Auto-complete form fields via URL

[Fred_Gig]

Hello, I was wondering if it’s possible to configure a form to auto-complete different fields when accessing it from a URL.

The documentation for forms does not seem to mention any of this, and I think this would be a great feature to enhance our workflow.

In my case, a Slack bot automatically posts player reports for my game, and a in-line link button is generated on the message so that I can add a “Ban” record if the report is valid. Right now, the administrator has to fill a few fields that would otherwise already be specified in the message.

I believe adding parameters to a URL would make the implementation and usage of this possible feature very intuitive, like the following example:

airtable(dot)com/MY_FORM_ID?MY_FIELD_NAME=MY_FIELD_VALUE

[Kamille_Parks · Accepted solution]

I moved your post from “Feature Requests” to “Ask the Community” because this is already a feature:

Airtable - Support

Prefilling a form

When making an Airtable form, you can use prefill_ parameters in the URL of the form to prefill specific fields. Find the URL for the form you wish to prefill. Once you get the form URL, you can ...

[Molly_Bendell]

I’m embedding the forms on our web application so any parameters in the URL are lost. Is there another way to prefill fields on a form? Thanks!

[Kamille_Parks]

Not through Airtable, but you might be able use Javascript to find the fields in the embedded form and pre-fill them