# Forms API not returning placeholders?

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/forms-api-not-returning-placeholders/140867>\
**Category:** APIs & Integrations\
**Tags:** forms\
**Created:** [October 10, 2025, 8:34am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/forms-api-not-returning-placeholders/140867 "2025-10-10T08:34:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![OKapusta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b4bc9f/32.png) [@OKapusta](https://community.hubspot.com/u/OKapusta)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 8:34am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/forms-api-not-returning-placeholders/140867/1 "2025-10-10T08:34:30Z")

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Hello,

I’m having a problem with the forms API. Form what I’m seeing it’s returning labels for my fields but not placeholders.

{  
id: “a7a73444-2337-4fed-b508-ef594cac39f8”,  
name: “New newsletter form (October 8, 2025 9:16:29 AM EDT)”,  
createdAt: “2025-10-08T13:16:29.313Z”,  
updatedAt: “2025-10-09T13:06:45.989Z”,  
archived: false,  
fieldGroups:  
[{“groupType” =\> “default\_group”,  
“richTextType” =\> “text”,  
“fields” =\>  
[{“objectTypeId” =\> “0-1”, “name” =\> “firstname”, “label” =\> “Prénom”, “required” =\> false, “hidden” =\> false, “fieldType” =\> “single\_line\_text”},  
{“objectTypeId” =\> “0-1”, “name” =\> “lastname”, “label” =\> “Nom”, “required” =\> false, “hidden” =\> false, “fieldType” =\> “single\_line\_text”},  
{“objectTypeId” =\> “0-1”, “name” =\> “email”, “label” =\> “E-mail”, “required” =\> true, “hidden” =\> false, “validation” =\> {“blockedEmailDomains” =\> [], “useDefaultBlockList” =\> false}, “fieldType” =\> “email”}]}],  
configuration:  
…  
}

My goal is to fetch forms throuugh API to have them translated.

Are there any workarounds for this?

How can I create language variations for forms on my pages?

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**Author:** ![Berangere](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/berangere/32/220784_2.png) [@Berangere](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Berangere)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 10:13am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/forms-api-not-returning-placeholders/140867/2 "2025-10-10T10:13:41Z")

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Hi @OKapusta and welcome, we are delighted to have you here!  
Great question, thanks for asking the HubSpot Community!  
To start with, here are some resources that might be useful:  
- [Marketing API | Forms](https://developers.hubspot.com/docs/api-reference/marketing-forms-v3/guide)  
- Create forms in multiple languages (legacy) OR you can [create an AI translation of your form in the updated editor](https://knowledge.hubspot.com/forms/create-and-edit-forms?hubs_content=knowledge.hubspot.com/forms/create-forms-in-multiple-languages&hubs_content-cta=ai-translation-of-your-form-in-the-updated-editor#:~:text=To%20create%20an,update%20the%20translation)  
Also, the solution from @SBruyere on this post “[Missing information Form Editor API no placeholder](https://community.hubspot.com/t5/APIs-Integrations/Missing-information-Form-Editor-API-no-placeholder/m-p/1124102)” might help you.  
I’d love to put you in touch with our Top Experts: Hi @evaldas, @GiantFocal and @h-recker do you have suggestions to help @OKapusta, please?  
Have a lovely weekend and thanks so much! 🧡  
Bérangère

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**Author:** ![evaldas](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/evaldas/32/69160_2.png) [@evaldas](https://community.hubspot.com/u/evaldas)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 2:08pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/forms-api-not-returning-placeholders/140867/3 "2025-10-10T14:08:20Z")

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Hi @OKapusta,

I don’t have any additional solutions to what [@BérangèreL](https://community.hubspot.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/230185) already provided.

The issue appears to be that the new forms editor currently does not return the placeholder value via the API. You would need to use the Legacy forms in order to retrieve it via API.

Confirming that I see the placeholder and help text values by using Legacy forms and [v3 forms API](https://developers.hubspot.com/docs/api-reference/marketing-forms-v3/forms/get-marketing-v3-forms-formId).

 ![158338iE0F1A5DA5D5BC232.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/f/5fd58a0a59751506e36ffb8b33ff7470245525ba.png)