Building Standalone Forms
Learn how to build standalone forms using DronaHQ Forms and record responses directly to your database. Use DronaHQ Forms to build standalone, customizable forms whose responses are written to a connected SQL database (MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.). Forms are publicly accessible from a unique URL. All users can create and fill out forms. You can build as many forms as you'd like and capture as many responses as your database supports.
To connect forms to an existing database, you must connect the database as a Connector in DronaHQ.
Create a Form
Go to the Create tab and select Form. It will auto create a form and open form on a new tab.
Connect Your Data
In the Form setup tab, select From database to direct responses to an established database.
When using From Scratch to store responses in the DronaHQ Database, create your custom fields in the form builder. These fields will automatically appear in your DronaHQ Database upon publishing.
Synchronize Your Controls
Ensure that form schema changes are synchronized with your database schema. This synchronization will manage the insertion and deletion of necessary fields to align with the connectors table.
Integrate Visual Controls with other features.
You may choose to include Text, Image, and Divider fields to enhance presentation. When adding custom fields, make sure to name them appropriately before publishing. Use the sidebar option to hide or delete fields to exclude them from database inserts. Customize controls using tags like hide, required, or swap controls for further customization.
Add & Modify Action Event
Add additional actions (email, slack, etc) when users submit this form. All the tasks you create here will happen after the submission and before clearing of the controls.
Use Form Responses
You can access form responses in the Responses tab. Responses are exclusively available for DronaHQ Database in both From Database and From Scratch modes. They are read-only and can be downloaded as a CSV file.
Preview, Publish, Share and Embed
Preview using the upper-right icon. Publish to obtain a unique URL for public access and copy embed URL form embed configuration.
This guide covers the basics of creating and managing standalone forms with DronaHQ. For detailed setup and customization, refer to the DronaHQ Documentation.