Is it possible to populate a form via REST API?

By: Mark Riffey | Asked: 03/29/2023
ForumsCategory: How-toIs it possible to populate a form via REST API?
Mark Riffey asked 2 years ago
I want to offer my users an update form for various info. I need to get that info via a REST call. It is not part of the WP database and never will be.  Is this possible with FF Pro? 

Mark
1 Answers
Victor Font answered 2 years ago

Yes, you can. See this: https://formidableforms.com/knowledgebase/formidable-api/

Mark Riffey replied 2 years ago

That's actually the reverse of what I need - in this instance. I want to hit a REST API, get some info and populate a FormForm with some of that data. Later, if the user makes changes, ill use the formidable API to post the data back.

Victor Font replied 2 years ago

You need custom code to do that. You can use the WordPress HTTP API to make remote API calls using PHP curl. The request API is a curl wrapper. https://developer.wordpress.org/apis/making-http-requests/

Mark Riffey replied 2 years ago

Thanks, that looks like a workable option.

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