To give form creators more control over who can respond, we're introducing granular controls for responders. Forms created with the API after January 31, 2026 will have an unpublished state by default. To learn more, seeAPI changes to Google Forms.
Create a new form using the title given in the provided form message in the request.
Important:Only theform.info.titleandform.info.document_titlefields are copied to the new form. All other fields including the form description, items and settings are disallowed. To create a new form and add items, you must first callforms.createto create an empty form with a title and (optional) document title, and then callforms.updateto add the items.
Optional. Whether the form is unpublished. If set totrue, the form doesn't accept responses. If set tofalseor unset, the form is published and accepts responses.
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