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 save form submissions to a database?

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.

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 create an enquiry management dashboard?

Ask Lovable to build an admin-only page that lists submissions from your database table, with search, status filters and the ability to mark enquiries as handled — protected by authentication and row-level security.

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 upload files through a form?

Last checked 31 Aug 2026

Short answer

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.

File uploads need storage, not just a database

Files themselves don't belong in a Postgres table — they go into object storage, with the table holding a reference (a path or URL) to the stored file. Lovable Cloud (and Supabase) both include storage buckets for this.

Prompt for the whole flow

Add a file upload field to the form for attaching a photo. Restrict it to JPG/PNG under 5MB. Upload the file to a storage bucket and save the resulting file path in the enquiries table alongside the rest of the submission.

Lovable will create the bucket, add the upload logic, and apply access rules so files aren't publicly readable unless you want them to be.

Access control matters

Decide up front who should be able to view uploaded files:

Public bucket: fine for things like public profile photos.
Private bucket with signed URLs: needed for anything sensitive (ID documents, private attachments) — only generate a temporary access link when an authorised user requests it.

Make the uploads bucket private. Only allow admins to generate a link to view an uploaded file.

Validate before upload, not after

Check file type and size client-side for instant feedback, but also enforce it server-side/in the bucket policy — a client check alone can be bypassed by someone calling the upload API directly.

What usually goes wrong

No size limit: large files can slow uploads and inflate storage costs quickly; always specify a maximum.
Public buckets by default: don't assume a new bucket is private — say so explicitly.
No upload progress or error state: for anything beyond a tiny file, ask for a progress indicator and a clear failure message if the upload fails.
Forgetting cleanup: if a form submission is deleted, the associated file in storage isn't removed automatically unless you ask for that.

Sources

Lovable Cloud

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