Guide

Collect form responses and read them back

Any form on a Sentway page is captured without extra wiring. The Sentway SDK is injected into every served page, it intercepts the submit event, and it records each named field against the visitor who sent it. Nothing needs to be added to the page markup beyond name attributes.

Name every field

The name attribute of an input is the label that appears in the dashboard, in the notification email and in the tool response. Use a name a human will recognise later, because it is the only label the submission carries.

Read the responses

Call get_submissions with the site ID to page through what visitors sent, newest first. Each row carries the submitted fields, the time, and the visitor the submission belongs to. On a free account the 25 most recent responses per site are visible.

Get told when one arrives

Form submissions and document uploads notify by email out of the box. Other events, such as a visitor passing a gate or starting a worksheet, are available but off by default so an inbox is not flooded by arrivals.

Questions

Do I need to add a form endpoint or action URL to a Sentway page?
No. Sentway captures the submit event on the page itself. A form with no action attribute is captured exactly the same way as one that has one.
Are responses stored if my plan limit is reached?
Yes. Every submission is stored regardless of plan. The free tier limits how many of them are visible, not how many are kept, so upgrading reveals the full history rather than starting a new one.
How do checkbox groups appear in a submission?
Every ticked value is recorded and the values are joined for display, so a visitor who ticks three options produces one field with three answers rather than one answer.

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