Title: API for Ninja Forms
Author: sightfactory
Published: <strong>July 11, 2025</strong>
Last modified: March 25, 2026

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# API for Ninja Forms

 By [sightfactory](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sightfactory/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/api-for-ninja-forms.1.0.1.zip)

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 * [Development](https://mlt.wordpress.org/plugins/api-for-ninja-forms/#developers)

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## Description

This plugin provides a robust and easy-to-use REST API for Ninja Forms, allowing
you to integrate your form submissions with external applications and services.

With support for both JSON and PDF output formats, you can retrieve form data in
a structured format submissions.

Features:

 * JSON Output: Access your Ninja Forms data in a standardized JSON format, perfect
   for integration with web applications, CRMs, and other systems.
 * PDF Output: Generate high-quality PDF documents from your form submissions, ideal
   for invoices, reports, or records.
 * Secure API Keys: Easily generate and manage API keys to control access to your
   form data.
 * Lightweight and Optimized: Designed for performance, ensuring minimal impact 
   on your website’s speed.

### Usage

### Third-Party Resources

This plugin bundles and utilizes the following open-source library:

 * **Setasign/FPDF**
    - **Description:** A pure PHP library for reading and writing spreadsheet files.
    - **Homepage:** [https://github.com/Setasign/FPDF](https://github.com/Setasign/FPDF)
    - **License:** FPDF License (compatible with MIT/BSD-style)
    - **License URI:** [https://github.com/Setasign/FPDF?tab=License-1-ov-file#readme](https://github.com/Setasign/FPDF?tab=License-1-ov-file#readme)

### Support

For support and feature requests, please visit [https://sightfactory.com](https://sightfactory.com)

## Screenshots

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## Installation

 1. Download the plugin ZIP file.
 2. Upload the extracted folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
 3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
 4. Generate a REST API key by going to Settings > NF API Keys
 5. Use the endpoints to request data by passing your API key via Authorization: Bearer
    e.g. https://yourwebsitehere.com/wp-json/nf-submissions/v1/form/2/
 6. Exporting PDFs requires adding the optional format param to the url e.g. https://
    yourwebsitehere.com/wp-json/nf-submissions/v1/form/2/?format=pdf
 7. See more examples and API documentation on our [official docs page](https://sightfactory.com/plugins/api-for-ninjaforms/).

## FAQ

### What api file formats are supported?

Currently, only JSON and PDF feeds are supported. Excel format is currently in development.

### How do I generate API keys?

You can generate API keys directly from your WordPress dashboard. Navigate to Settings
> NF API Keys to create and manage your keys.

### Does this plugin slow down my website?

No, it is lightweight and optimized for performance, ensuring minimal impact on 
website speed.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“API for Ninja Forms” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ sightfactory ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sightfactory/)

[Translate “API for Ninja Forms” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/api-for-ninja-forms)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/api-for-ninja-forms/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/api-for-ninja-forms/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/api-for-ninja-forms/)
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## Changelog

#### 1.0.1

Bugfix

#### 1.0.0

Initial public release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.1**
 *  Last updated **1 week ago**
 *  Active installations **20+**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.4 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.9.4**
 *  PHP version ** 8.1 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/api-for-ninja-forms/)
 * Tags
 * [api](https://mlt.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/api/)[ninja forms](https://mlt.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ninja-forms/)
   [NinjaForms](https://mlt.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ninjaforms/)[rest-api](https://mlt.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/rest-api/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://mlt.wordpress.org/plugins/api-for-ninja-forms/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ sightfactory ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sightfactory/)

## Support

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