How do I create a contact form in Lovable?

Describe the form fields you want in chat (name, email, message) and ask Lovable to build a contact form; it will generate the React form with validation and wire it to a submit handler.

Where do Lovable form submissions go?

Nowhere, by default — a form only exists on the front end until you connect a destination: a database table (Lovable Cloud/Supabase) and/or an outgoing email via an integration like Resend.

How do I email form submissions to myself?

Connect an email integration (Resend is the standard option), then ask Lovable to trigger a server-side function that emails you the form data whenever it's submitted.

Why isn't my Lovable contact form working?

Check, in order: whether a submit handler is actually wired up, whether a backend (Lovable Cloud/Supabase) is connected if you're saving data, whether client-side validation is blocking submission, and the browser console for errors.

Why aren't form emails being delivered?

Most delivery failures trace back to an unverified sending domain, spam-folder filtering, or a server function that's failing silently — check your email provider's logs (e.g. Resend's dashboard) first.

How do I stop spam form submissions?

Add a honeypot field, rate-limit submissions server-side, and validate inputs strictly; for public-facing high-traffic forms, add a CAPTCHA on top.

How do I add CAPTCHA to Lovable?

Ask Lovable to integrate a CAPTCHA provider such as Google reCAPTCHA or Cloudflare Turnstile, including the site key on the front end and server-side verification of the token before accepting the submission.

How do I validate form fields?

Describe the exact rules per field (required, format, length, matching) to Lovable and ask for both client-side validation for instant feedback and server-side validation before the data is saved.

How do I create a multi-step form?

Describe the steps and what data each collects, and ask Lovable to build a wizard-style form that keeps state across steps and only submits everything on the final step.

How do I upload files through a form?

Use Lovable Cloud's (or Supabase's) storage buckets: ask Lovable to add a file input, restrict file type and size, and upload to a storage bucket with access rules controlling who can read the file later.

How do I send automatic confirmation emails?

Ask Lovable to trigger a server-side function after a successful form submission (or sign-up) that sends a confirmation email via an integration like Resend, using a template you describe.

How do I connect Resend to Lovable?

Open the Resend integration in Lovable (or ask in chat to connect Resend), authorise your Resend account, then prompt Lovable to use it for whatever emails you need sent.

How do I use my own email domain?

Verify your domain with your email provider (Resend or similar) by adding the SPF, DKIM and DMARC DNS records it gives you, then ask Lovable to send from an address on that domain instead of a shared or test address.

How do I save form submissions to a database?

Last checked 31 Aug 2026

Short answer

Connect Lovable Cloud (or your own Supabase project), then ask Lovable to create a table for submissions and wire the form's submit handler to insert a row into it, with row-level security limiting who can read the data.

Connect a backend first

Saving data requires a Postgres database, which comes from Lovable Cloud or a connected Supabase project. If your project doesn't have either yet, ask for it explicitly:

Set up Lovable Cloud for this project.

Ask for the table and the wiring together

Create an enquiries table with columns for name, email, message and created_at. When the contact form is submitted, insert a row into this table. Only I should be able to read the submissions — add row-level security for that.

Lovable will generate the table, apply RLS policies, and update the form's submit handler to call the insert.

Why row-level security matters

By default, a public table with no RLS policy is either fully locked or fully open depending on how it's created — don't assume. For enquiry data:

Public insert should be allowed (anyone can submit the form).
Select/read should be restricted to authenticated admins, typically checked against a separate user_roles table — never a role column on a profiles row.

Building a way to view submissions

Raw table access isn't useful day to day. Once submissions are stored, ask for a simple view:

Add an admin page at /admin/enquiries that lists all submissions, newest first, visible only to logged-in admins.

See how do I create an enquiry management dashboard for more detail.

What usually goes wrong

Forgetting RLS: an enquiries table without a read policy for admins means you can't see anything through the app; without a write policy for the public, submissions fail silently.
No confirmation the insert worked: ask Lovable to show a clear success/error state so failed inserts aren't mistaken for successful ones.
Mixing this up with email: saving to a database doesn't notify you. Pair it with an email step (see how do I email form submissions to myself) if you want to know about enquiries as they arrive.

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