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:

POST https://connect.mindcloud.co/v2/universal/apps/cognitoForms/actions/{actionSlug}/run

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

curl --request POST \
  --url "https://connect.mindcloud.co/v2/universal/apps/cognitoForms/actions/list-forms/run" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $MINDCLOUD_API_KEY" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{
  "connectionId": "$CONNECTION_ID",
  "arguments": {}
}'

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.

Authenticate with a MindCloud API Key plus a connectionId for your Cognito Forms account. See Cognito Forms API Authentication for the full flow and how to get your connection credentials.

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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