Elements Form, missing resources

Elements
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I created a form (Contact US) with as much of the tipps/suggestions I could find here.
However clicking on the “Submit” (Send this message) button logs this :

Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 ()
https://www.vps13.org/rw/elements/com.realmac.apipack/api/email

in the browser console.

Which sort of makes sense as there is no “email” (file, directory) in https://www.vps13.org/rw/elements/com.realmac.apipack/api/ .

I tried to publish all (from File menu, etc.) as much as I can, but no “email” in the above path appears.
Any suggestions as to what I maybe missing?

TIA !

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Have you chose to send the form by e-mail via SMTP, or to a webhook? And are all settings filled out for it?

Also, maybe check the e-mail field (in case the email part of the path comes from that).

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Thanks @Thomas123no, sending the form should results in an email, to the best of my knowledge I filled out/in all fields (I could find).
This is however my first try with the Elements, v0.99, form, so bare with me here …

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Would like to help, but not sure what can be going on here.

If you have filled out the SMTP server details, it should send. I guess you’ve checked that the submit button is actually inside the form component? Just in case… And that the button doesn’t have any other click actions.

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In Version 0.9.10 also.
The image shows a console error message indicating a failed POST request to a local API endpoint, resulting in a 404 (Not Found) error. (Captioned by AI)

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Is this the best place to report bugs to the developers?

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Hey Ulrich,
Don’t know if it is ‘the best’ place, but yes a number of the RealMac/Elements developers are on here also and regularly give solid feedback.
Which is much appreciated!

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Hi @Bart-Jan

The reason you’re seeing a 404 for https://www.vps13.org/rw/elements/com.realmac.apipack/api/email is not because there’s supposed to be a physical email file or folder on your server. Instead, the system uses an .htaccess file, which works with Apache’s mod_rewrite module to route any request (like /email, /form, etc.) to a single index.php file behind the scenes.

Think of it like this: you’re making a request to /api/email, and .htaccess says “no matter what the path is, send it to index.php, and let PHP figure out what to do.”

So, if you’re getting a 404, it usually means that the .htaccess file isn’t being read or isn’t working properly (often due to missing server configuration, like AllowOverride All or mod_rewrite not being enabled).

To fix this:

  • Make sure the .htaccess file inside the https://www.vps13.org/rw/elements/com.realmac.apipack/api/ folder is published to the server.
  • Confirm with your hosting provider that .htaccess overrides are allowed, and that mod_rewrite is enabled.

Let me know how you get on, or if you need further explanation as to what’s happening here! :slight_smile:

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Hi @Ulrich — see my reply above, could you also check the following:

  • Make sure the .htaccess file inside the https://www.vps13.org/rw/elements/com.realmac.apipack/api/ folder is published to the server.
  • Confirm with your hosting provider that .htaccess overrides are allowed, and that mod_rewrite is enabled.

Thanks! :slight_smile:

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Hi ben,

it’s an IIS. So we need a web.config. If i find out how it goes i will post it here.

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The public/index.php runs (i added some log messages)
But there are no other messages in the log file.
Maybe i missed some extensions?
PHPInfo: PHP 8.4.10 - phpinfo()

/rw/elements/com.realmac.apipack/api/web.config

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
  <system.webServer>
    <rewrite>
      <rules>
        <rule name="Rewrite to public/index.php" stopProcessing="true">
          <match url="^(.*)$" />
          <conditions>
            <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true" />
            <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="true" />
          </conditions>
          <action type="Rewrite" url="public/index.php" />
        </rule>
      </rules>
    </rewrite>
  </system.webServer>
</configuration>

/rw/elements/com.realmac.apipack/api/public/web.config

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
  <system.webServer>
    <rewrite>
      <rules>
        <rule name="Rewrite to index.php" stopProcessing="true">
          <match url="^(.*)$" />
          <conditions>
            <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true" />
            <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="true" />
          </conditions>
          <action type="Rewrite" url="index.php" appendQueryString="true" />
        </rule>
      </rules>
    </rewrite>
  </system.webServer>
</configuration>
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Look here: E-Mail with IIS - how it works