The **Form Processor** extension allows you to specify the data that will be processed with a form on your public website.
In CiviCRM you specify what data you want to display on the form, if and what default values you want to load and what should happen with the data that is submitted with the form.
For example: I want a form that allows me to enter my name and email address so I can sign up for the newsletter.
You can specify all that in the **Form Processor** and also specify that a new contact should be created if one can not be found with the email address, and that the contact found or created should be added to the newsletter group in CiviCRM.
In this chapter we will briefly discuss the forms and screens you need to go through if you are specifying a form with the **Form Processor**.
!!! Note "Techie stuff"
On a technical level: the extension actually generates an API action for the FormProcessor API entity.
## Form Processors Page
Once you installed the **Form Processor** extension you will have an additional option in the **Administer>Automation>Form processors** option which will lead you the the first view of all the form processors in your installation.
This will be empty if you just installed the extension.
