# Populate hubspot owner / hubspot user through formsAPI

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/populate-hubspot-owner-hubspot-user-through-formsapi/65239>\
**Category:** APIs & Integrations\
**Tags:** forms\
**Created:** [September 16, 2022, 6:31am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/populate-hubspot-owner-hubspot-user-through-formsapi/65239 "2022-09-16T06:31:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![ClaraSoderberg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@ClaraSoderberg](https://community.hubspot.com/u/ClaraSoderberg)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 6:31am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/populate-hubspot-owner-hubspot-user-through-formsapi/65239/1 "2022-09-16T06:31:10Z")

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A contact property with the field type “hubspot user” can not be used in a form. This makes it difficult when using formsAPI and you want Hubspot to receive a contact owner from another system. Maybe it could work if we created a dropdown select with all of our users and then created a workflow that copies the value from that dropdown select field into the contact owner field. But that would be a nightmare to keep updated when having a lot of users. Ideas?

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**Author:** ![Jaycee\_Lewis](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/jaycee_lewis/32/61352_2.png) [@Jaycee\_Lewis](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Jaycee_Lewis)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/populate-hubspot-owner-hubspot-user-through-formsapi/65239/2 "2022-09-16T16:02:28Z")

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Hi, @ClaraSoderberg 👋 Thanks for the interesting question. I feel like you are on the right path with your idea. I am too am curious if there is a way to automate some of this.

Hey, @nikodev @LMeert @Teun, have y’all tackled anything like this internally or for a client?

Thank you for taking a look! — Jaycee