Angular registration form

Build a registration form in Angular with no backend. Declare the fields as a FormGroup with validators, post the value once to Formpaste, and signups land in your inbox. Copy the component and add your access key.

How to build it

  1. Create a form in your Formpaste dashboard and copy its access key.
  2. Copy the component above into your app and import ReactiveFormsModule.
  3. Replace YOUR_ACCESS_KEY_HERE with your access key, then deploy.

Angular gotchas

An Angular contact form is a component with a FormGroup and a submit handler that posts to Formpaste. There is no backend and no API of your own. Build the group, bind it to the template, and post the value.

Import ReactiveFormsModule

The template directives are not global. A standalone component needs ReactiveFormsModule in its imports array, and an NgModule-based app needs it in the module. Leaving it out is the usual reason formGroup and formControlName appear to do nothing.

Bind the group, not each input

Put formGroup on the form element and formControlName on each control. Angular keeps the values in the group, so the submit handler reads this.form.value instead of touching the DOM.

No API route of your own

The component posts straight to the Formpaste endpoint, which removes a mailer and a submissions store you would otherwise build. HttpClient works too if you already inject it, but plain fetch is enough.

Validators are client-side

Validators.required and friends improve the form in the browser. They do not filter spam and nothing of yours runs on a server, so Formpaste applies its own spam filtering after the post.

What to get right

Formpaste is a form backend, not an auth provider

A registration form collects details and emails them to you or forwards them to your system. It does not create login accounts or store passwords. For real authentication, wire the submission to your auth tool and never treat the form as a credential store.

Never email raw passwords

If you collect a password here, forward the submission to your own signup endpoint over a webhook rather than having it land in an inbox. Better still, capture only the details you need and let your auth provider set the password.

Validate on the client too

Match the two password fields and require an email format in the browser so people fix mistakes before they submit. Formpaste still filters spam on the server.

How it works

Three simple steps for form submissions to land in your email inbox.
Create your form, set your form's action URL to Formpaste's endpoint, and add your access key.

1

Create your form

Sign up, verify your email, and create an access key in your dashboard.

2

Copy the code

Paste the snippet above into your project. Pick CSS or Tailwind to match your site.

import { Component } from "@angular/core";
import { FormControl, FormGroup, ReactiveFormsModule, Validators } from "@angular/forms";

const ACCESS_KEY = "YOUR_ACCESS_KEY_HERE";

@Component({
  selector: "app-contact-form",
  standalone: true,
  imports: [ReactiveFormsModule],
  template: `
    <form [formGroup]="form" (ngSubmit)="onSubmit()" class="mx-auto flex w-full max-w-md flex-col gap-4 rounded-xl border border-gray-200 bg-white p-6 shadow-sm dark:border-gray-800 dark:bg-gray-950">
    <label class="flex flex-col gap-1.5 text-sm font-medium text-gray-900 dark:text-gray-100">Full name
      <input type="text" name="name" formControlName="name" placeholder="Your name" required class="rounded-md border border-gray-300 bg-white px-3 py-2 text-sm text-gray-900 shadow-sm outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-gray-900 dark:border-gray-700 dark:bg-gray-900 dark:text-gray-100 dark:focus-visible:ring-gray-100" />
    </label>
    <label class="flex flex-col gap-1.5 text-sm font-medium text-gray-900 dark:text-gray-100">Email
      <input type="email" name="email" formControlName="email" placeholder="you@example.com" required class="rounded-md border border-gray-300 bg-white px-3 py-2 text-sm text-gray-900 shadow-sm outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-gray-900 dark:border-gray-700 dark:bg-gray-900 dark:text-gray-100 dark:focus-visible:ring-gray-100" />
    </label>
    <label class="flex flex-col gap-1.5 text-sm font-medium text-gray-900 dark:text-gray-100">Choose a password
      <input type="text" name="password" formControlName="password" required class="rounded-md border border-gray-300 bg-white px-3 py-2 text-sm text-gray-900 shadow-sm outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-gray-900 dark:border-gray-700 dark:bg-gray-900 dark:text-gray-100 dark:focus-visible:ring-gray-100" />
    </label>
    <label class="flex flex-col gap-1.5 text-sm font-medium text-gray-900 dark:text-gray-100">Confirm password
      <input type="text" name="confirm" formControlName="confirm" required class="rounded-md border border-gray-300 bg-white px-3 py-2 text-sm text-gray-900 shadow-sm outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-gray-900 dark:border-gray-700 dark:bg-gray-900 dark:text-gray-100 dark:focus-visible:ring-gray-100" />
    </label>
      <button type="submit" class="w-full rounded-md bg-gray-900 px-4 py-2 text-sm font-medium text-white shadow-sm transition-colors hover:bg-gray-800 disabled:opacity-60 dark:bg-white dark:text-gray-900 dark:hover:bg-gray-200" [disabled]="sending">Create account</button>
    </form>
  `,
})
export class ContactFormComponent {
  sending = false;
  form = new FormGroup({
    name: new FormControl("", Validators.required),
    email: new FormControl("", Validators.required),
    password: new FormControl("", Validators.required),
    confirm: new FormControl("", Validators.required),
  });

  async onSubmit() {
    this.sending = true;
    await fetch("https://api.formpaste.com/submit", {
      method: "POST",
      body: new URLSearchParams({
        access_key: ACCESS_KEY,
        ...Object.fromEntries(
          Object.entries(this.form.value).map(([k, v]) => [k, v ?? ""]),
        ),
      }),
    });
    this.sending = false;
    this.form.reset();
  }
}
3

Add your access key

Replace the placeholder with your access key to start receiving submissions.

<input type="hidden" name="access_key" value="YOUR_ACCESS_KEY_HERE">

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