Manipulation of Sub-forms Through API

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Bilal Tahir

July 09, 2016 21:50

Is it possible to insert sub-forms in a main form through the API 6.0? If so what is the structure like in JSON? I have been attempting this however I believe this is not possible. I know that we can import sub-form data via CSV files when we create new records, however I don't understand why we cannot do this through the API.

If the previous is not possible can we manually set the "parent_record_id", "parent_page_id", and "parent_element_id" manually whilst inserting a new row so I can manually link the sub-form row to the parent form row?  

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  Tony Ruth November 01, 2016 17:06

  Hi all, great questions and this is doable in version 6.0 of the API. The structure of the API is that you are creating records in a given form (page).

  Therefore you need to call the record API for the parent first and then use that response (record ID) to pass along to the request making the subform records.

  Just like the CSV upload approach, you just need to get all the parent information (record, page, element) in order to created parent child record sets through the API.

  Hope that helps!

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  Bilal Tahir July 09, 2016 22:58

  Just a quick update: It turns out it is possible to manipulate the "parent_record_id", "parent_page_id", and "parent_element_id" fields through the 5.1 API. I am still looking into this, if anyone has more information please let me know.

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  Max October 14, 2016 04:27

  Advice here would be useful.

  Clarifying, the intent here would be to pre-populate an existing subform within the parent form via an API/Webhook thus creating new subform records.

   

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  Tony Ruth January 20, 2017 14:32

  Hey Max and Bilal, if you already have a parent record you want to add more children to, then you need to find the PAGE ID, ELEMENT ID, and RECORD ID of the parent the child belongs to, and just include those in the request the same as all the other data you are populating.

  Hope that helps,

  Tony

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