Hello,
Why is it impossible to export a Retool Form to a JSON similarly to any Retool app/module/workflow?
Can you please enable it?
Thanks,
Pierre
Hello @Pierre_S!
I think this would be a reasonable feature request I can make for you!
Curious about the use case, as with exporting any other Retool app/module/workflow is that when another Retool user is looking to build such a tool they have an 'import' option which makes sense mirroring the originally build app.
But for Retool Forms, the Form is either auto-completed based on a Resource's database schema, or filled out manually. Are you thinking you have other users who do not have access to a Database Resource, that need to have a Retool Form with the same fields and datatypes?
The Retool Form's submit functionality is meant to upload the form data to the database with the matching schema, so if the user cloning the Form does not have access to the database with the corresponding fields (example age:number, name:string, buyer:True) then the form might not be super useful 
I will fire the FR for you now, but would love to hear more about the users who would import the JSON for a Retool Form 
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Hello @Jack_T,
Thanks for creating the FR so quickly, it's much appreciated!
I suggested this feature as Iām developing templates that I sell on The Retool Guy, a collection of Retool courses and templates. Since my upcoming template includes a form, I needed the export functionality to allow users to easily import it among other assets and start using the template right away.
I hope this brings clarity to my request!
Thanks again and I look forward to seeing this feature go live!
Hello @Pierre_S!
Thank you for those additional details in your last post, super cool website.
I am sure there is a ton of demand for Retool templates for specialized needs and use cases that will only be growing!
Unfortunately I do not have any updates on a timeline for being able to export/import Retool Forms 
it is being grouped together with several other feature requests for Retool Forms that our eng team will hopefully be tackling soon.
I will keep you updated on any news I hear on this ticket. In the meantime, I was thinking about how you could leverage the current functionality.
Given that a Retool Form can be built from a resource/DB table, the next best option for the short term would be sharing a pre-built DB table (with Retool DB as setting up a third party DB would be much slower and cumbersome to connect to a resource) with the schema set to fit the template.
Then giving the user the instructions on generating the Form
Will post in this thread with updates on the Feature Request!