Wufoo Online Forms

Wufoo is an online form builder that enables users to create custom forms, surveys, and registration pages without coding, offering features for data collection, payment processing, and reporting to streamline business workflows.

Power end-to-end data operations for your Wufoo Online Forms API with Nexla. Our bi-directional Wufoo Online Forms connector is purpose-built for Wufoo Online Forms, 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 Wufoo Online Forms or any other destination. With comprehensive monitoring, lineage tracking, and access controls, Nexla keeps your Wufoo Online Forms 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 Wufoo credential, you need to obtain your API Key and Base URL (subdomain) from your Wufoo account. Wufoo uses Basic Authentication for all API requests, with the API Key used as the username and a placeholder value used as the password.

To obtain your Wufoo credentials, follow these steps:

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

2. Navigate to your Wufoo account settings or API configuration in your Wufoo dashboard.

3. To obtain your API Key, navigate to Account Settings or API Settings in your Wufoo dashboard. Look for the API Key or Personal API Key section.

4. If you don't have an API key yet, click Generate API Key or Create API Key to create a new API key.

5. After the API key is created, copy the API Key value immediately, as it may not be accessible again after you navigate away from the page.

6. To obtain your Base URL, identify your Wufoo subdomain. Your Wufoo account URL typically follows the format https://{subdomain}.wufoo.com. The subdomain portion (e.g., yourcompany) is what you need for the Base URL. The Base URL should be entered as {subdomain}.wufoo.com (without https:// at the beginning).

7. Store both credentials securely, as you will need them to configure your Nexla credential. The API Key is sensitive information and should be kept confidential.

The API Key is used as the username in Basic Authentication for all API requests to the Wufoo API. The Base URL is used to construct the API endpoint URLs. If your API key is compromised, you should immediately regenerate it in your Wufoo account settings. For detailed information about Wufoo API authentication, see the Wufoo API documentation.

Authenticate

Credentials required

Field	Required	Secret	Description
API Key	Yes	No	Your personal API Key
Base URL for Wufoo with your subdomain	Yes	No	Base URL for Wufoo with your subdomain. Will be used in template like this: "https://{base_url}/api/v3", should include your subdomain and look like this: "{subdomain}.wufoo.com" (without https in the beginning).

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 – Wufoo Online Forms

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 API Key in the API Key field. This is your personal API Key from your Wufoo account, obtained in Prerequisites. The API Key is used as the username in Basic Authentication for all API requests to the Wufoo API; the corresponding password portion is hidden and automatically set to a placeholder value, so no further configuration is needed for it.

4. Enter your Base URL for Wufoo with your subdomain in the Base URL for Wufoo with your subdomain field. This should be your Wufoo subdomain in the format {subdomain}.wufoo.com (without https:// at the beginning). For example, if your Wufoo URL is https://yourcompany.wufoo.com, you would enter yourcompany.wufoo.com. The Base URL is used to construct the API endpoint URLs.

   Your Wufoo credentials (API Key, Base URL) can be found in your Wufoo account settings. The API Key is your personal API Key from your Wufoo account, which is used as the username in Basic Authentication. The Base URL should be your Wufoo subdomain in the format {subdomain}.wufoo.com (without https:// at the beginning).

   If your API key is compromised, you should immediately regenerate it in your Wufoo account settings. The API key provides access to your Wufoo account data and should be treated as sensitive information. Keep your API key secure and do not share it publicly.

   For detailed information about Wufoo API authentication, see the Wufoo API documentation.

5. Click the Save button at the bottom of the overlay. The newly added credential will now appear in a tile on the Authenticate screen during data source/destination creation and can be selected for use with a new data source or destination.

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 Wufoo Online Forms connector tile, then select the credential that will be used to connect to the Wufoo instance, and click Next; or, create a new Wufoo 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 Wufoo 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 Forms from Wufoo

This endpoint template returns details on all the forms you have permission to access from your Wufoo account. Use this template when you need to access form information, form metadata, or form structures for analysis, reporting, or integration purposes.

• Select whether to include today's count from the includeTodayCount pulldown menu. If set to Yes, includes the number of entries received today. If set to No, does not include today's count. The default value is No. The includeTodayCount determines whether today's entry count will be included in the response.

This endpoint returns details on all the forms you have permission to access from your Wufoo account, including form IDs, names, entry counts, and other form metadata. The endpoint uses offset-based pagination to handle large result sets efficiently. Nexla will automatically follow the pagination to fetch subsequent pages of form data.

For detailed information about forms, API response structures, pagination, and available form data, see the Wufoo API documentation.

Get fields for specific form

This endpoint template returns the field structure for a specific form from your Wufoo account. Use this template when you need to access form field information, field definitions, or field metadata for analysis, reporting, or integration purposes.

• Enter the Form identifier in the Form identifier field. This should be the unique identifier of the form whose fields you want to retrieve. The Form identifier determines which form's fields will be retrieved.

This endpoint returns the field structure for a specific form from your Wufoo account, including field IDs, names, types, validation rules, and other field metadata. The endpoint uses offset-based pagination to handle large result sets efficiently. Nexla will automatically follow the pagination to fetch subsequent pages of field data.

For detailed information about form fields, API response structures, pagination, and available field data, see the Wufoo API documentation.

Get entries for specific form

This endpoint template returns the entries that have been submitted to a specific form from your Wufoo account. This is the equivalent of viewing your stored entries in the Entry Manager in Wufoo. Use this template when you need to access form entry data, submission information, or entry details for analysis, reporting, or integration purposes.

• Enter the Form identifier in the Form identifier field. This should be the unique identifier of the form whose entries you want to retrieve. The Form identifier determines which form's entries will be retrieved.
• Enter the system in the system field. This should be the system parameter that determines how entries are returned. The system parameter determines the format or system used for returning entries.

This endpoint returns the entries that have been submitted to a specific form from your Wufoo account, including entry IDs, field values, submission dates, and other entry metadata. This is the equivalent of viewing your stored entries in the Entry Manager in Wufoo. The endpoint uses offset-based pagination to handle large result sets efficiently. Nexla will automatically follow the pagination to fetch subsequent pages of entry data.

For detailed information about form entries, API response structures, pagination, and available entry data, see the Wufoo API documentation.

Get reports

This endpoint template returns details on all the reports you have permission to access from your Wufoo account. Use this template when you need to access report information, report metadata, or report structures for analysis, reporting, or integration purposes.

• This endpoint automatically returns details on all the reports you have permission to access from your Wufoo account. No additional configuration is required beyond selecting this endpoint template. The endpoint uses offset-based pagination to handle large result sets efficiently.

This endpoint returns details on all the reports you have permission to access from your Wufoo account, including report IDs, names, descriptions, and other report metadata. The endpoint uses offset-based pagination to handle large result sets efficiently. Nexla will automatically follow the pagination to fetch subsequent pages of report data.

For detailed information about reports, API response structures, pagination, and available report data, see the Wufoo API documentation.

Get entries from specific reports

This endpoint template returns the entries that make up a specific report from your Wufoo account. Use this template when you need to access report entry data, filtered entry information, or report-specific entry details for analysis, reporting, or integration purposes.

• Enter the Report identifier in the Report identifier field. This should be the unique identifier of the report whose entries you want to retrieve. The Report identifier determines which report's entries will be retrieved.

This endpoint returns the entries that make up a specific report from your Wufoo account, including entry IDs, field values, submission dates, and other entry metadata. The endpoint uses offset-based pagination to handle large result sets efficiently. Nexla will automatically follow the pagination to fetch subsequent pages of entry data.

For detailed information about report entries, API response structures, pagination, and available entry data, see the Wufoo API documentation.

Get Users

This endpoint template returns details of your account's sub-users, including the API Key for each user, from your Wufoo account. Use this template when you need to access user information, user metadata, or user API keys for analysis, reporting, or integration purposes.

• This endpoint automatically returns details of your account's sub-users, including the API Key for each user, from your Wufoo account. No additional configuration is required beyond selecting this endpoint template. The endpoint uses offset-based pagination to handle large result sets efficiently.

This endpoint returns details of your account's sub-users, including the API Key for each user, from your Wufoo account, including user IDs, names, email addresses, API keys, and other user metadata. The endpoint uses offset-based pagination to handle large result sets efficiently. Nexla will automatically follow the pagination to fetch subsequent pages of user data.

For detailed information about users, API response structures, pagination, and available user data, see the Wufoo 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

Wufoo data sources can also be manually configured to ingest data from any valid Wufoo API endpoint, including endpoints not covered by the pre-built templates, chained API calls, or custom request 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.

Wufoo API endpoints follow the pattern https://{base_url}/api/v3/{endpoint_path}, where {base_url} is your Wufoo subdomain (e.g., yourcompany.wufoo.com). Requests require Basic Authentication (API Key as username), which is handled automatically by your credential configuration. When specifying the path to data for JSON responses, use dot-notation JSON paths — for example, $.Forms[*] to extract each form from a nested Forms array in the response.

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 Wufoo 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.

Use as a destination

Click the + icon on the Nexset that will be sent to the Wufoo destination, and select the Send to Destination option from the menu. Select the Wufoo Online Forms connector from the list of available destination connectors, then select the credential that will be used to connect to the Wufoo instance, and click Next; or, create a new Wufoo credential for use in this flow.

Endpoint templates

Nexla provides pre-built templates that can be used to rapidly configure destinations to send data to common Wufoo endpoints. Select the endpoint to which data will be sent from the Endpoint pulldown menu. Then, click on the template in the list below to expand it, and follow the instructions to configure additional endpoint settings.

Create form entry

This endpoint template allows you to submit a new entry to a specific form in your Wufoo account. Use this template when you need to automatically create form entries based on data from your Nexla flows.

• Enter the Form identifier in the Form identifier field. This should be the unique identifier of the form to which you want to submit entries. The Form identifier determines which form will receive the submitted entries.
• This endpoint sends data as JSON in the request body to create new form entries. Each record from your Nexset will be sent as a separate API request to submit an entry. The request body should contain the entry data in the format required by the Wufoo API, including all required fields for the form.

This endpoint sends data as JSON in the request body to submit new entries to a specific form in your Wufoo account. Each record from your Nexset will be sent as a separate API request to submit an entry. The request body should contain the entry data in the format required by the Wufoo API, including all required fields for the form.

The entry structure must match the Wufoo API's expected format. Ensure your entry data includes all required fields for the form. Field names and values must correspond to the form's field structure. For detailed information about form entry submission, request body formats, and available entry properties, see the Wufoo API documentation.

Manual configuration

Wufoo destinations can also be manually configured to send data to any valid Wufoo API endpoint. 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, data format, endpoint URL, request headers, attribute exclusions, record batching, and response webhooks.

For entry submission, Wufoo API endpoints follow the pattern https://{base_url}/api/v3/forms/{form_identifier}/entries.json, where {base_url} is your Wufoo subdomain (e.g., yourcompany.wufoo.com) and {form_identifier} is the form ID. For update/upsert operations, include the ID of the object to be updated at the end of the URL. The Wufoo API typically expects JSON format for most operations.

Save & activate

Once all endpoint settings have been configured, click the Done button in the upper right corner of the screen to save and create the destination. To send the data to the configured Wufoo endpoint, open the destination resource menu, and select Activate.

The Nexset data will not be sent to the Wufoo endpoint until the destination is activated. Destinations can be activated immediately or at a later time, providing full control over data movement.