Quick Start

Get your first form working in under 5 minutes

Create Your First Form

1. Create Account

   Sign up for a free account at spike.ac/register. No credit card required.

2. Create Form

   In your dashboard, click New Form and give it a name. You’ll get a unique form slug like abc123xyz.

3. Add Form to Site

   Add this HTML to your website:

   <form action="https://api.spike.ac/f/YOUR_FORM_SLUG" method="POST">
     <input type="email" name="email" placeholder="Your email" required>
     <textarea name="message" placeholder="Your message" required></textarea>
     <button type="submit">Send</button>
   </form>
   

   Replace YOUR_FORM_SLUG with your actual form slug.

4. Test It

   Submit your form. You’ll receive an email notification and see the submission in your dashboard.

Add Spam Protection

Add a honeypot field to catch bots:

<form action="https://api.spike.ac/f/YOUR_FORM_SLUG" method="POST">
  <input type="email" name="email" required>
  <textarea name="message" required></textarea>
  
  <!-- Honeypot - hide this with CSS -->
  <input type="text" name="_gotcha" style="display:none">
  
  <button type="submit">Send</button>
</form>

Add Custom Redirect

Redirect users after submission:

<form action="https://api.spike.ac/f/YOUR_FORM_SLUG" method="POST">
  <input type="hidden" name="_next" value="https://yoursite.com/thanks">
  <input type="email" name="email" required>
  <button type="submit">Send</button>
</form>

AJAX Submission

For single-page apps, submit via JavaScript:

const response = await fetch('https://api.spike.ac/f/YOUR_FORM_SLUG', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Accept': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    email: '[e-mail]',
    message: 'Hello!'
  })
});

const result = await response.json();

Next Steps

Email Notifications

Configure email settings

Spam Protection

Set up reCAPTCHA

Webhooks

Send data to your server

React Integration

Use with React