Angular survey form
Build a survey form in Angular with no backend. Bind the dropdowns with formControlName, keep one open field for comments, and responses land in your inbox. Copy the component and add your access key.
How to build it
- Create a form in your Formpaste dashboard and copy its access key.
- Copy the component above and edit the options to your questions.
- 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
Keep it short to keep completion high
Every extra question loses responses. A couple of dropdowns and one open comment field usually gathers what you need without fatigue.
Dropdowns beat free text for analysis
Fixed choices (select fields) are easy to count later. Reserve the textarea for the one open-ended question that genuinely needs it.
Make email optional for honest answers
Anonymous responses are often more candid. Ask for email only if you need to follow up, and mark it optional.
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.
Create your form
Sign up, verify your email, and create an access key in your dashboard.
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">Email (optional)
<input type="email" name="email" formControlName="email" placeholder="you@example.com" 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">What best describes you?
<select name="role" formControlName="role" 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">
<option>Developer</option>
<option>Designer</option>
<option>Founder</option>
<option>Other</option>
</select>
</label>
<label class="flex flex-col gap-1.5 text-sm font-medium text-gray-900 dark:text-gray-100">How satisfied are you?
<select name="satisfaction" formControlName="satisfaction" 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">
<option>Very satisfied</option>
<option>Satisfied</option>
<option>Neutral</option>
<option>Unsatisfied</option>
</select>
</label>
<label class="flex flex-col gap-1.5 text-sm font-medium text-gray-900 dark:text-gray-100">Anything else?
<textarea name="comments" formControlName="comments" class="min-h-28 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"></textarea>
</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">Submit survey</button>
</form>
`,
})
export class ContactFormComponent {
sending = false;
form = new FormGroup({
email: new FormControl(""),
role: new FormControl("", Validators.required),
satisfaction: new FormControl("", Validators.required),
comments: new FormControl(""),
});
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();
}
}Add your access key
Replace the placeholder with your access key to start receiving submissions.
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