How can I send a Webflow form submission directly to the CMS without relying on third-party tools or integrations?

To send a Webflow form submission directly to the CMS without relying on third-party tools or integrations, you can use Webflow's built-in Form Submission feature along with some custom code.

Here's a step-by-step guide on how you can achieve this:

1. Create your form in Webflow: Start by designing your form in the Webflow Designer. Add the necessary form fields, such as name, email, etc., as well as a submit button.

2. Set up collection fields: In your Webflow CMS, create a Collection and add fields that correspond to your form inputs. For example, if your form has a name input, create a text field in the Collection to store the name value.

3. Add custom attributes to your form fields: To link your form fields with the CMS fields, you need to add custom attributes to the form fields. Select a form field, go to the Settings panel on the right, and click on "Add field" under the "Custom attributes" section. Create an attribute named "name" (without quotes) and set its value to the corresponding CMS field name.

4. Publish your project: Before proceeding to the next step, make sure to publish your Webflow project.

5. Add custom code to handle form submission: Open your project in the Webflow Designer and go to Project Settings. Head to the Custom Code tab. In the footer section, add the following code snippet:

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In the code snippet, replace "your-form-id" with the actual unique ID of your form element. This snippet is targeting Netlify's serverless functions, but you can modify it to work with any serverless function or server-side script.

6. Create a serverless function or endpoint to handle the form submission: Your serverless function or endpoint will receive the form submission data and add it to your Webflow CMS as a new item. You can use any serverless function service like AWS Lambda, Netlify Functions, or a server-side scripting language like Node.js, PHP, etc.

7. Test your form: Preview your project and enter some test data into the form. Upon submission, the form data will be sent to your serverless function or endpoint, which will process and add it directly to your Webflow CMS.

Remember to handle any necessary security precautions and validation checks on your serverless function or endpoint to prevent unauthorized or malicious submissions.

By following these steps, you'll be able to send form submissions directly to your Webflow CMS without relying on third-party tools or integrations.