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Prerequisites

  • A Tally account
  • An API key

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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.

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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.