--- title: Create a form description: Datadog, the leading service for cloud-scale monitoring. breadcrumbs: Docs > API Reference > Forms --- # Create a form{% #create-a-form %} Copy pageCopied {% tab title="v2" %} **Note**: This endpoint is in preview and is subject to change. If you have any feedback, contact [Datadog support](https://docs.datadoghq.com/help/). | Datadog site | API endpoint | | ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------- | | ap1.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/forms | | ap2.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/forms | | app.datadoghq.eu | POST https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/forms | | app.ddog-gov.com | POST https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/forms | | us2.ddog-gov.com | POST https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/forms | | app.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/forms | | us3.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/forms | | us5.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/forms | ### Overview Create a new form. The form is created in draft mode and must be published before it can be used. This also creates a new datastore for form responses and links it to the form. ### Request #### Body Data (required) {% tab title="Model" %} | Parent field | Field | Type | Description | | --------------- | --------------------------------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | data [*required*] | object | The data for creating a form. | | data | attributes [*required*] | object | The attributes for creating a form. | | attributes | anonymous | boolean | Whether the form accepts anonymous submissions. | | attributes | data_definition [*required*] | object | A JSON Schema definition that describes the form's data fields. | | data_definition | description | string | A description shown to form respondents. | | data_definition | properties | object | A map of field names to their JSON Schema definitions. | | data_definition | required | [string] | List of field names that must be answered. | | data_definition | title | string | The title of the form schema. | | data_definition | type | enum | The root schema type. Allowed enum values: `object` | | attributes | description | string | The description of the form. | | attributes | idp_survey | boolean | Whether the form is an IDP survey. | | attributes | name [*required*] | string | The name of the form. | | attributes | single_response | boolean | Whether each user can only submit one response. | | attributes | ui_definition [*required*] | object | UI configuration for rendering form fields, including widget overrides, field ordering, and themes. | | ui_definition | ui:order | [string] | The order in which form fields are displayed. | | ui_definition | ui:theme | object | The visual theme applied to the form. | | ui:theme | primaryColor | enum | The primary color of the form theme. Allowed enum values: `gray,red,orange,yellow,green,light-blue,dark-blue,magenta,indigo` | | data | type [*required*] | enum | The resource type for a form. Allowed enum values: `forms` | {% /tab %} {% tab title="Example" %} ```json { "data": { "attributes": { "anonymous": false, "data_definition": {}, "description": "A form to collect user feedback.", "idp_survey": false, "name": "User Feedback Form", "single_response": false, "ui_definition": {} }, "type": "forms" } } ``` {% /tab %} ### Response {% tab title="200" %} OK {% tab title="Model" %} A response containing a single form. | Parent field | Field | Type | Description | | ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------- | --------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | data [*required*] | object | A form resource object. | | data | attributes [*required*] | object | The attributes of a form. | | attributes | active [*required*] | boolean | Whether the form is currently active. | | attributes | anonymous [*required*] | boolean | Whether the form accepts anonymous submissions. | | attributes | created_at [*required*] | date-time | The time at which the form was created. | | attributes | datastore_config [*required*] | object | The datastore configuration for a form. | | datastore_config | datastore_id [*required*] | uuid | The ID of the datastore. | | datastore_config | primary_column_name [*required*] | string | The name of the primary column in the datastore. | | datastore_config | primary_key_generation_strategy [*required*] | string | The strategy used to generate primary keys in the datastore. | | attributes | description [*required*] | string | The description of the form. | | attributes | end_date | date-time | The date and time at which the form stops accepting responses. | | attributes | has_submitted | boolean | Whether the current user has already submitted this form. Only present for forms with `single_response` set to `true`. | | attributes | idp_survey [*required*] | boolean | Whether the form is an IDP survey. | | attributes | modified_at [*required*] | date-time | The time at which the form was last modified. | | attributes | name [*required*] | string | The name of the form. | | attributes | org_id [*required*] | int64 | The ID of the organization that owns this form. | | attributes | publication | object | The attributes of a form publication. | | publication | created_at [*required*] | date-time | The time at which the publication was created. | | publication | form_id [*required*] | uuid | The ID of the form. | | publication | form_version [*required*] | int64 | The version number that was published. | | publication | id | string | The ID of the form publication. | | publication | modified_at [*required*] | date-time | The time at which the publication was last modified. | | publication | org_id [*required*] | int64 | The ID of the organization that owns this publication. | | publication | publish_seq [*required*] | int64 | The sequential publication number for this form. | | publication | user_id [*required*] | int64 | The ID of the user who created this publication. | | publication | user_uuid [*required*] | uuid | The UUID of the user who created this publication. | | attributes | self_service [*required*] | boolean | Whether the form is available in the self-service catalog. | | attributes | single_response [*required*] | boolean | Whether each user can only submit one response. | | attributes | user_id [*required*] | int64 | The ID of the user who created this form. | | attributes | user_uuid [*required*] | uuid | The UUID of the user who created this form. | | attributes | version | object | The attributes of a form version. | | version | created_at [*required*] | date-time | The time at which the version was created. | | version | data_definition [*required*] | object | A JSON Schema definition that describes the form's data fields. | | data_definition | description | string | A description shown to form respondents. | | data_definition | properties | object | A map of field names to their JSON Schema definitions. | | data_definition | required | [string] | List of field names that must be answered. | | data_definition | title | string | The title of the form schema. | | data_definition | type | enum | The root schema type. Allowed enum values: `object` | | version | definition_signature [*required*] | string | The signature of the version definition. | | version | etag [*required*] | string | The ETag for optimistic concurrency control. | | version | id | string | The ID of the form version. | | version | modified_at [*required*] | date-time | The time at which the version was last modified. | | version | state [*required*] | enum | The state of a form version. Allowed enum values: `draft,frozen` | | version | ui_definition [*required*] | object | UI configuration for rendering form fields, including widget overrides, field ordering, and themes. | | ui_definition | ui:order | [string] | The order in which form fields are displayed. | | ui_definition | ui:theme | object | The visual theme applied to the form. | | ui:theme | primaryColor | enum | The primary color of the form theme. Allowed enum values: `gray,red,orange,yellow,green,light-blue,dark-blue,magenta,indigo` | | version | user_id [*required*] | int64 | The ID of the user who created this version. | | version | user_uuid [*required*] | uuid | The UUID of the user who created this version. | | version | version [*required*] | int64 | The sequential version number. | | data | id [*required*] | uuid | The ID of the form. | | data | type [*required*] | enum | The resource type for a form. Allowed enum values: `forms` | {% /tab %} {% tab title="Example" %} ```json { "data": { "attributes": { "active": true, "anonymous": false, "created_at": "2026-05-29T20:06:13.677353Z", "datastore_config": { "datastore_id": "5108ea24-dd83-4696-9caa-f069f73d0fad", "primary_column_name": "id", "primary_key_generation_strategy": "none" }, "description": "A form to collect user feedback.", "end_date": null, "has_submitted": false, "idp_survey": false, "modified_at": "2026-05-29T20:06:13.677353Z", "name": "User Feedback Form", "org_id": 2, "publication": { "created_at": "2026-05-29T20:06:13.677353Z", "form_id": "afc67600-0511-43b1-9b18-578fb4979bd3", "form_version": 1, "id": "42", "modified_at": "2026-05-29T20:06:13.677353Z", "org_id": 2, "publish_seq": 1, "user_id": 10001, "user_uuid": "1fc709aa-be19-4539-a47d-52a30d78a978" }, "self_service": false, "single_response": false, "user_id": 10001, "user_uuid": "1fc709aa-be19-4539-a47d-52a30d78a978", "version": { "created_at": "2026-05-29T20:06:14.895921Z", "data_definition": { "description": "Welcome to the Engineering Experience Survey.", "properties": {}, "required": [], "title": "Developer Experience Survey", "type": "string" }, "definition_signature": "{\"signature\":\"b7f312957a80cea2c8c9950532b205a90a3f8a7ebb7e52fc25437a25d903d545\",\"version\":1}", "etag": "b51f08b698d88d8027a935d9db649774949f5fb41a0c559bfee6a9a13225c72d", "id": "126", "modified_at": "2026-05-29T20:06:14.949163Z", "state": "frozen", "ui_definition": { "ui:order": [], "ui:theme": { "primaryColor": "string" } }, "user_id": 10001, "user_uuid": "1fc709aa-be19-4539-a47d-52a30d78a978", "version": 1 } }, "id": "22f6006a-2302-4926-9396-d2dfcf7b0b34", "type": "forms" } } ``` {% /tab %} {% /tab %} {% tab title="400" %} Bad Request {% tab title="Model" %} API error response. | Parent field | Field | Type | Description | | ------------ | ------------------------ | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | errors [*required*] | [object] | A list of errors. | | errors | detail | string | A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the error. | | errors | meta | object | Non-standard meta-information about the error | | errors | source | object | References to the source of the error. | | source | header | string | A string indicating the name of a single request header which caused the error. | | source | parameter | string | A string indicating which URI query parameter caused the error. | | source | pointer | string | A JSON pointer to the value in the request document that caused the error. | | errors | status | string | Status code of the response. | | errors | title | string | Short human-readable summary of the error. | {% /tab %} {% tab title="Example" %} ```json { "errors": [ { "detail": "Missing required attribute in body", "meta": {}, "source": { "header": "Authorization", "parameter": "limit", "pointer": "/data/attributes/title" }, "status": "400", "title": "Bad Request" } ] } ``` {% /tab %} {% /tab %} {% tab title="401" %} Unauthorized {% tab title="Model" %} API error response. | Parent field | Field | Type | Description | | ------------ | ------------------------ | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | errors [*required*] | [object] | A list of errors. | | errors | detail | string | A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the error. | | errors | meta | object | Non-standard meta-information about the error | | errors | source | object | References to the source of the error. | | source | header | string | A string indicating the name of a single request header which caused the error. | | source | parameter | string | A string indicating which URI query parameter caused the error. | | source | pointer | string | A JSON pointer to the value in the request document that caused the error. | | errors | status | string | Status code of the response. | | errors | title | string | Short human-readable summary of the error. | {% /tab %} {% tab title="Example" %} ```json { "errors": [ { "detail": "Missing required attribute in body", "meta": {}, "source": { "header": "Authorization", "parameter": "limit", "pointer": "/data/attributes/title" }, "status": "400", "title": "Bad Request" } ] } ``` {% /tab %} {% /tab %} {% tab title="429" %} Too many requests {% tab title="Model" %} API error response. | Field | Type | Description | | ------------------------ | -------- | ----------------- | | errors [*required*] | [string] | A list of errors. | {% /tab %} {% tab title="Example" %} ```json { "errors": [ "Bad Request" ] } ``` {% /tab %} {% /tab %} ### Code Example ##### \## default # \# Curl command curl -X POST "https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/forms" \ -H "Accept: application/json" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \ -H "DD-APPLICATION-KEY: ${DD_APP_KEY}" \ -d @- << EOF { "data": { "attributes": { "anonymous": false, "data_definition": {}, "description": "A form to collect user feedback.", "idp_survey": false, "name": "User Feedback Form", "single_response": false, "ui_definition": {} }, "type": "forms" } } EOF ##### ```go // Create a form returns "OK" response package main import ( "context" "encoding/json" "fmt" "os" "github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadog" "github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadogV2" ) func main() { body := datadogV2.CreateFormRequest{ Data: datadogV2.CreateFormData{ Attributes: datadogV2.CreateFormDataAttributes{ Anonymous: datadog.PtrBool(false), DataDefinition: datadogV2.FormDataDefinition{}, Description: datadog.PtrString("A form to collect user feedback."), IdpSurvey: datadog.PtrBool(false), Name: "User Feedback Form", SingleResponse: datadog.PtrBool(false), UiDefinition: datadogV2.FormUiDefinition{}, }, Type: datadogV2.FORMTYPE_FORMS, }, } ctx := datadog.NewDefaultContext(context.Background()) configuration := datadog.NewConfiguration() configuration.SetUnstableOperationEnabled("v2.CreateForm", true) apiClient := datadog.NewAPIClient(configuration) api := datadogV2.NewFormsApi(apiClient) resp, r, err := api.CreateForm(ctx, body) if err != nil { fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error when calling `FormsApi.CreateForm`: %v\n", err) fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Full HTTP response: %v\n", r) } responseContent, _ := json.MarshalIndent(resp, "", " ") fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "Response from `FormsApi.CreateForm`:\n%s\n", responseContent) } ``` #### Instructions First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=go) and then save the example to `main.go` and run following commands: DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="" DD_APP_KEY="" go run "main.go" ##### ```java // Create a form returns "OK" response import com.datadog.api.client.ApiClient; import com.datadog.api.client.ApiException; import com.datadog.api.client.v2.api.FormsApi; import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.CreateFormData; import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.CreateFormDataAttributes; import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.CreateFormRequest; import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.FormDataDefinition; import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.FormResponse; import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.FormType; import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.FormUiDefinition; public class Example { public static void main(String[] args) { ApiClient defaultClient = ApiClient.getDefaultApiClient(); defaultClient.setUnstableOperationEnabled("v2.createForm", true); FormsApi apiInstance = new FormsApi(defaultClient); CreateFormRequest body = new CreateFormRequest() .data( new CreateFormData() .attributes( new CreateFormDataAttributes() .anonymous(false) .dataDefinition(new FormDataDefinition()) .description("A form to collect user feedback.") .idpSurvey(false) .name("User Feedback Form") .singleResponse(false) .uiDefinition(new FormUiDefinition())) .type(FormType.FORMS)); try { FormResponse result = apiInstance.createForm(body); System.out.println(result); } catch (ApiException e) { System.err.println("Exception when calling FormsApi#createForm"); System.err.println("Status code: " + e.getCode()); System.err.println("Reason: " + e.getResponseBody()); System.err.println("Response headers: " + e.getResponseHeaders()); e.printStackTrace(); } } } ``` #### Instructions First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=java) and then save the example to `Example.java` and run following commands: DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="" DD_APP_KEY="" java "Example.java" ##### ```python """ Create a form returns "OK" response """ from datadog_api_client import ApiClient, Configuration from datadog_api_client.v2.api.forms_api import FormsApi from datadog_api_client.v2.model.create_form_data import CreateFormData from datadog_api_client.v2.model.create_form_data_attributes import CreateFormDataAttributes from datadog_api_client.v2.model.create_form_request import CreateFormRequest from datadog_api_client.v2.model.form_data_definition import FormDataDefinition from datadog_api_client.v2.model.form_type import FormType from datadog_api_client.v2.model.form_ui_definition import FormUiDefinition body = CreateFormRequest( data=CreateFormData( attributes=CreateFormDataAttributes( anonymous=False, data_definition=FormDataDefinition(), description="A form to collect user feedback.", idp_survey=False, name="User Feedback Form", single_response=False, ui_definition=FormUiDefinition(), ), type=FormType.FORMS, ), ) configuration = Configuration() configuration.unstable_operations["create_form"] = True with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client: api_instance = FormsApi(api_client) response = api_instance.create_form(body=body) print(response) ``` #### Instructions First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=python) and then save the example to `example.py` and run following commands: DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="" DD_APP_KEY="" python3 "example.py" ##### ```ruby # Create a form returns "OK" response require "datadog_api_client" DatadogAPIClient.configure do |config| config.unstable_operations["v2.create_form".to_sym] = true end api_instance = DatadogAPIClient::V2::FormsAPI.new body = DatadogAPIClient::V2::CreateFormRequest.new({ data: DatadogAPIClient::V2::CreateFormData.new({ attributes: DatadogAPIClient::V2::CreateFormDataAttributes.new({ anonymous: false, data_definition: DatadogAPIClient::V2::FormDataDefinition.new({}), description: "A form to collect user feedback.", idp_survey: false, name: "User Feedback Form", single_response: false, ui_definition: DatadogAPIClient::V2::FormUiDefinition.new({}), }), type: DatadogAPIClient::V2::FormType::FORMS, }), }) p api_instance.create_form(body) ``` #### Instructions First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=ruby) and then save the example to `example.rb` and run following commands: DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="" DD_APP_KEY="" rb "example.rb" ##### ```rust // Create a form returns "OK" response use datadog_api_client::datadog; use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::api_forms::FormsAPI; use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::CreateFormData; use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::CreateFormDataAttributes; use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::CreateFormRequest; use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::FormDataDefinition; use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::FormType; use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::FormUiDefinition; #[tokio::main] async fn main() { let body = CreateFormRequest::new(CreateFormData::new( CreateFormDataAttributes::new( FormDataDefinition::new(), "User Feedback Form".to_string(), FormUiDefinition::new(), ) .anonymous(false) .description("A form to collect user feedback.".to_string()) .idp_survey(false) .single_response(false), FormType::FORMS, )); let mut configuration = datadog::Configuration::new(); configuration.set_unstable_operation_enabled("v2.CreateForm", true); let api = FormsAPI::with_config(configuration); let resp = api.create_form(body).await; if let Ok(value) = resp { println!("{:#?}", value); } else { println!("{:#?}", resp.unwrap_err()); } } ``` #### Instructions First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=rust) and then save the example to `src/main.rs` and run following commands: DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="" DD_APP_KEY="" cargo run ##### ```typescript /** * Create a form returns "OK" response */ import { client, v2 } from "@datadog/datadog-api-client"; const configuration = client.createConfiguration(); configuration.unstableOperations["v2.createForm"] = true; const apiInstance = new v2.FormsApi(configuration); const params: v2.FormsApiCreateFormRequest = { body: { data: { attributes: { anonymous: false, dataDefinition: {}, description: "A form to collect user feedback.", idpSurvey: false, name: "User Feedback Form", singleResponse: false, uiDefinition: {}, }, type: "forms", }, }, }; apiInstance .createForm(params) .then((data: v2.FormResponse) => { console.log( "API called successfully. Returned data: " + JSON.stringify(data) ); }) .catch((error: any) => console.error(error)); ``` #### Instructions First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=typescript) and then save the example to `example.ts` and run following commands: DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="" DD_APP_KEY="" tsc "example.ts" {% /tab %}