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Post Processing Form Data
I'm looking to use Perch for a client project and I'm investigating how I can meet the requirement to submit contact form data to a 3rd party CRM system. It doesn't look like there are any hooks/events within the Perch Forms app that I can use. Have I missed something? I'm keen not to create a maintenance headache by editing/cloning the forms app or writing my own.
Hi Kevin
writing your own app would be the way to do that, Perch can post to two apps at once so you can just send the data to your app as well as the Forms app.
Rachel
Many Thanks, I'd not considered posting in parallel (too long working with ExpressionEngine hooks I guess)
Kevin
Having thought about this more closely running in parallel introduces too many issues for this situation so I dont think Perch is the answer. Could I ask if there are any plans for the Perch Forms add-on to publish any events/hooks?
What hooks do you need?
Drew
Ideally when a particular form has completed processing (passed spam checking and fields have been saved to DB, either before or after email) an event to trigger another add-on to handle interfacing to CRM or other systems.
I guess I could do a mash-up with email but client the has some other sites based on ExpressionEngine where I have used a hook in forms package to trigger updates to a CRM system.
It would be graeta to piggy back on all the good spam processing in the Forms app.
Kevin
Ok, I can look at adding that.
Drew
Many thanks
Kevin
Did anything come of this?