Add subscriber to form by email address
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.kit.com/v4/forms/{form_id}/subscribers \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'X-Kit-Api-Key: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"email_address": "alice@convertkit.dev",
"referrer": "https://mywebsite.com/bfpromo/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=black_friday&utm_term=car_owners&utm_content=get_10_off"
}
'require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.kit.com/v4/forms/{form_id}/subscribers")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["X-Kit-Api-Key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"email_address\": \"alice@convertkit.dev\",\n \"referrer\": \"https://mywebsite.com/bfpromo/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=black_friday&utm_term=car_owners&utm_content=get_10_off\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_bodyconst options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'X-Kit-Api-Key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
email_address: 'alice@convertkit.dev',
referrer: 'https://mywebsite.com/bfpromo/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=black_friday&utm_term=car_owners&utm_content=get_10_off'
})
};
fetch('https://api.kit.com/v4/forms/{form_id}/subscribers', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.kit.com/v4/forms/{form_id}/subscribers"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"email_address\": \"alice@convertkit.dev\",\n \"referrer\": \"https://mywebsite.com/bfpromo/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=black_friday&utm_term=car_owners&utm_content=get_10_off\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("X-Kit-Api-Key", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.kit.com/v4/forms/{form_id}/subscribers",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'email_address' => 'alice@convertkit.dev',
'referrer' => 'https://mywebsite.com/bfpromo/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=black_friday&utm_term=car_owners&utm_content=get_10_off'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"X-Kit-Api-Key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}import requests
url = "https://api.kit.com/v4/forms/{form_id}/subscribers"
payload = {
"email_address": "alice@convertkit.dev",
"referrer": "https://mywebsite.com/bfpromo/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=black_friday&utm_term=car_owners&utm_content=get_10_off"
}
headers = {
"X-Kit-Api-Key": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text){
"subscriber": {
"id": 785,
"first_name": "Alice",
"email_address": "alice@convertkit.dev",
"state": "active",
"created_at": "2023-02-17T11:43:55Z",
"added_at": "2023-02-17T11:43:55Z",
"fields": {},
"referrer": "https://mywebsite.com/bfpromo/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=black_friday&utm_term=car_owners&utm_content=get_10_off",
"referrer_utm_parameters": {
"source": "facebook",
"medium": "cpc",
"campaign": "black_friday",
"term": "car_owners",
"content": "get_10_off"
}
}
}{
"subscriber": {
"id": 786,
"first_name": "Alice",
"email_address": "alice@convertkit.dev",
"state": "active",
"created_at": "2023-02-17T11:43:55Z",
"added_at": "2023-02-17T11:43:55Z",
"fields": {},
"referrer": "https://mywebsite.com/bfpromo/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=black_friday&utm_term=car_owners&utm_content=get_10_off",
"referrer_utm_parameters": {
"source": "facebook",
"medium": "cpc",
"campaign": "black_friday",
"term": "car_owners",
"content": "get_10_off"
}
}
}{
"errors": [
"The access token is invalid"
]
}{
"errors": [
"Not Found"
]
}{
"errors": [
"Either subscriber id or email address is required to add subscriber to form"
]
}Forms
Add subscriber to form by email address
The subscriber being added to the form must already exist. Subscribers can be created using the “Create a subscriber” endpoint.
POST
/
v4
/
forms
/
{form_id}
/
subscribers
Add subscriber to form by email address
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.kit.com/v4/forms/{form_id}/subscribers \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'X-Kit-Api-Key: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"email_address": "alice@convertkit.dev",
"referrer": "https://mywebsite.com/bfpromo/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=black_friday&utm_term=car_owners&utm_content=get_10_off"
}
'require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.kit.com/v4/forms/{form_id}/subscribers")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["X-Kit-Api-Key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"email_address\": \"alice@convertkit.dev\",\n \"referrer\": \"https://mywebsite.com/bfpromo/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=black_friday&utm_term=car_owners&utm_content=get_10_off\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_bodyconst options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'X-Kit-Api-Key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
email_address: 'alice@convertkit.dev',
referrer: 'https://mywebsite.com/bfpromo/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=black_friday&utm_term=car_owners&utm_content=get_10_off'
})
};
fetch('https://api.kit.com/v4/forms/{form_id}/subscribers', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.kit.com/v4/forms/{form_id}/subscribers"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"email_address\": \"alice@convertkit.dev\",\n \"referrer\": \"https://mywebsite.com/bfpromo/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=black_friday&utm_term=car_owners&utm_content=get_10_off\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("X-Kit-Api-Key", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.kit.com/v4/forms/{form_id}/subscribers",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'email_address' => 'alice@convertkit.dev',
'referrer' => 'https://mywebsite.com/bfpromo/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=black_friday&utm_term=car_owners&utm_content=get_10_off'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"X-Kit-Api-Key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}import requests
url = "https://api.kit.com/v4/forms/{form_id}/subscribers"
payload = {
"email_address": "alice@convertkit.dev",
"referrer": "https://mywebsite.com/bfpromo/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=black_friday&utm_term=car_owners&utm_content=get_10_off"
}
headers = {
"X-Kit-Api-Key": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text){
"subscriber": {
"id": 785,
"first_name": "Alice",
"email_address": "alice@convertkit.dev",
"state": "active",
"created_at": "2023-02-17T11:43:55Z",
"added_at": "2023-02-17T11:43:55Z",
"fields": {},
"referrer": "https://mywebsite.com/bfpromo/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=black_friday&utm_term=car_owners&utm_content=get_10_off",
"referrer_utm_parameters": {
"source": "facebook",
"medium": "cpc",
"campaign": "black_friday",
"term": "car_owners",
"content": "get_10_off"
}
}
}{
"subscriber": {
"id": 786,
"first_name": "Alice",
"email_address": "alice@convertkit.dev",
"state": "active",
"created_at": "2023-02-17T11:43:55Z",
"added_at": "2023-02-17T11:43:55Z",
"fields": {},
"referrer": "https://mywebsite.com/bfpromo/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=black_friday&utm_term=car_owners&utm_content=get_10_off",
"referrer_utm_parameters": {
"source": "facebook",
"medium": "cpc",
"campaign": "black_friday",
"term": "car_owners",
"content": "get_10_off"
}
}
}{
"errors": [
"The access token is invalid"
]
}{
"errors": [
"Not Found"
]
}{
"errors": [
"Either subscriber id or email address is required to add subscriber to form"
]
}Authorizations
API KeyOAuth2
Authenticate API requests via an API Key
Path Parameters
Response
Returns a 200 when the subscriber has already been added to the form
Show child attributes
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