---
title: forms.get | Doing Work API
description: One form with its fields, answers, the required fields still missing, its stored PDF id and hash once submitted, and its sign-off.
url: https://doingwork.work/docs/reference/forms-get/
---

# forms.get

One form with its fields, answers, the required fields still missing, its stored PDF id and hash once submitted, and its sign-off.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Who | Agents can call this |
| REST | `GET /v1/forms/get` |
| MCP tool | `forms_get` |
| Writes | no |
| Area | [Field work (checklists, forms, time, notes, change orders, subcontractors)](https://doingwork.work/docs/reference/#field-work-checklists-forms-time-notes-change-orders-subcontractors) |

## When to use it

Keep form templates (forms.saveTemplate: ordered fields of type heading, text, long_text, number, yes_no, choice, multi_choice, date or photos, each optionally required). Start a form on a job or one visit (forms.start) from a template, from an earlier form (copy_from_form_id, which also carries its answers), or with fields given on the spot; the form keeps its own copy of the fields.

## What to tell the owner

Tell them what you found in plain words. Don't read back raw fields.

## Input

| Field | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|
| `form_id` | string (uuid) | yes |

## Example

```http
GET https://doingwork.work/v1/forms/get?form_id=00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000
```

## Output

| Field | Type | Always there |
|---|---|---|
| `form_id` | string (uuid) | yes |
| `shop_id` | string (uuid) | yes |
| `job_id` | string (uuid) | yes |
| `visit_id` | ['string', 'null', ' ', '(', 'u', 'u', 'i', 'd', ')'] | yes |
| `form_template_id` | ['string', 'null', ' ', '(', 'u', 'u', 'i', 'd', ')'] | yes |
| `copied_from_form_id` | ['string', 'null', ' ', '(', 'u', 'u', 'i', 'd', ')'] | yes |
| `name` | string | yes |
| `status` | string | yes |
| `signoff_required` | boolean | yes |
| `missing` | array | yes |
| `created_by` | string (uuid) | yes |
| `created_at` | string (date-time) | yes |
| `updated_at` | string (date-time) | yes |
| `submitted_by` | ['string', 'null', ' ', '(', 'u', 'u', 'i', 'd', ')'] | yes |
| `submitted_at` | ['string', 'null', ' ', '(', 'd', 'a', 't', 'e', '-', 't', 'i', 'm', 'e', ')'] | yes |
| `document_id` | ['string', 'null', ' ', '(', 'u', 'u', 'i', 'd', ')'] | yes |
| `document_sha256` | ['string', 'null'] | yes |
| `cancelled_at` | ['string', 'null', ' ', '(', 'd', 'a', 't', 'e', '-', 't', 'i', 'm', 'e', ')'] | yes |
| `signature_id` | ['string', 'null', ' ', '(', 'u', 'u', 'i', 'd', ')'] | yes |
| `signoff_request_id` | ['string', 'null', ' ', '(', 'u', 'u', 'i', 'd', ')'] | yes |
| `fields` | array | yes |
| `fields[].key` | string | yes |
| `fields[].label` | string | yes |
| `fields[].type` | string | yes |
| `fields[].required` | boolean | yes |
| `fields[].help` | string | no |
| `fields[].options` | array | no |
| `answers` | object | yes |

```json
{
  "form_id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000",
  "shop_id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000",
  "job_id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000",
  "visit_id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000",
  "form_template_id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000",
  "copied_from_form_id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000",
  "name": "Ruiz Plumbing",
  "status": "...",
  "signoff_required": true,
  "missing": [
    "..."
  ],
  "created_by": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000",
  "created_at": "...",
  "updated_at": "...",
  "submitted_by": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000",
  "submitted_at": "...",
  "document_id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000",
  "document_sha256": "...",
  "cancelled_at": "...",
  "signature_id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000",
  "signoff_request_id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000",
  "fields": [
    {
      "key": "...",
      "label": "...",
      "type": "...",
      "required": true
    }
  ],
  "answers": {}
}
```

## Errors

| Code | Status | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| `invalid_input`, `invalid_token`, `rate_limited` |  | Can happen on any call. See [errors](https://doingwork.work/docs/errors/). |