Google Forms: Send data to spreadsheet

Question

How can I send the data from a webform to a google spreadsheet? I made a form with Google Drive, but to get custom CSS running, I need to copy the form tag.

In my case, that is what google generated for the send button behavior

<form action="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/113H_71nd98TWE0bByjHYNpnC-
 oVA6OBDWtppU30rBrU/formResponse" method="POST" id="ss-form" target="_self" onsubmit="">

However, I want to post data from my own designed form to the above Google Form Response spreadsheet. Here is my form code (using Bootstrap 3):

<form class="form-horizontal" role="form" id="ftk-contact">
<h4>Get in touch with us now</h4>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="inputType" class="col-lg-2 control-label">Type of Inquiry</label>
<div class="col-lg-10">
<select class="form-control" id="inputType">
<option>Request a Quotation</option>
<option>Request a Bluebook</option>
<option>General Inquiry</option>
</select>
</div>
</div>

<div class="form-group">
<label for="inputName" class="col-lg-2 control-label">Name *</label>
<div class="col-lg-10">
<input type="text" class="form-control" id="inputName" placeholder="Your Name">
</div>
</div>

<div class="form-group">
<label for="inputEmail" class="col-lg-2 control-label">Email *</label>
<div class="col-lg-10">
<input type="email" class="form-control" id="inputEmail" placeholder="Your Email">
</div>
</div>

<div class="form-group">
<label for="inputCompany" class="col-lg-2 control-label">Company</label>
<div class="col-lg-10">
<input type="text" class="form-control" id="inputCompany" placeholder="Your Company Name">
</div>
</div>

<div class="form-group">
<label for="message" class="col-lg-2 control-label">Message *</label>
<div class="col-lg-10">
<textarea class="form-control" rows="5" placeholder="Your Message"></textarea>
</div>
</div>

<div class="form-group">
<label for="inputPhone" class="col-lg-2 control-label">Phone</label>
<div class="col-lg-10">
<input type="tel" class="form-control" id="inputPhone" placeholder="Your Phone Number">
</div>
</div>

<div class="form-group">
<label for="inputWeb" class="col-lg-2 control-label">URL</label>
<div class="col-lg-10">
<input type="url" class="form-control" id="inputWeb" placeholder="Your Website URL">
</div>
</div>

<div class="form-group">
<div class="col-lg-offset-2 col-lg-10">
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary btn-lg">Send your Inquiry now</button>
</div>
</div>
</form>

When using the above Google form action=... I am taken to the original Google Form when pressing send, instead of the form entries being copied to the spreadsheet.

If the above approach wont work, how else can I send the form data to email or Google Drive?

Answer 1

Here's what worked for me:

1. Create your custom form
2. Create your Google form and view the source after clicking view live form
3. Copy the html code starting from <form> till </form>
4. Each of the input fields in the Google form have name and id attributes which need to be copied to your personal form
5. Use the URL in the form action of Google forms in your form.
6. Make sure that even the submit button has the ID and name attributes matching with the Google form source.
7. If you make a submit now, it will take you to the Google form response page. You can avoid this by making an ajax form submit.

If your custom form does not validate a Google form mandatory element, then you will again be redirected to the Google form page.