Server-side Form Post or API? How are You Capturing Data?

[Anonymous]

Working on a process where we will use a non marketo form to capture data within a lightbox and then pass it back to Marketo.

I've read Jep's great layout of the Server-Side App Method. Is this updated and still a best practice?
https://community.marketo.com/MarketoResource?id=kA650000000GsXXCA0

• Any drawbacks or considerations?
• Leverage Fills out Form for triggers? If so, do you always have to create a different Marketo form to tell the dfference between a demo submission and a WP submission?
• Support for URL parameters and hidden fields?
• Any other recommendations like soap API?

 

[Grant_Booth]

Hi Jeff,

We have a more updated and thorough article on this at the Developer's Blog:

http://developers.marketo.com/blog/server-side-form-post/

[Justin_Cooperm2]

There isn't sample code on that blog post but here is what it would look like (also make sure the "app-aba" part of the url is aligned with what it is for your subscription):
 

<form id="myform" action="http://app-aba.marketo.com/index.php/leadCapture/save" method="POST">

<input type="hidden" name="munchkinId" value="Your_Munchkin">

<input type="hidden" name="formid" value="Your_Form">

<input type="hidden" name="Field_You_Want_Updated" value="New_Value">

</form>

Then call submit via JavaScript:

document.getElementById('myform').submit();

[Rasmus_Bidstru1]

Does this still work?

[Justin_Cooperm2]

Yes it does. Are you having difficulties?

[Rasmus_Bidstru1]

Yes i do.

I have tried to use http://app-lon02.marketo.com/index.php/leadCapture/save2 .. but  im just getting an Error 400 all the time and "Form error, no subscription ID" error.

so just a normal <input> from an external form.

Do you know what the "subscription ID" in a form is? i cant find any documentation on it

[Justin_Cooperm2]

You have code exactly as I have above? Including munchkin ID and form ID?

[Rasmus_Bidstru1]

Yes including everything

[Justin_Cooperm2]

My example is not posting to leadCapture/save2. Are you sure you've tried it using the exact setup I showed above?

[Justin_Cooperm2]

Rasmus,

Are you also adding the Email address field so Marketo knows what lead you are trying to update? Otherwise it doesn't make any sense...