Method: googleapis.forms.v1.forms.create

Create a new form using the title given in the provided form message inthe request.Important: Only the form.info.title andform.info.document_title fields are copied to the new form. All otherfields including the form description, items and settings aredisallowed. To create a new form and add items, you must first callforms.create to create an empty form with a title and (optional)document title, and then call forms.update to add the items.

Arguments

Parameters
body

object (Form)

Required.

Raised exceptions

Exceptions
ConnectionErrorIn case of a network problem (such as DNS failure or refused connection).
HttpErrorIf the response status is >= 400 (excluding 429 and 503).
TimeoutErrorIf a long-running operation takes longer to finish than the specified timeout limit.
TypeErrorIf an operation or function receives an argument of the wrong type.
ValueErrorIf an operation or function receives an argument of the right type but an inappropriate value. For example, a negative timeout.

Response

If successful, the response contains an instance ofForm.

Subworkflow snippet

Some fields might be optional or required.To identify required fields, refer to theAPI documentation.

YAML

-create:call:googleapis.forms.v1.forms.createargs:body:info:description:...title:...items:...settings:quizSettings:isQuiz:...result:createResult

JSON

[{"create":{"call":"googleapis.forms.v1.forms.create","args":{"body":{"info":{"description":"...","title":"..."},"items":"...","settings":{"quizSettings":{"isQuiz":"..."}}}},"result":"createResult"}}]

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Last updated 2026-02-19 UTC.