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Share your Intake Bot
Your Intake Bot answers on a link you can send on WhatsApp, put in your Instagram bio or print as a QR code. Here's how to publish it and share it.
1. Open “Share”
Open your Intake Bot and tap “Share”. If you're on your FlowApp's home, “Copy the link” copies the link of your most recently published Intake Bot without opening anything else.
2. Check that it's live
At the top you see “Publish Status”. With the switch on it reads “Your bot is live and accessible”. With it off, the bot stays a draft: its link stops opening it, and the sharing options stay hidden until you publish it.
3. Pick how to share it
Under “Share Method” there are five options:
- “Direct Link”: copy the “Public URL” with the copy button and send it on WhatsApp, by email or on social media.
- “QR Code”: download it with “Download SVG” or “Download PNG” to print on a poster, a card or the counter.
- The other three options put the bot inside your website: see Put your bot on your website.
Prefill answers from the link
If you already know something about the people arriving, like their city or the campaign, you can pass it in the link. Open “Field Parameters” at the bottom of the panel:
- Questions set to “Hidden” show up there on their own. The bot doesn't ask them, and it saves the value from the link with the case.
- “Add pre-fill” adds a visible question. The bot still asks it, with the answer already typed in.
On a link, each value goes as ?f.fieldName=value. fieldName is the internal name you see in “Field Parameters”, not the question's text.
Frequently asked questions
- Does the link change if I edit the Intake Bot?
- No. Changes reach the same link as soon as they're saved, and the QR code keeps working. It only changes if you change the bot's address in “Settings”, with “Change” next to “Share link”. Then the old link and QR code stop opening the bot.
- How many people can answer it?
- As many as you like. Submissions are unlimited on every plan.
- Can I use my own domain?
- Yes, from the Business plan. With “Direct Link” selected, “Custom domain” shows up under the “Public URL”. If you don't have an active domain yet, “Manage domains” is right there.