Single Use Links

Single Use Links

This guide will help you understand how to generate and use single-use links within our application.

Purpose

Single-use links (or one-time / disposable links) are URLs that grant access to a survey only once.

The primary purpose of single-use links is to assure that no respondent submits a survey twice.

Want to create up to 5,000 single-use links? Use our API endpoint for that..

Using Single-Use Links with SurveyTale

Using single-use links with SurveyTale is quite straight-forward:

1. In the survey settings, toggle "Single Use Link" on:

2. When you publish your survey, the following modal will open:

Here, you can copy and generate as many single-use links as you need.

URL Encryption

You can encrypt single use URLs to assure information to be protected. To enable it, you have to set the correct environment variable:

Check suId of a submission

You can find the suId of each submission in the submission meta data. To view it, simple hover over the Avatar:

'Link used' message

You can customize the 'link used' messaging in the Survey Editor settings: