---
title: "Approve a submission"
description: "Adds the person of a pending sign-up to its audiences without waiting for them to confirm, for when you know them."
url: "https://openemail.uk/docs/api/forms/approve"
area: "API"
category: "Mailbox"
---

# Approve a submission

Adds the person of a pending sign-up to its audiences without waiting for them to confirm, for when you know them.

`POST /forms/{id}/submissions/{submissionId}/approve`

## POST /forms/{id}/submissions/{submissionId}/approve

Adds the person of a pending sign-up to its audiences without waiting for them to confirm, for when you know them.

## Example

Needs `forms:write` and `contacts:write`. No body.

**curl**

```
curl -X POST "$OE/forms/frm_3b9d2e7a1c4f80d56e2a9b14/submissions/fsb_8e2c4a6b1d3f57e09a2c4e6b/approve" -H "$AUTH"
```

**Response**

```
{
  "object": "form_submission",
  "id": "fsb_8e2c4a6b1d3f57e09a2c4e6b",
  "formId": "frm_3b9d2e7a1c4f80d56e2a9b14",
  "email": "ann@example.com",
  "status": "added",
  "expired": false,
  "answers": [
    {
      "fieldId": "fld_k2m8q4w9z1x7",
      "key": "email",
      "label": "Email",
      "type": "email",
      "value": "ann@example.com",
      "display": "ann@example.com"
    },
    {
      "fieldId": "fld_p7r3t5v2y8n4",
      "key": "first_name",
      "label": "First name",
      "type": "text",
      "value": "Ann",
      "display": "Ann"
    }
  ],
  "audienceIds": ["aud_4c1b8e2a7d9f05c36b4e8a71"],
  "sourceUrl": "https://acme.com/blog",
  "confirmedAt": "2026-09-30T16:44:02.000Z",
  "createdAt": "2026-09-30T16:42:11.000Z"
}
```

> Approving does not subscribe again someone who unsubscribed from an audience. Only their own confirmation does that.

> An added submission is returned as it is.