Q&A

pre-filling form fields from URL parameters

Sep 15

we send different email campaigns to different segments. i want to include a link to our form with some fields pre-filled based on the segment. like: form.tinycommand.com/our-form?source=email_campaign_q4&segment=enterprise and have the form automatically fill in hidden fields with those values so we know where the submission came from without asking the person is this possible? its a standard feature in most form builders but couldnt find docs on it here

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Comments (3)

Dan Cooper · Sep 16

yep URL parameters work for prefilling. each form field has a parameter name you can set. then you just add those as query params to the form URL for hidden fields (like source and segment in your example) add hidden fields to the form with param names matching your URL params. the data gets submitted with the rest of the form but the user doesnt see it we use this for all our campaign tracking. works perfectly

Maya Singh · Sep 17

perfect thats exactly what i was looking for. the hidden fields + URL params combo is great for attribution tracking

Priya Sharma · Sep 18

we also use this to pre-fill the users email when they click a link from our newsletter. saves them typing and increases conversion rate noticeably