MANUAL
Forms Management System: www.formdesk.com
 
 

 
 

Webhook: WebMerge - Automate PDF or DOCX document generation from within Formdesk

 
This Webhook allows you to use include Formdesk data in WebMerge.

This document contains the following subjects:

How it works
Instructions
Testing
Suggestions
 

How it works

When sending in the form, form entries will be forwarded to WebMerge in order to merge and generate documents as setup within WebMerge.
 

Instructions

 
In Webmerge:

Login to your WebMerge account or create one if you don't have one yet.
 
New document:
Create a new document within WebMerge. The example below is based on a Word DOCX document.
 
 
 
Write down the field names that you used in the document (see below).
 
 
Follow the steps in the wizard to the "Merge" tab and write down the "Merge URL":
 
 
In Formdesk:

Form
Ensure that the Formdesk form contains the fields which need to be merged in WebMerge.

Webhook
On the Settings Tab go to "Webhooks" and choose "New webhook..."
 
 
Settings
Select the webhook “WebMerge”. Several fields will now be set automatically.
At the section "URL" replace the word "SERVER" by the "Merge URL" generated in WebMerge that you wrote down.

Data
Create the mapping between the Formdesk fields and the fields of the WebMerge document.
If the identifiers on your Formdesk form are identical to the fields of the WebMerge document, you can also choose "Add all form data".
 
 
Click OK to save the webhook.
 

Testing

Go to the Questions Tab, click on "Test form", fill in and submit the form.

Afterwards check whether the data is processed in the document created by WebMerge. Depending on your settings, the document will be mailed or placed in Dropbox, Box, Google Drive etc.
 

Suggestions

Sending criteria

Use the "Sending criteria" to execute the Webhook based upon answers on the form. In case you want to generate different documents for different situations.