React survey form
Build a survey form in React with no backend. Use dropdowns for quick answers and one open field, then post to Formpaste. Copy the component and add your access key - responses land in your inbox.
How to build it
- Create a form in your Formpaste dashboard and copy its access key.
- Copy the React component above and pick your styling.
- Replace YOUR_ACCESS_KEY_HERE with your access key, then deploy.
Prompt for your AI coding agent
Add a Formpaste survey form to my React app. Use a component with a couple of select dropdowns and a textarea that POSTs as application/x-www-form-urlencoded (URLSearchParams) to https://api.formpaste.com/submit with a hidden access_key input. No backend.Or connect the Formpaste MCP server to Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Claude Desktop, VS Code, or any mcp-remote client. See the setup guide.
React gotchas
A React contact form is just a component with a submit handler that POSTs to Formpaste. There is no backend and no API route of your own. Put the fetch in a component that runs in the browser and you are done.
It is a client component
The onSubmit fetch runs in the browser, so the form lives in a normal client component. In a plain React SPA every component is already client-side; in a framework with server components, add the client boundary where the fetch runs.
No API route, no proxy
You do not POST to your own /api endpoint and forward from there. The component posts straight to the Formpaste endpoint, which removes a whole server round-trip and a mailer you would otherwise write.
Controlled or uncontrolled, both work
Read values from a FormData over the form element (uncontrolled) or from useState (controlled). Uncontrolled is less code for a simple contact form; controlled is handy when you validate as the user types.
Handle the response in state
The endpoint returns JSON (success, message, id). Await the fetch and set a piece of state to show your own success or error UI, or set a redirect in the dashboard and skip the client handling.
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.
export function ContactForm() {
async function onSubmit(e) {
e.preventDefault();
const form = new FormData(e.currentTarget);
await fetch("https://api.formpaste.com/submit", { method: "POST", body: new URLSearchParams(form) });
}
return (
<form onSubmit={onSubmit} className="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">
<input type="hidden" name="access_key" value="YOUR_ACCESS_KEY_HERE" />
<label className="flex flex-col gap-1.5 text-sm font-medium text-gray-900 dark:text-gray-100">Email (optional)
<input type="email" name="email" placeholder="you@example.com" className="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 className="flex flex-col gap-1.5 text-sm font-medium text-gray-900 dark:text-gray-100">What best describes you?
<select name="role" required className="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 className="flex flex-col gap-1.5 text-sm font-medium text-gray-900 dark:text-gray-100">How satisfied are you?
<select name="satisfaction" required className="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 className="flex flex-col gap-1.5 text-sm font-medium text-gray-900 dark:text-gray-100">Anything else?
<textarea name="comments" className="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" className="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">Submit survey</button>
</form>
);
}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">React survey form FAQ
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