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Defining webhook in Sitecore XM Cloud Forms In the previous blog here we already learnt to create Forms, now its time to connect forms through webhook Firstly, we should understand what is a webhook? A webhook is basically a http request, that is triggered by an event, from one system and send to another system with a payload data. Webhooks are automated, so the data is automatically sent out to the destination system when the event is triggered by the source system through the configured webhook URL. Webhooks are typically used to connect two different systems. Sitecore XM cloud Forms uses webhooks to send data across different applications. To create and attach a webhook – 1.       Open the Sitecore Form editor and go to settings from the top menu 2.       Then click on Manage Webhook 3.       From here we can use already added webhook or can create a new webhook. To create a new, click on Create Webhook button...

Sitecore XM Cloud Forms We always need to capture User Inputs from our websites, it is the basic need of marketers to capture information and that is done using forms. With the earlier versions of Sitecore Platform, we used to install an external module named Web Forms for Marketers (WFFM) on top of the Sitecore installation for forms building as it was not present out of the box. With the release of Sitecore Platform 9 and later versions, forms were an integral part of it. We can use Sitecore Forms to construct web forms to record information provided by the user and can capture that for later use. This detail is basically stored in the Sitecore database and can be extracted through reports. With the release of Sitecore XM cloud, it follows headless architecture and there are no CD servers available, therefore no place to capture the user inputs. And hence there is a need for some SaaS solution to fill out that gap. Composable Forms Builder is available with Sitecore XM Cl...