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# Angular contact form without a backend

> Build a working Angular contact form with no server code using HttpClient and a JSON response. Spam filtering and notifications handled by Crunchforms.

An Angular SPA needs somewhere to send its form data. Instead of writing and hosting an API for a contact form, POST to a Crunchforms endpoint — it stores the submission, filters spam, and emails you.

## Before you start: create your endpoint

Every guide on this page needs a Crunchforms form ID. Getting one takes about two minutes:

1. [Sign up free](https://crunchforms.com/auth/signup) — 1,000 submissions a month included, no credit card required.
2. In your [dashboard](https://crunchforms.com/dashboard), click **New Form**, give it a name, and pick a response type: **Redirect** for classic form posts (the visitor lands on your thank-you page), or **JSON** if you'll submit with JavaScript and handle the response yourself.
3. Your endpoint is `https://crunchforms.com/form/{formID}` — copy it with the **Copy Action URL** button, or use the dashboard's snippet generator.

The [quickstart](/quickstart) covers this in more detail.

## The component

Set the form's response type to **JSON**. With a standalone component and template-driven forms:

```ts contact-form.component.ts theme={null}
import { Component, signal } from '@angular/core';
import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-contact-form',
  standalone: true,
  imports: [FormsModule],
  template: `
    @if (status() === 'sent') {
      <p>Thanks — we'll be in touch!</p>
    } @else {
      <form (ngSubmit)="submit()" #form="ngForm">
        <label for="email">Email</label>
        <input name="email" type="email" id="email" [(ngModel)]="model.email" required />

        <label for="message">Message</label>
        <textarea name="message" id="message" rows="5" [(ngModel)]="model.message" required></textarea>

        <button type="submit" [disabled]="status() === 'sending' || form.invalid">
          {{ status() === 'sending' ? 'Sending…' : 'Send' }}
        </button>
        @if (status() === 'error') {
          <p role="alert">Something went wrong — please try again.</p>
        }
      </form>
    }
  `,
})
export class ContactFormComponent {
  model = { email: '', message: '' };
  status = signal<'idle' | 'sending' | 'sent' | 'error'>('idle');

  constructor(private http: HttpClient) {}

  submit() {
    this.status.set('sending');
    this.http
      .post<{ success: boolean }>('https://crunchforms.com/form/{formID}', this.model)
      .subscribe({
        next: (result) => this.status.set(result.success ? 'sent' : 'error'),
        error: () => this.status.set('error'),
      });
  }
}
```

Remember to provide `HttpClient` (`provideHttpClient()` in `app.config.ts`). The endpoint accepts cross-origin JSON posts, so this works from any origin your app is served on.

## Prefer zero JavaScript?

A plain HTML form post works in Angular templates too — set the response type to **Redirect** and use a regular `<form action="https://crunchforms.com/form/{formID}" method="post">` with an `ngNoForm` attribute so Angular doesn't intercept it.

## Stop the spam before it starts

Every public form gets found by bots eventually. Crunchforms filters submissions server-side on **every plan, including Free**:

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="Honeypot" icon="honey-pot" href="/advanced/honeypot">
    A hidden field humans never see — if it's filled, the submission is rejected. Zero friction for real visitors.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Cloudflare Turnstile" icon="cloudflare" href="/advanced/turnstile">
    Invisible bot detection. Add the widget to your form and Crunchforms validates the token server-side.
  </Card>

  <Card title="reCAPTCHA v3" icon="google" href="/advanced/recaptcha">
    Score-based validation with a threshold you control per form.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

The honeypot alone stops most drive-by spam and takes one extra line of markup — enable it in your form's settings, then include the hidden field in your form.

## Troubleshooting

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="The form posts, but nothing shows in my dashboard" icon="magnifying-glass">
    * Check the form is set to **Active** in your dashboard.
    * If you've enabled Turnstile or reCAPTCHA on the form, submissions without a valid token are rejected — including your own tests.
    * Check you haven't exceeded your plan's monthly submission quota.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="The visitor isn't redirected after submitting" icon="arrow-right">
    Set the form's response type to **Redirect** and provide a success URL (and a failure URL) in the form settings. If you're submitting with JavaScript, use the **JSON** response type instead and navigate in your code.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Submitting with fetch/XHR fails" icon="code">
    The endpoint accepts cross-origin requests, JSON bodies (`Content-Type: application/json`), and classic URL-encoded form bodies. Set the form's response type to **JSON** so your code gets `{ "success": true }` back instead of a redirect.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="I want to test without deploying my site" icon="flask">
    Use the **Send Test Submission** action next to your form in the dashboard — it posts a sample submission to your live endpoint so you can see the pipeline working end to end.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Next steps

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Form configuration" icon="sliders" href="/form-config">
    Response types, notification emails, daily summaries, and more
  </Card>

  <Card title="Free HTML form templates" icon="file-code" href="https://crunchforms.com/templates">
    Contact, feedback, RSVP, job application, and quote-request forms ready to paste
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Need help?

<Card title="Get Support" icon="envelope" horizontal href="https://crunchforms.com/support">
  Send us a note — we read everything.
</Card>