Survey Monkey

SurveyMonkey is an online survey software platform that helps businesses create, distribute, and analyze surveys to gather insights from customers, employees, and stakeholders for data-driven decision making.

Power end-to-end data operations for your Survey Monkey API with Nexla. Our bi-directional Survey Monkey connector is purpose-built for Survey Monkey, making it simple to ingest data, sync it across systems, and deliver it anywhere — all with no coding required. Nexla turns API-sourced data into ready-to-use, reusable data products and makes it easy to send data to Survey Monkey or any other destination. With comprehensive monitoring, lineage tracking, and access controls, Nexla keeps your Survey Monkey workflows fast, secure, and fully governed.

Features

Type: API

SourceDestination

• Seamless API Integration: Connect to any endpoint as source or destination without coding, with automatic data product creation
• Visual Composition & Chaining: Build complex integrations using visual templates, chain API calls, and compose workflows with data validation and filtering
• API Proxy: Expose curated slices of your data securely with a secure and customizable API proxy that validates and transforms data on the fly
• Request optimization with intelligent batching, retry, and caching to minimize API calls and costs

Prerequisites

Before creating a SurveyMonkey credential, you need to register a Private App in your SurveyMonkey account and obtain your Client ID and Client Secret. SurveyMonkey uses OAuth2 3-legged authentication for all API requests, requiring user authorization to obtain an access token.

To obtain your SurveyMonkey credentials, follow these steps:

1. Sign in to your SurveyMonkey account using your administrator credentials.

2. Navigate to your account settings or developer section in the SurveyMonkey interface.

3. Look for the Apps or My Apps section in your account settings, or navigate to Settings > Apps or Developer > My Apps.

4. Click Create App or Register New App to create a new Private App for API access.

5. Select Private App as the app type. Private Apps are used for accessing your own SurveyMonkey data.

6. Configure your Private App settings:

   • Enter a name for the app (e.g., "Nexla Integration")
   • Enter an app description (optional)
   • Review and select the permissions or scopes for the app (if applicable)

7. Click Create or Register to create the Private App.

8. After the app is created, you will be provided with your Client ID and Client Secret. Copy both credentials immediately, as the Client Secret may not be accessible again after you navigate away from the page.

9. Store both credentials securely, as you will need them to configure your Nexla credential. The Client ID and Client Secret are sensitive information and should be kept confidential.

The Client ID and Client Secret are used in the OAuth2 3-legged authorization flow. During credential creation in Nexla, you will be redirected to SurveyMonkey to authorize the application. After authorization, SurveyMonkey will provide an access token that is used in the Authorization: Bearer {token} header for all API requests to the SurveyMonkey API. The token authenticates your requests and grants access to SurveyMonkey resources based on your account permissions. If your credentials are compromised, you should immediately revoke them in your SurveyMonkey account settings and generate new ones. For detailed information about registering Private Apps, OAuth2 authentication, and available endpoints, refer to the SurveyMonkey API documentation.

Authenticate

Credentials required

Use this authentication mechanism for accessing your SurveyMonkey data using your private application. See https://api.surveymonkey.com/v3/docs#private-apps for how to register your Private App.

Field	Required	Secret	Description
Client ID	Yes	Yes	Survey Monkey Client ID
Access Scope	No	No	Survey Monkey Access Scope
Client Secret	No	Yes	Survey Monkey Client Secret for Token URL
SurveyMonkey API Base URL	Yes	No

Create a credential in Nexla

1. After selecting the data source/destination type, click the Add Credential tile to open the Add New Credential overlay.

New Credential Overlay – SurveyMonkey

2. Enter a name for the credential in the Credential Name field and a short, meaningful description in the Credential Description field.

3. Enter your SurveyMonkey Client ID in the Client ID field. This is the Client ID you obtained from your SurveyMonkey account settings (Settings > Apps > My Apps > [Your App]) when creating your Private App. The Client ID is used along with the Client Secret to initiate the OAuth2 authorization flow.

4. Enter your SurveyMonkey Client Secret in the Client Secret field. This is the Client Secret you obtained from your SurveyMonkey account settings when creating your Private App. The Client Secret is used along with the Client ID to initiate the OAuth2 authorization flow. The Client Secret is sensitive information and must be kept confidential.

5. Optionally, enter an access scope in the Access Scope field to restrict the permissions requested during authorization. Leave this field empty to use the default scope for your Private App.

6. Confirm the SurveyMonkey API Base URL field, which defaults to https://api.surveymonkey.com/v3. Leave the default value unless SurveyMonkey has instructed you to use a different API base URL.

7. Click Authorize or Connect to initiate the OAuth2 authorization flow. You will be redirected to SurveyMonkey to authorize the application. Sign in to your SurveyMonkey account if prompted, and review the permissions requested by the application. Click Authorize or Allow to grant the application access to your SurveyMonkey account. After authorization, you will be redirected back to Nexla, and the access token will be automatically configured for your credential.

   Your SurveyMonkey OAuth credentials can be found in your SurveyMonkey account settings under Settings > Apps > My Apps > [Your App]. The Client ID and Client Secret are generated when you create a Private App.

   These credentials are used to initiate the OAuth2 3-legged authorization flow. During credential creation, you will be redirected to SurveyMonkey to authorize the application. After authorization, SurveyMonkey will provide an access token that is used in the Authorization: Bearer {token} header for all API requests to the SurveyMonkey API.

   If your credentials are compromised, you should immediately revoke them in your SurveyMonkey account settings and generate new ones. The credentials provide access to your SurveyMonkey account data and should be treated as sensitive information. Keep your credentials secure and do not share them publicly.

   For detailed information about registering Private Apps, OAuth2 authentication, and available endpoints, see the SurveyMonkey API documentation and OAuth 2.0 Flow documentation.

8. Click the Save button at the bottom of the overlay to save the configured credential. The newly added credential will now appear in a tile on the Authenticate screen during data source/destination creation.

Use as a data source

To create a new data flow, navigate to the Integrate section, and click the New Data Flow button. Select the SurveyMonkey connector tile, then select the credential that will be used to connect to your SurveyMonkey account, and click Next; or, create a new SurveyMonkey credential for use in this flow.

Endpoint templates

Nexla provides pre-built templates that can be used to rapidly configure data sources to ingest data from common SurveyMonkey endpoints. Select the endpoint from which this source will fetch data from the Endpoint pulldown menu. Available endpoint templates are listed in the expandable boxes below.

Get Surveys

This endpoint template returns a list of surveys owned or shared with the authenticated user from your SurveyMonkey account. Use this template when you need to retrieve information about surveys, including survey IDs, titles, and other survey metadata.

• This endpoint automatically retrieves all surveys owned or shared with the authenticated user from your SurveyMonkey account. The endpoint uses incrementing page-based pagination to handle large datasets efficiently, returning up to 50 records per page by default. Public App users need access to the View Surveys scope.

This endpoint returns a list of surveys owned or shared with the authenticated user from your SurveyMonkey account, including survey IDs, titles, and other survey metadata. The endpoint uses incrementing page-based pagination with page and per_page parameters to handle large datasets efficiently. Nexla will automatically fetch subsequent pages of data by incrementing the page parameter.

Public App users need access to the View Surveys scope to use this endpoint. For detailed information about surveys, API response structures, pagination, and available survey data, see the SurveyMonkey API documentation.

Get Bulk Surveys Responses

This endpoint template retrieves a list of full expanded responses, including answers to all questions, for a specific survey from your SurveyMonkey account. Use this template when you need to retrieve comprehensive response data for analysis or reporting.

• Enter the Survey ID in the Survey ID field. This should be the unique identifier of the survey for which you want to retrieve responses. The Survey ID determines which survey's responses will be retrieved. You can find the Survey ID by using the "Get Surveys" endpoint or in your SurveyMonkey account.

This endpoint retrieves a list of full expanded responses for a specific survey from your SurveyMonkey account, including answers to all questions. The endpoint uses incrementing page-based pagination with page and per_page parameters to handle large datasets efficiently. Nexla will automatically fetch subsequent pages of data by incrementing the page parameter.

Public App users need access to the View Response Details scope to use this endpoint. The Survey ID can be found by using the "Get Surveys" endpoint or in your SurveyMonkey account. For detailed information about survey responses, API response structures, pagination, and available response data, see the SurveyMonkey API documentation.

Get Survey Rollups

This endpoint template returns rollups for all questions in a survey from your SurveyMonkey account. Use this template when you need to retrieve aggregated response data and statistics for survey questions.

• Enter the Survey ID in the Survey ID field. This should be the unique identifier of the survey for which you want to retrieve rollups. The Survey ID determines which survey's rollups will be retrieved. You can find the Survey ID by using the "Get Surveys" endpoint or in your SurveyMonkey account.

This endpoint returns rollups for all questions in a survey from your SurveyMonkey account, including aggregated response data and statistics. The endpoint returns comprehensive rollup data for all questions in the survey.

Public App users need access to the View Response Details scope to use this endpoint. The Survey ID can be found by using the "Get Surveys" endpoint or in your SurveyMonkey account. For detailed information about survey rollups, API response structures, and available rollup data, see the SurveyMonkey API documentation.

Once the selected endpoint template has been configured, click the Test button to the right of the endpoint selection menu to retrieve a sample of the data that will be fetched. Sample data will be displayed in the Endpoint Test Result panel on the right, allowing you to verify that the source is configured correctly before saving.

Manual configuration

SurveyMonkey data sources can also be manually configured to ingest data from any valid SurveyMonkey API endpoint, including endpoints not covered by the pre-built templates, chained API calls, or custom query parameters. Select the Advanced tab at the top of the configuration screen, and follow the instructions in Connect to Any API to configure the API method, endpoint URL, date/time and lookup macros, path to data, metadata, and request headers.

SurveyMonkey API endpoints use your Base URL from the credential (default https://api.surveymonkey.com/v3) followed by the endpoint path — for example, {baseUrl}/surveys or {baseUrl}/surveys/{survey_id}/responses/bulk. SurveyMonkey typically uses the GET method for retrieving data. Enter $.data[*] as the path to data to extract all items from a data array, or $[*] if the endpoint returns a bare array — the correct expression depends on the response structure of the specific endpoint. Most endpoints use incrementing page-based pagination with a page parameter and a per_page parameter (up to 50 records per page by default).

Once all of the relevant settings have been configured, click the Create button in the upper right corner of the screen to save and create the new SurveyMonkey data source. Nexla will now begin ingesting data from the configured endpoint and will organize any data that it finds into one or more Nexsets.