" }: the next step in order, or after the last step the first ending.
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  Option 1
  Where the visitor goes next: { kind: "step", stepId } shows that step; { kind: "ending", endingId } finishes the form at that ending (the response is submitted).
  kind: "following"
  kind"following"required
  titlestring
  descriptionstring
  buttonLabelstring
- endingsarray of objectrequired
  Every path stops at one of these. The first is where the last step goes by default.
  min 1 item
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  idstringrequired
  Unique among endings (its own namespace).
  namestringrequired
  The builder's name for it, e.g. "Qualified" or "Not a fit". Reported in responses, webhooks and page events.
  min 1 char
  actionone of 3required
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  kind: "message"
  Show a thank-you message (body is Markdown).
  kind"message"required
  titlestringrequired
  bodystringrequired
  kind: "redirect"
  Send the visitor to a URL (no thank-you screen).
  kind"redirect"required
  urlstringrequired
  appendContactbooleanrequired
  Add first_name, last_name, email and phone to the URL.
  kind: "handoff"
  Hand back to the site: the form closes and the page gets the forms:submit event, nothing else.
  kind"handoff"required
  countsAsLeadbooleanrequired
  Reaching this ending reports a Lead to ad tracking (Meta Pixel + CAPI Lead, GA4 generate_lead). Turn off for disqualifying endings.
- settingsobjectrequired
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  progressBarbooleanrequired
  partialCapturebooleanrequired
  Save unfinished responses: keeps what visitors entered even if they don't finish, once there's a valid email, phone or Telegram username (stored with status partial). Webhook events: submission.abandoned (left without finishing after giving a valid email, phone or Telegram username: page closed, or 5 minutes with no activity; once per response), submission.completed. Needs the plan feature partialCapture (workspaces.entitlements features): turning it on without it is 403 plan_feature, and a new form on such a plan starts with it false. If the plan later loses the feature, the live form stops saving unfinished responses at once (no resume, no submission.abandoned) and this stays true, applying again after an upgrade.
  turnstilebooleanrequired
  submitLabelstringrequired
  min 1 char
  returningVisitorenum
  With partialCapture on: what happens when someone with an unfinished response comes back later and finishes. "update" (default): in the same browser (a resume token the server issued with the first save, kept in localStorage on the host site; valid 30 days after the last activity, Safari may clear it after 7 days without a visit), their earlier response is completed (same submission id). "new": the earlier response stays as it was and a new one is saved. The same email or phone never continues or changes a response, since anyone can type it: in another browser it saves a new response whose earlierSubmissionId links to that unfinished one. A completed response is never changed.
  One of "update", "new"
  displayobject
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  viewenumrequired
  How the form opens: "popup" or "fullscreen" for a button or inline field; "widget" is the corner card and goes with onPage "widget". Ignored by onPage "embed", which opens nothing (any value is accepted; a data-forms-open button or Forms.open for the same form still opens in this view).
  One of "popup", "widget", "fullscreen"
  sideenumrequired
  The corner the widget docks to. Ignored by the other views.
  One of "right", "left"
  onPageenum
  What starts the form on the site. "button": the site's own buttons or links with data-forms-open. "inline" (Field and Button): the first question on the page with a button beside it (an element with data-forms-inline). "embed" (Full form): the whole form in the page, inside an element with data-forms-embed, at that element's width; every step, the progress bar, Back, a texted-code step and the ending stay in that element, and nothing opens over the page (so view and buttonLabel don't apply; the form uses its own Continue and submit labels). "widget" (Corner widget): a floating button in a bottom corner, shown as the page loads (an element with data-forms-widget on the page), that opens the form in a card in that corner. Left out: "widget" when view is "widget", else "button".
  One of "button", "inline", "embed", "widget"
  buttonLabelstring
  The button's text: the corner widget's floating button and the inline field's button ("Get started" when left out or blank). A site's own data-forms-open button keeps its own text; data-forms-button on an inline element overrides this. Ignored by onPage "embed".
  max 40 chars
  hideBadgeboolean
  true: the live form leaves out the "Powered by ayeform" badge under it (default false: shown). Needs the plan feature hideBadge (workspaces.entitlements features): turning it on without it is 403 plan_feature. If the plan later loses the feature, the live form shows the badge again at once and this stays true, applying again after an upgrade. Like every setting, it goes live on publish.
themeOverridesobject
Theme values that override the brand theme for this form.
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- accentstring
- accentTextstring
- backgroundstring
- surfacestring
- textstring
- mutedstring
- borderstring
- radiusnumber
  0–48
- buttonRadiusnumber
  0–48
- fontstring
- headingFontstring
  max 500 chars
- backdropstring
- fontStylesheetstring
  max 2000 chars · uri
trackingOverridesobject
Whether this form fires the brand's Meta and GA4 tracking, and its own Jornaya campaign key. Setting a campaign key needs the plan's leadId feature, or it answers 403 plan_feature.
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- metabooleanrequired
  Whether this form fires the brand's Meta Lead, in the browser and through the Conversions API.
- ga4booleanrequired
  Whether this form fires the brand's GA4 generate_lead event.
- jornayaCampaignKeystring
  This form's own Jornaya campaign key. Leave it out to use the brand's. It applies while the brand has Jornaya on. A page loads one campaign script, so with two forms on a page the first one's key is used.

Response

idstringrequired
The form's id.
brandIdstringrequired
The brand the form belongs to.
workspaceIdstringrequired
The workspace the form belongs to.
namestringrequired
The form's name.
statusenumrequired
draft until it's first published, then published while it's live. unpublished once it's taken offline; its versions are kept.
One of "draft", "published", "unpublished"
publishedVersionnumber or nullrequired
The number of the live version. Null if the form was never published.
publishedAtnumber or nullrequired
When the latest version was published, in milliseconds since the epoch. Null if never.
hasUnpublishedChangesbooleanrequired
Whether the draft or theme overrides changed since the form was last published.
changedAtnumber or nullrequired
When the draft or theme overrides last changed, in milliseconds since the epoch. Null if they were never edited.
partialCapturebooleanrequired
Whether the draft has "Save unfinished responses" on. The webhook event for people who left (submission.abandoned) needs it, and the plan feature partialCapture too.
stepCountintegerrequired
How many steps the draft has.
-9007199254740991–9007199254740991
blockCountintegerrequired
How many questions and other blocks the draft has, across all steps.
-9007199254740991–9007199254740991
createdAtnumberrequired
When the form was created, in milliseconds since the epoch.
updatedAtnumberrequired
When anything about the form last changed, in milliseconds since the epoch.
draftobjectrequired
The whole form as it is now, unpublished edits included. It holds steps in order, then endings, and settings, in the same shape as draft in PATCH /v1/forms/{formId}.
themeOverridesobjectrequired
Theme values that override the brand theme for this form.
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- accentstring
- accentTextstring
- backgroundstring
- surfacestring
- textstring
- mutedstring
- borderstring
- radiusnumber
  0–48
- buttonRadiusnumber
  0–48
- fontstring
- headingFontstring
  max 500 chars
- backdropstring
- fontStylesheetstring
  max 2000 chars · uri
trackingOverridesobjectrequired
Whether this form fires the brand's Meta and GA4 tracking, and its own Jornaya campaign key.
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- metabooleanrequired
  Whether this form fires the brand's Meta Lead, in the browser and through the Conversions API.
- ga4booleanrequired
  Whether this form fires the brand's GA4 generate_lead event.
- jornayaCampaignKeystring
  This form's own Jornaya campaign key. Leave it out to use the brand's. It applies while the brand has Jornaya on. A page loads one campaign script, so with two forms on a page the first one's key is used.
picturesarray of objectrequired
Pictures AI is making in the background for image choice options after an AI build or fix. If a picture can't be made, or its option was removed or got a picture in the meantime, it drops off this list and the option stays as it is. You can add a picture yourself with POST /v1/forms/{formId}/images. Publishing while a picture is still making fails like a missing picture would, with a message that it's still coming.
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- blockIdstringrequired
  The id of the image choice question.
- valuestringrequired
  The value of the option the picture is for.
- statusenumrequired
  making while AI makes the picture. added once it's on the option as imageId in the draft.
  One of "making", "added"
- imageIdstring or nullrequired
  The picture's id once it's added. Null while it's being made.

Errors answer with a status and the error shape.