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Cognito Forms

Cognito Forms is an online form builder with a REST API for managing forms, retrieving entries, updating submissions, and integrating form data into business applications. The API uses API key bearer token authentication and supports operations for forms, entries, and documents, with OData support for analytics tool integration.

Cognito Forms publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Entries API, Files API, Forms API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Forms, Form Builder, Form Entries, Workflow-Automation, and Data Collection.

The Cognito Forms catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Cognito Forms’ developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, pricing, and 11 more developer resources.

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46.2/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 25/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
1 APIs
FormsForm BuilderForm EntriesWorkflow-AutomationData CollectionOData

Kin Score

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0
Composite quality — 46.2/100 · developing
Contract Quality 14.2 / 23
Developer Ergonomics 5.6 / 18
Access Clarity 9.0 / 18
Operational Transparency 6.2 / 12
Contract Governance 1.1 / 11
Discoverability 6.2 / 9
Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 25/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
Documented Reversibility 0 / 6
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
Delegated User Identity 6 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5
Registration Without a Human 0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5
Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.
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APIs 5

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Cognito Forms Entries API

The Entries API from Cognito Forms — 5 operation(s) for entries.

Cognito Forms Files API

The Files API from Cognito Forms — 2 operation(s) for files.

Cognito Forms Forms API

The Forms API from Cognito Forms — 3 operation(s) for forms.

Cognito Forms OData API

The OData API from Cognito Forms — 1 operation(s) for odata.

Cognito Forms Webhooks API

The Webhooks API from Cognito Forms — 4 operation(s) for webhooks.

Open Collections 6

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Cognito Forms Entries API

OPEN COLLECTION

Cognito Forms Entries Files API

OPEN COLLECTION

Cognito Entries Forms API

OPEN COLLECTION

Cognito Forms Entries OData API

OPEN COLLECTION

Cognito Forms Entries Webhooks API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Cognito Forms Plans Pricing

4 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Cognito Forms Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Cognito Forms Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Cognito Forms Context

11 classes · 23 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Cognito Forms API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 5

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Error

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

FileDataRef

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

FormAvailability

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

FormReference

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ImportStatus

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Examples 3

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Create Entry Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Get Forms Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Import Entries Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Cognito Forms Authentication

oauth2 · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Cognito Forms Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Cognito Forms Scopes

1 scope · authorizationCode

1 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Cognito Forms Agentic Access

17 operations · 10 acting

17 operations · 10 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrg
GitHubOrg

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication
 OAuthScopes
OAuthScopes

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage
StatusPage
 RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing
 Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Blog
Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

X
X

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
name: Cognito Forms
description: Cognito Forms is an online form builder with a REST API for managing forms, retrieving entries, updating submissions,
  and integrating form data into business applications. The API uses API key bearer token authentication and supports operations
  for forms, entries, and documents, with OData support for analytics tool integration.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/cognito-forms.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cognito-forms/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
aid: cognito-forms
type: Index
tags:
- Forms
- Form Builder
- Form Entries
- Workflow-Automation
- Data Collection
- OData
tags_raw:
- Forms
- Form Builder
- Form Entries
- Workflow Automation
- Data Collection
- OData
apis:
- aid: cognito-forms:cognito-forms-entries-api
  name: Cognito Forms Entries API
  description: The Entries API from Cognito Forms — 5 operation(s) for entries.
  humanURL: https://www.cognitoforms.com/support/475/data-integration/cognito-forms-api
  baseURL: https://www.cognitoforms.com/api
  tags:
  - Entries
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cognito-forms-entries-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.cognitoforms.com/support/475/data-integration/cognito-forms-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.cognitoforms.com/support/476/data-integration/cognito-forms-api/rest-api-reference
- aid: cognito-forms:cognito-forms-files-api
  name: Cognito Forms Files API
  description: The Files API from Cognito Forms — 2 operation(s) for files.
  humanURL: https://www.cognitoforms.com/support/475/data-integration/cognito-forms-api
  baseURL: https://www.cognitoforms.com/api
  tags:
  - File
  tags_raw:
  - Files
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cognito-forms-files-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.cognitoforms.com/support/475/data-integration/cognito-forms-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.cognitoforms.com/support/476/data-integration/cognito-forms-api/rest-api-reference
- aid: cognito-forms:cognito-forms-forms-api
  name: Cognito Forms Forms API
  description: The Forms API from Cognito Forms — 3 operation(s) for forms.
  humanURL: https://www.cognitoforms.com/support/475/data-integration/cognito-forms-api
  baseURL: https://www.cognitoforms.com/api
  tags:
  - Forms
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cognito-forms-forms-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.cognitoforms.com/support/475/data-integration/cognito-forms-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.cognitoforms.com/support/476/data-integration/cognito-forms-api/rest-api-reference
- aid: cognito-forms:cognito-forms-odata-api
  name: Cognito Forms OData API
  description: The OData API from Cognito Forms — 1 operation(s) for odata.
  humanURL: https://www.cognitoforms.com/support/475/data-integration/cognito-forms-api
  baseURL: https://www.cognitoforms.com/api
  tags:
  - OData
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cognito-forms-odata-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.cognitoforms.com/support/475/data-integration/cognito-forms-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.cognitoforms.com/support/476/data-integration/cognito-forms-api/rest-api-reference
- aid: cognito-forms:cognito-forms-webhooks-api
  name: Cognito Forms Webhooks API
  description: The Webhooks API from Cognito Forms — 4 operation(s) for webhooks.
  humanURL: https://www.cognitoforms.com/support/475/data-integration/cognito-forms-api
  baseURL: https://www.cognitoforms.com/api
  tags:
  - Webhook
  tags_raw:
  - Webhooks
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cognito-forms-webhooks-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.cognitoforms.com/support/475/data-integration/cognito-forms-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.cognitoforms.com/support/476/data-integration/cognito-forms-api/rest-api-reference
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/cognito-forms-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/cognito-forms-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/cognito-forms-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/cognito-forms-scopes.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.cognitoforms.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.cognitoforms.com/support/475/data-integration/cognito-forms-api
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/cognitoforms
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cognito-forms
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.cognitoforms.com/blog
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.cognitoforms.com/pricing
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://x.com/CognitoStatus
- type: X
  url: https://twitter.com/cognitoforms
- type: Plans
  url: plans/cognito-forms-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/cognito-forms-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/cognito-forms-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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