The Simplest Way to Add a Contact Form to a Static Site

Static sites are fast, cheap, and easy to deploy — right up until you need a contact form. A plain HTML page has nowhere to send a form post, so the classic answer was to spin up a tiny backend just to catch one form. That is a lot of moving parts for a Contact Us page.

Point the Form at a Hosted Endpoint

The modern approach is to let a hosted form backend receive the submission for you. You create a form, get a unique URL, and set it as the form action:

<form action="https://api.bluejayrelay.com/f/frm_yourtoken" method="POST">
  <input name="email" type="email" required>
  <textarea name="message"></textarea>
  <button type="submit">Send</button>
</form>

That is the whole integration. No server, no serverless function, no database. When someone submits, the endpoint stores the submission and emails you.

What You Get Without Writing Backend Code

A good hosted form endpoint handles the parts you would otherwise build yourself: spam filtering, per-IP rate limiting, an allowlist of which sites may post to the form, and a redirect back to a thank-you page after submit. You also get a dashboard of every submission and a CSV export when you need the data elsewhere.

When to Use It

If your site is on Netlify, Vercel, GitHub Pages, or any static host, a hosted form endpoint is almost always the right call for contact forms, waitlists, and simple lead capture. You keep your fast static site and add exactly one feature — a form that works.

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