# POST body In addition to pre-populating answers using [URL parameters](https://docs.formsort.com/importing-data/url-parameters), It's possible to `POST` form data into Formsort. This may be preferable, as answers will not appear within the URL at any point - POST bodies are part of the HTTP body and are encrypted with HTTPS. To POST data, the user must navigate to the deployed URL of your flow with the answers as form data in the body of the form, using the answer variable name as the `name` of the input. {% hint style="warning" %} The POST must be a *navigation* request. You cannot just POST form data to Formsort using AJAX and then redirect the user. {% endhint %} ## Example: POSTing from a \
Normally, when you access a page directly in a browser, or by clicking a link, the browser will send a GET request, which cannot contain a body. On the other hand, when submitting a `` in HTML, the browser will navigate with a `POST` method, which will actually redirect the user to that URL. Here's a working example as a standalone html page, that would redirect the user to a flow with the text question (`cat_name`) set to `"Olivia"` and a Select question (`cat_color`) set to `gray`: ```html action="https://CLIENT_ID.formsort.app/flow/FLOW_ID/variant/VARIANT_ID/..." >
``` Of course, you could also use `` attribute `type="hidden"` if the data you wish to pass should not be user editable. In the cases where a question may be an object with nested fields, such as the [Address](https://docs.formsort.com/adding-questions-and-content/question-reference/address) component, or may be an array of objects, such as the [Question Group](https://docs.formsort.com/adding-questions-and-content/question-reference/question-group), you can use bracket notation for pathing. View two examples below. The Address component data shape is as follows, ``` "address": { "address_1": "123 William St", "city": "New York", "state": "NY", "postal_code": "10038", } ``` and can be POSTed using the following HTML format: ``` Compound field ``` Question Groups, which are an array of objects, ``` "question_group": [ { "group_text": "first input" }, { "group_text": "second input" } ] ``` can be POSTed as: ``` Compound field: ``` In this Question Group example, notice that indices start from 0. ## Example: POSTing in javascript If you cannot have a `
`, or it doesn't make sense for your UX, you can create a `form` element on the fly and synthetically submit it: 1. Build up a `` in your click handler 2. Add the answers: * For questions that accept a single answer, such as text questions, use ``. Assign the answer's *variable name* as the element's `name`. * For questions that accept multiple answers, use a `` element's `name`. Make sure the `