Cognito Forms API Documentation

This is the complete API documentation for connecting to the Cognito Forms API using MindCloud's Universal API. If you are new to MindCloud, start with the Introduction to see how one API can sit in front of many different apps.

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Meet Cognito Forms: Build forms, collect data, automate workflows, and generate documents. Keep reading to get started.

Quickstart

Before you run your first Cognito Forms request, you need three things:

1. A MindCloud account — sign in or create an account at MindCloud.
2. A MindCloud API Key — create one in API Keys. Keep it on your server.
3. At least one Cognito Forms connection — create or choose one in Connections. Note its connectionId.

Every Cognito Forms action uses the same URL pattern:

https://connect.mindcloud.co/v1/universal/cognitoForms/latest/actions/{actionSlug}

You need a MindCloud API Key and a Cognito Forms connection. Then call an action such as Get Document:

curl --request GET \
  --url "https://connect.mindcloud.co/v1/universal/cognitoForms/latest/actions/get-document" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $MINDCLOUD_API_KEY" \
  --get \
  --data-urlencode "connectionId=$CONNECTION_ID"

Every response comes back in the same envelope, with your rows in a data array:

{
  "success": true,
  "data": [
    { "id": "1042", "name": "Ava" }
  ],
  "meta": {}
}

After your first request works, use Shape your requests to control arguments, pagination, filtering, fields, and errors.

Authentication

Authentication has two layers. Your MindCloud API Key authenticates the request to MindCloud, sent as a Bearer token in the Authorization header. The connectionId selects the connected Cognito Forms account that should run the action. MindCloud stores and refreshes the Cognito Forms credentials behind that connection, so you never send provider tokens with your requests.

Pass connectionId in the query string for GET and DELETE actions, and in the JSON body for POST, PUT, and PATCH actions. Keep your MindCloud API Key on your server; do not ship it in browser code, mobile apps, public repositories, or logs.

Cognito Forms actions

All 30 published actions for this Cognito Forms version. Each page documents the endpoint, arguments, and response controls.

• POSTCreate Entry
• POSTCreate Internal Entry
• POSTCreate Public Entry
• POSTCreate Reviewer Entry
• DELETEDelete Entry
• GETGet Document
• GETGet Entry
• GETGet File
• GETGet Form Input Schema
• GETGet Form Input Schema With Links
• GETGet Form Schema
• GETGet Form Schema With Links
• GETGet Import Status
• POSTImport Entries Create New
• PUTImport Entries Sync Entries
• PUTImport Entries Update Existing
• GETList Forms
• GETList View Entries
• GETList View Entries Select Fields
• GETList View Entries Select Fields With Count
• GETList View Entries With Count
• PUTSet Public Link Availability
• PUTSet Public Link Availability Window
• PUTSet Public Link End Availability
• PUTSet Public Link Start Availability
• PUTSet Public Link Unavailable Message
• PUTUpdate Entry
• PUTUpdate Entry As Internal
• PUTUpdate Entry As Reviewer
• POSTUpload File

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