Jotform

JotForm

Access the JotForm API with managed OAuth authentication. Create and manage forms, retrieve submissions, and manage webhooks.

Quick Start

# List user forms
python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://gateway.maton.ai/jotform/user/forms?limit=20')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Base URL

https://gateway.maton.ai/jotform/{native-api-path}

Replace {native-api-path} with the actual JotForm API endpoint path. The gateway proxies requests to api.jotform.com and automatically injects your API key.

Authentication

All requests require the Maton API key in the Authorization header:

Authorization: Bearer $MATON_API_KEY

Environment Variable: Set your API key as MATON_API_KEY:

export MATON_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"

Getting Your API Key

1. Sign in or create an account at maton.ai
2. Go to maton.ai/settings
3. Copy your API key

Connection Management

Manage your JotForm connections at https://ctrl.maton.ai.

List Connections

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections?app=jotform&status=ACTIVE')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Create Connection

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
data = json.dumps({'app': 'jotform'}).encode()
req = urllib.request.Request('https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections', data=data, method='POST')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
req.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/json')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Get Connection

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections/{connection_id}')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Response:

{
  "connection": {
    "connection_id": "21fd90f9-5935-43cd-b6c8-bde9d915ca80",
    "status": "ACTIVE",
    "creation_time": "2025-12-08T07:20:53.488460Z",
    "last_updated_time": "2026-01-31T20:03:32.593153Z",
    "url": "https://connect.maton.ai/?session_token=...",
    "app": "jotform",
    "metadata": {}
  }
}

Open the returned url in a browser to complete OAuth authorization.

Delete Connection

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections/{connection_id}', method='DELETE')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Specifying Connection

If you have multiple JotForm connections, specify which one to use with the Maton-Connection header:

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://gateway.maton.ai/jotform/user/forms')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
req.add_header('Maton-Connection', '21fd90f9-5935-43cd-b6c8-bde9d915ca80')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

If omitted, the gateway uses the default (oldest) active connection.

API Reference

User

GET /jotform/user
GET /jotform/user/forms?limit=20
GET /jotform/user/submissions?limit=20
GET /jotform/user/usage

Forms

Get Form

GET /jotform/form/{formId}

Get Form Questions

GET /jotform/form/{formId}/questions

Get Form Submissions

GET /jotform/form/{formId}/submissions?limit=20

With filter:

GET /jotform/form/{formId}/submissions?filter={"created_at:gt":"2024-01-01"}

Create Form

POST /jotform/user/forms
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "properties": {"title": "Contact Form"},
  "questions": {
    "1": {"type": "control_textbox", "text": "Name", "name": "name"},
    "2": {"type": "control_email", "text": "Email", "name": "email"}
  }
}

Delete Form

DELETE /jotform/form/{formId}

Submissions

Get Submission

GET /jotform/submission/{submissionId}

Delete Submission

DELETE /jotform/submission/{submissionId}

Webhooks

GET /jotform/form/{formId}/webhooks
POST /jotform/form/{formId}/webhooks
DELETE /jotform/form/{formId}/webhooks/{webhookIndex}

Question Types

• control_textbox - Single line text
• control_textarea - Multi-line text
• control_email - Email
• control_phone - Phone number
• control_dropdown - Dropdown
• control_radio - Radio buttons
• control_checkbox - Checkboxes
• control_datetime - Date/time picker
• control_fileupload - File upload

Filter Syntax

{"field:gt":"value"}  // Greater than
{"field:lt":"value"}  // Less than
{"field:eq":"value"}  // Equal to

Code Examples

JavaScript

const response = await fetch(
  'https://gateway.maton.ai/jotform/user/forms?limit=10',
  {
    headers: {
      'Authorization': `Bearer ${process.env.MATON_API_KEY}`
    }
  }
);

Python

import os
import requests

response = requests.get(
    'https://gateway.maton.ai/jotform/user/forms',
    headers={'Authorization': f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}'},
    params={'limit': 10}
)

Notes

• Form IDs are numeric
• Pagination uses limit and offset
• Use orderby to sort results
• IMPORTANT: When using curl commands, use curl -g when URLs contain brackets (fields[], sort[], records[]) to disable glob parsing
• IMPORTANT: When piping curl output to jq or other commands, environment variables like $MATON_API_KEY may not expand correctly in some shell environments. You may get "Invalid API key" errors when piping.

Error Handling

Troubleshooting: Invalid API Key

When you receive a "Invalid API key" error, ALWAYS follow these steps before concluding there is an issue:

1. Check that the MATON_API_KEY environment variable is set:

echo $MATON_API_KEY

2. Verify the API key is valid by listing connections:

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Resources

• JotForm API Overview
• User Forms
• Form Submissions
• Webhooks