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Framer form handling without a backend
Framer can publish a beautiful site fast, but its form handling is tied to Framer's own infrastructure. To own where the data goes — and keep it in the EU — send submissions to Formward, an EU-hosted form backend. You either set the form's submit/action URL to your Formward endpoint, or drop in an Embed with a plain HTML form.
The most reliable route across Framer versions is an Embed (HTML) element containing the form below. It posts directly to Formward with a standard browser submit, so it does not depend on Framer's form component or any connected service.
EU-hosted · Framer for the design, Formward for the data: submissions are received in Sweden, so your EU site keeps an EU-only data path.
The Framer example
Copy this into your project and replace <FORM_ID> with the id of a form you create in the Formward dashboard.
html
<!-- Add a Framer "Embed" (HTML) element and paste this in.
A standard POST submits straight to Formward — no Framer backend. -->
<form action="https://forms.formward.eu/f/<FORM_ID>" method="POST">
<input type="email" name="email" placeholder="Email" required />
<textarea name="message" placeholder="Message" required></textarea>
<!-- Honeypot: keep empty. -->
<input type="text" name="_gotcha" tabindex="-1" autocomplete="off"
style="display:none" aria-hidden="true" />
<button type="submit">Send</button>
</form>
<!-- If you use Framer's native Form element instead, set its
submit URL / action to: https://forms.formward.eu/f/<FORM_ID> (method POST),
and add a hidden field named "_gotcha". -->Success and error handling
- A standard HTML submit needs no JavaScript and no Framer service: the browser POSTs to Formward, which replies with a 302 redirect or your thank-you page.
- Inside an Embed, the form is plain HTML, so it behaves identically wherever the Framer site is published.
- Keep the hidden _gotcha field empty; Formward uses it to drop obvious bots before they reach your inbox.
Spam protection
Every example above includes the _gotcha honeypot field. It is hidden from real users and must stay empty; Formward silently drops any submission where it is filled, which stops most bots with no CAPTCHA. For a stricter gate, add a Cloudflare Turnstile widget and send its token as the cf-turnstile-response field — Formward verifies it on receipt.
The JSON response
A standard POST gets a 302 redirect (or your thank-you page). Send the Accept: application/json header — as every fetch() example above does — and Formward returns JSON instead:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
{ "ok": true, "id": "clxyz123...", "files": [] }On failure the body is { ok: false, error } with a 4xx status (validation, plan limit, and so on). See the AJAX docs for the full status-code table and CORS notes.
Other frameworks
Collect your first Framer submission
Create a form, paste the snippet, and keep every submission in the EU. GDPR-clean from the first POST.