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

Maton 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://api.maton.ai.

List Connections

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

If you have multiple connections, always include this header to ensure requests go to the intended account.

Security & Permissions

• Access is scoped to forms, submissions, and form metadata within the connected JotForm account.
• All write operations require explicit user approval. Before executing any create, update, or delete call, confirm the target resource and intended effect with the user.

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://api.maton.ai/jotform/user/forms?limit=10',
  {
    headers: {
      'Authorization': `Bearer ${process.env.MATON_API_KEY}`
    }
  }
);

Python

import os
import requests

response = requests.get(
    'https://api.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: API Key Issues

1. Check that the MATON_API_KEY environment variable is set:

echo $MATON_API_KEY

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

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://api.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

Troubleshooting: Invalid App Name

1. Ensure your URL path starts with jotform. For example:

• Correct: https://api.maton.ai/jotform/user/forms
• Incorrect: https://api.maton.ai/user/forms

Resources

• JotForm API Overview
• User Forms
• Form Submissions
• Webhooks
• Maton Community
• Maton Support