--- title: "Connect Form Io and PostgreSQL - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New submission\" fires in Form Io, your agent runs \"Add Row\" in PostgreSQL, or \"New or Updated Row\" in PostgreSQL to \"Delete submission\" in Form Io." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/form-io-to-postgresql" --- # Connect Form Io and PostgreSQL When **New submission** fires in [Form Io](https://apiant.ai/connections/form-io), your agent runs **Add Row** in [PostgreSQL](https://apiant.ai/connections/postgresql), or **New or Updated Row** in PostgreSQL to **Delete submission** in Form Io. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Form Io **1** trigger Form Io **7** actions PostgreSQL **4** triggers PostgreSQL **6** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Form Io and PostgreSQL to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### Claude, web and desktop Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Zed Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Any other MCP client Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Form Io collects the submissions and PostgreSQL holds the records your team reports on. Connecting them means a new submission can be checked against your tables, written as a row, and the submission updated with what the database returned, while changes made in PostgreSQL flow back to the matching Form Io submission. Example flows ## What Form Io and PostgreSQL can do together ### From Form Io to PostgreSQL - When **New submission** in Form Io then **Add Row** in PostgreSQL - When **New submission** in Form Io then **Find Row** in PostgreSQL ### From PostgreSQL to Form Io - When **New or Updated Row** in PostgreSQL then **Delete submission** in Form Io - When **New Row** in PostgreSQL then **Update submission** in Form Io Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with Form Io and PostgreSQL ## Triggers and actions 5 triggers ยท 13 actions - Trigger **New submission** Fires when a new submission is created on a form. - Action **Delete form** Delete a form/resource by id. - Action **Delete submission** Delete a submission by id. - Action **Get form** Retrieve a single form definition by id. - Action **Get submission** Retrieve a single submission by id. - Action **List forms** List available forms within a project (Index API, supports limit/skip and select). - Action **List submissions** List submissions within a form (Index API, supports limit/skip pagination and content filtering). - Action **Update submission** Update an existing submission's data. - Trigger **New or Updated Row** Triggers when a new row is added or modified. - Trigger **New or Updated Row (Custom Query)** Fires for each new or changed row returned by a SELECT statement you write against the connected PostgreSQL database. - Trigger **New Row** Triggers when you add a new row. - Trigger **New Table** Fires when a new table appears in the connected PostgreSQL database. - Action **Add Row** Adds a new row. - Action **Delete Row** Delete the rows in a table whose chosen column equals a value. - Action **Find Row** Finds a row in a table via a lookup column. - Action **Find Rows via Custom Query** Runs a SELECT statement you write against the connected PostgreSQL database and returns every row it matches. - Action **Find Row via Custom Query** Runs a SELECT statement you write against the connected PostgreSQL database and returns the first row it matches. - Action **Update Row** Updates an existing row. ## Each app on its own - [ **Form Io** Form-builder platform that auto-generates REST APIs for form submissions, data validation, and workflow...](https://apiant.ai/connections/form-io) - [ **PostgreSQL** Connect directly to a PostgreSQL database and run SQL statements from your automations.](https://apiant.ai/connections/postgresql) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Form Io - [ **Form Io to Outlook** Outlook is Microsoft's email and calendaring platform integrating contacts and scheduling, enabling users to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/form-io-to-outlook) - [ **Form Io to Supabase** Supabase is an open-source backend-as-a-service providing a Postgres database, authentication, storage, and...](https://apiant.ai/connect/form-io-to-supabase) - [ **Form Io to Uku** Uku is an accounting practice management software that helps accounting firms organize, hit deadlines, save...](https://apiant.ai/connect/form-io-to-uku) - [ **Form Io to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/form-io-to-hubspot) - [ **Form Io to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/form-io-to-salesforce) - [ **Form Io to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/form-io-to-slack) ## More into PostgreSQL - [ **Google Sheets to PostgreSQL** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-postgresql) - [ **Google Calendar to PostgreSQL** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-postgresql) - [ **Google Drive to PostgreSQL** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-postgresql) - [ **Mailchimp to PostgreSQL** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-postgresql) - [ **Stripe to PostgreSQL** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/stripe-to-postgresql) - [ **Shopify to PostgreSQL** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/shopify-to-postgresql) Questions ## Form Io and PostgreSQL, answered ### ### Can I check whether a record already exists before writing a new row? Yes. On a new submission in Form Io the agent can run Find Row or Find Row via Custom Query in PostgreSQL first, then either Add Row or Update Row depending on what came back. The agent tests every scenario, including when nothing matches. ### ### Can a change in PostgreSQL reach back into Form Io? Yes. The New or Updated Row trigger and the custom query trigger in PostgreSQL can lead to Get submission, Update submission or Delete submission in Form Io. You give the submission id held in the row so the right record is touched. ### ### What can start an automation from Form Io? Any of Form Io's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New submission. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in PostgreSQL when something happens in Form Io? Any of PostgreSQL's 6 actions, including Add Row, Find Row, Update Row and Find Rows via Custom Query. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from PostgreSQL to Form Io? Yes. When something happens in PostgreSQL, your agent can act in Form Io too. This page covers both directions: PostgreSQL's triggers and Form Io's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Form Io or PostgreSQL? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use Form Io and PostgreSQL without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.