Embed Content

Use the Embed field to display external webpages or widgets right inside your form. You can embed everything from videos and audio players to maps, calendars, PDFs, and more. Just drop in a public URL and Deformity does the rest.

Embeds are free for all Deformity users.

How to insert an embed

1. Create or open a form, and select the Embed question type.
2. Paste the content’s public URL (or embed link) into the field that appears.
3. Your content will instantly render inside your form.

If an embed doesn’t load, double‑check that you pasted the full URL from your browser bar or the src value from the provider’s embed code.

Note: Deformity currently sizes embeds automatically; manual resizing isn’t supported yet.

Supported content types

You can embed almost any public content. Popular examples include:

• Video platforms (YouTube, Vimeo, Loom, public MP4)
• Audio platforms (Spotify, SoundCloud, public MP3)
• Maps (Google Maps)
• Calendars (Calendly, Cal, SavvyCal, TidyCal, and more)
• Code (GitHub Gist, CodePen, JSFiddle)
• GIFs (GIPHY)
• Social posts (X/Twitter)
• Design files (public Figma links)
• Documents (publicly hosted PDFs)

Need to embed a Notion page? Use a third‑party service such as EmbedNotion.

Embed video

Paste the link to any publicly hosted video—YouTube, Vimeo, Loom, or a direct .mp4 file—and it will play directly in your form.

How to get a YouTube embed link

1. Click the Share button beneath the video.

   

2. In the pop‑up, select the Embed option.

   

3. Copy only the URL inside the src attribute of the embed code, then paste it into Deformity’s Embed Link field.

   

Embed audio

Drop in links from Spotify, SoundCloud, or any public .mp3 file to let respondents listen without leaving the form.

Embed any online content

For everything else—maps, calendars, GIFs, tweets, PDFs—select the Embed question type and paste the URL.

How to embed Google Maps

1. Search for a location on Google Maps and click Share.
2. Select the Embed a map tab.



3. Copy only the URL inside the src attribute:

   <iframe src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d97209.27923555902!2d-111.96250270765096!3d40.41350325247438" width="600" height="450" style="border:0;" allowfullscreen="" loading="lazy" referrerpolicy="no-referrer-when-downgrade"></iframe>

   Copy just this part ⬇︎

   https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d97209.27923555902!2d-111.96250270765096!3d40.41350325247438

4. Paste that URL in Deformity where it says "Embed Link". That's it!

   

How to embed PDF files from Google Drive

Host your PDF publicly (e.g., Google Drive) and then replace the end of the share link with /preview before pasting it into Deformity.

Old URL:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/xxxxxxx/view?usp=sharing

New URL:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/xxxxxxx/preview