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How to check if entered email is a new email or existing one?


Like the title. I would like to check whether it is possible to do this, suppose that I have connected to Google Sheet.

I already implemented a code to check existing/new email on the sheet. But whether to send this back to the typeform, for example in order to branch or redirect to different segment of the form, this is hard.

Appreciate if anyone can help!

 

Thanks,

L.

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Liz
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  • August 26, 2024

Hi @LTheCTO Happy Monday! I hope you’re having a good one. Props to you for already creating a code that can do this! 

I am not totally sure if this is possible, but tagging @picsoung and @mathio in case they happen to know!


mathio-tf
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  • August 28, 2024

I dont think we have a feature where you can check for existing email addresses. However we might have such feature coming in future 🤞

 

In the meantime you could connect 2 typeforms:

  • 1st form to collect email address
  • redirect to custom page on submit with email address in query param
  • this custom page can check if email is already present in existing responses via API
  • based on the result you can redirect to 2nd form (version for new email addresses or existing ones)

Hope this makes sense.


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