FormDrop is building a backend-as-a-service for contact forms. Website owners embed a snippet on their site, and form submissions are:
- Received via API - a POST endpoint accepts form data (name, email, message, custom fields).•Validated - check for required fields, email format, and spam detection (honeypot field, reCAPTCHA score).•Stored - all submissions saved to a database with timestamps and metadata.•Emailed - the website owner receives an email notification for each submission (with customizable email templates).•Dashboard - owners can view, search, and export all submissions from a web dashboard.•Spam filtering - block obvious bots and flag suspicious submissions.
Targeting 5,000 websites generating 200,000 form submissions per day total.
Design a form submission backend that receives contact form data, validates it, and sends email notifications. Build this architecture under realistic production constraints, then validate tradeoffs in the design lab simulation.