Forms

Publish a form

POST/forms/{id}/actions/publish
forms:writepublish_formIdempotent

Moves a draft form to published and returns it. Publishing a form that is already published returns it unchanged and emits no event. A form with a DocuSign element is checked first: if its templates lack placements, the call returns 409 invalid_state with each problem in details and the form stays a draft. Emits form.published and sends no email. POST /forms/{id}/actions/unpublish undoes it.

Path parameters

  • idstring (uuid)Required#

    The form's id, a uuid. An unknown id, or a hidden form, returns 404.

Query parameters

  • dry_runboolean#

    Validate and run the call without committing it, returning what the real call would return with meta.dry_run set.

Headers

  • Idempotency-Keystring#

    Makes a retry safe. Send a new UUID for each new request and reuse it only to retry that request; the first response is replayed for 24 hours.

Responses

200

The form, now published.

Form
{
  "data": {
    "id": "9a9d1c5e-4f2b-4c8e-9a7d-2f1e6b3c4d5a",
    "name": "string",
    "description": "string",
    "type": "string",
    "status": "draft",
    "pages": [
      {
        "id": "9a9d1c5e-4f2b-4c8e-9a7d-2f1e6b3c4d5a",
        "name": "string",
        "description": "string",
        "order": 1
      }
    ],
    "fields": [
      {
        "id": "9a9d1c5e-4f2b-4c8e-9a7d-2f1e6b3c4d5a",
        "label": "string",
        "name": "string",
        "description": "string",
        "type": "string",
        "reference": "string",
        "validator": "string",
        "placeholder": "string",
        "pre_population_key": "string",
        "backfill": true,
        "order": 1,
        "page_id": "9a9d1c5e-4f2b-4c8e-9a7d-2f1e6b3c4d5a",
        "option_preset_id": "9a9d1c5e-4f2b-4c8e-9a7d-2f1e6b3c4d5a",
        "options": [],
        "required": true,
        "conditions": [],
        "condition_logic": "AND"
      }
    ],
    "created_at": "2026-06-12T10:00:00+00:00",
    "updated_at": "2026-06-12T10:00:00+00:00"
  }
}
401

Authentication failed. error.code is one of invalid_token, expired, revoked.

Error
403

Authorization failed. error.code is one of org_disabled, ip_blocked, missing_scope, scope_disabled, user_disabled.

Error
404

Resource not found (error.code = not_found).

Error
409

The request conflicts with existing state (error.code = conflict), e.g. a compliance flow with the requested name already exists.

Error
422

The request can't be processed (HTTP 422): validation_failed with one ErrorDetail per problem, or a code documented on the operation.

Error
429

Rate limit exceeded (error.code = rate_limited).

Error

Examples

curl -X POST https://your-org-domain/kong/core/api/v2/forms/{id}/actions/publish\
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HELM_API_KEY"\
  -H "Content-Type: application/json"