Prerequisites

  • A Tally account
  • An API key

Request

To create a form with a dropdown, you’ll need to send a POST request with the form blocks, including the dropdown options. Each option is represented as a DROPDOWN_OPTION block.

curl -X POST 'https://api.tally.so/forms' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
  "status": "PUBLISHED",
  "blocks": [
    {
      "uuid": "6ef8675d-33cb-419b-a81e-93982e726f2e",
      "type": "FORM_TITLE",
      "groupUuid": "073c835f-7ad4-459c-866d-4108b6b7e2e1",
      "groupType": "TEXT",
      "payload": {
        "title": "Dropdown example",
        "html": "Dropdown example"
      }
    },
    {
      "uuid": "2515b4dd-54e3-4502-afe6-074ad5019b44",
      "type": "TITLE",
      "groupUuid": "22a0af81-0117-4931-806f-2b83e374275b",
      "groupType": "QUESTION",
      "payload": {
        "html": "What'\''s your favorite color?"
      }
    },
    {
        "uuid": "338631d5-64b0-4a55-8219-17658e66196b",
        "type": "DROPDOWN_OPTION",
        "groupUuid": "aa64831b-8695-4887-afba-31c07034cd77",
        "groupType": "DROPDOWN",
        "payload": {
            "index": 0,
            "text": "Red"
        }
    },
    {
        "uuid": "4c8fe10a-b07e-407e-9347-f64d73a9ba9a",
        "type": "DROPDOWN_OPTION",
        "groupUuid": "aa64831b-8695-4887-afba-31c07034cd77",
        "groupType": "DROPDOWN",
        "payload": {
            "index": 1,
            "text": "Green"
        }
    },
    {
        "uuid": "3bddc101-571b-4f00-aa7a-30ee629441bc",
        "type": "DROPDOWN_OPTION",
        "groupUuid": "aa64831b-8695-4887-afba-31c07034cd77",
        "groupType": "DROPDOWN",
        "payload": {
            "index": 2,
            "text": "Blue"
        }
    }
  ]
}'

All dropdown options must share the same groupUuid. This groups them together as options for the same dropdown. The index field determines the order of the options.

Response

The API will respond with a 200 status code and return the newly created form:

{
  "id": "m2fK5R",
  "name": "Dropdown example",
  "workspaceId": "kb3o5R",
  "organizationId": "atL65s",
  "status": "PUBLISHED",
  "hasDraftBlocks": false,
  "isClosed": false,
  "updatedAt": "2024-12-20T10:34:19.262Z",
  "createdAt": "2024-12-20T10:34:19.262Z"
}

Your form will now be created with a dropdown containing the three color options.