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Send visitors to your own thank-you page

A plain HTML form leaves the page when it submits. Set a redirect and the visitor lands on your own thank-you page; leave it empty and they see ours. JavaScript callers get a JSON answer and stay put.

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A form's General settings: name, website, access key and Redirect to
$ redirect=https://example.com/thanks

One setting or one hidden field

Set Redirect to in the form's settings for every page the form lives on, or add a hidden redirect field when each page has its own thank-you page. The field wins when both are set.

  • Redirects are checked against the form's allowed domains; anything else falls back to our thank-you page.
  • Errors redirect too, to a page that says what went wrong.

JSON for fetch

Post with fetch and an Accept: application/json header and Formwire answers with JSON instead of redirecting. Your page shows its own success state and the visitor never leaves.

A thank-you page without one

No redirect set? Visitors see Formwire's own success page, with your own heading and message, so a brand-new form works before you've built anything else.

How it works

Set the redirect

A hidden field in the form, or one setting for the whole form.

  1. 1

    Open the form's General settings and fill in Redirect to, or add a hidden redirect input to the page.

  2. 2

    Use a full URL with https.

  3. 3

    Post the form. Formwire answers 303 to your URL after the submission is stored.

  4. 4

    For a fetch-based form, send Accept: application/json and read success from the response instead.

html formwire 
<form action="https://formwire.io/submit" method="POST">
  <input type="hidden" name="access_key" value="YOUR_ACCESS_KEY">
  <input type="hidden" name="redirect" value="https://acme.com/thanks">
  …
</form>

<!-- or, with fetch -->
<script>
fetch("https://formwire.io/submit", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json", Accept: "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({ access_key: "YOUR_ACCESS_KEY", email, message }),
}).then((r) => r.json()); // { success: true, data: { submission_id } }
</script>

Which plans include it

Redirects and JSON responses are on every plan, including Free.

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FAQ

Questions about redirects

Can I redirect to a page on another domain?

Yes. Add that domain to the form's allowed domains and any https URL on it works. Redirects anywhere else fall back to our thank-you page, so nobody can use your form to send visitors to a stranger's site.

What does the visitor see if something goes wrong?

A plain error page from Formwire that names the problem, such as a missing access key or a paused form. Fetch callers get the same information as JSON.

Can I pass the submission to the thank-you page?

The redirect is a plain 303 with no data appended. Use fetch and the JSON response if your thank-you page needs the submission's id.

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