How can I correctly connect a specific form to an ebook collection item in Webflow in order to send the user an email with the correct pdf link after submitting the form?

To connect a specific form to an ebook collection item in Webflow and send the user an email with the correct PDF link after form submission, you can follow these steps:

1. Create a form on your Webflow site: Start by adding a form element to your Webflow project. Design the form fields according to your requirements, including an email field to collect the user's email address.

2. Set up the form submission settings: After designing the form, select the form element and go to the right sidebar. In the Settings tab, click on "Form Settings" and choose "Email Form" as the form submission action.

3. Configure the email template: Under the Email form action, you'll find an option to customize the email template. Here, you can write a message to be included in the email. Additionally, you can use dynamic data from the form fields using double curly braces. For example, if your email field is named "email", you can include {{email}} in the message to display the user's email address.

4. Set up the form confirmation: After setting up the email template, go to the "Form Confirmation" section in the form settings. You can choose to show a custom message or redirect the user to a specific page. If you want to redirect the user to a download page, create a separate page with the ebook download link.

5. Create an ebook collection: In the Webflow CMS, create a collection for your ebooks. Each collection item should have a title, description, and a PDF file field where you can upload the corresponding ebook.

6. Add a collection field to the form: In the form settings, add a hidden field to the form. This hidden field will be used to capture the ID of the ebook collection item that corresponds to the form. Configure this field to auto-populate with the ID of the ebook you want to associate with the form.

7. Assign collection field value on form submission: To assign the correct value to the hidden field, you'll need to utilize Webflow's custom code. Add an HTML embed element to your form submission success page and write JavaScript code to extract the ebook ID from the URL or cookie data. Then, assign this value to the hidden field using JavaScript DOM manipulation.

8. Retrieve the ebook link in the email template: Inside the email template, you can use the collected ebook ID to fetch the appropriate collection item using Webflow's dynamic data syntax. For example, if the hidden field name is "ebookID", you can retrieve the ebook link using {{collections."ebooks".all(ebookID).link}}. Replace "ebooks" with the slug of your ebook collection.

By following these steps, you can connect a specific form to an ebook collection item in Webflow, capture the relevant ebook ID, and send the user an automated email with the correct PDF link.