Stedefast

The contact module adds a fully-featured contact form to any Stedefast site. Submissions are validated server-side with Cloudflare Turnstile (no cookies, no tracking), stored in D1 for a full inbox log in the admin panel, and forwarded to your email via Cloudflare Email Routing (free, no third-party account) or Resend.

Installation

pnpm add @stedefast/module-contact

Setup

// stedefast.config.ts
import { defineConfig } from "@stedefast/core";
import { ContactModule } from "@stedefast/module-contact";

export default defineConfig({
  // ...
  modules: [
    ContactModule({
      to: "hello@example.com",           // must be verified in CF Email Routing
      subjectPrefix: "[My Site]",        // prepended to forwarded email subjects
      turnstileSiteKey: process.env.TURNSTILE_SITE_KEY,
      provider: "email-routing",         // or "resend"
      fields: { subject: true },         // show optional Subject field
    }),
  ],
  cloudflare: {
    projectName: "my-site",
    d1Databases: [{ binding: "CONTACT_DB", databaseId: "YOUR_D1_DATABASE_ID" }],
  },
});

Cloudflare bindings

Binding	Type	Required	Purpose
`CONTACT_DB`	D1 database	Always	Stores submission log
`TURNSTILE_SECRET_KEY`	Secret	Always	Server-side Turnstile verification
`SEND_EMAIL`	Email binding	When `provider = "email-routing"`	CF Email Routing delivery
`RESEND_API_KEY`	Secret	When `provider = "resend"`	Resend API delivery

Create the D1 database:

wrangler d1 create my-site-contact

Copy the database_id into your config, then declare the binding in wrangler.toml:

[[d1_databases]]
binding = "CONTACT_DB"
database_name = "my-site-contact"
database_id   = "YOUR_D1_DATABASE_ID"

Running D1 migrations

Apply the bundled migration to create the contact_submissions table:

wrangler d1 migrations apply my-site-contact --local   # local dev
wrangler d1 migrations apply my-site-contact           # production

Or use the Stedefast deploy command, which applies D1 migrations automatically:

stedefast deploy

Setting up Cloudflare Email Routing

The to address must be a verified destination in your Cloudflare dashboard before email delivery will work:

Go to Cloudflare Dashboard → Email → Email Routing → Destination addresses
Click Add destination address and enter the address used for to
Verify ownership via the confirmation email Cloudflare sends
In your Worker settings, create the SEND_EMAIL email binding pointing to that verified address

Using the island in a template

Add the mount point in your template where you want the form to appear:

// theme/templates/contact.tsx
<div
  data-island="ContactForm"
  data-props={JSON.stringify({
    pageUrl: page.url,
    showSubject: true,
    successMessage: "Thanks! I'll be in touch.",
    turnstileSiteKey: process.env.TURNSTILE_SITE_KEY,
  })}
/>

The Turnstile script is injected automatically into <head> via the module's headAssets — you do not need to add it manually.

How the island works

The form has four states:

State	Description
`idle`	Form is ready for input
`submitting`	Fields are disabled, button shows "Sending…"
`success`	Form replaced with the configured `successMessage`
`error`	Error message shown, Turnstile widget reset for retry

On submit, the island POSTs JSON to /_modules/contact/submit:

{
  "name": "Alice",
  "email": "alice@example.com",
  "subject": "Hello",
  "message": "Your site is great!",
  "token": "<turnstile-token>",
  "pageUrl": "https://example.com/contact"
}

The Worker validates the Turnstile token, hashes the submitter's IP (sha256(ip + TURNSTILE_SECRET_KEY)) before storing it, inserts the row into D1, and forwards the email.

Admin panel

Submissions appear in the admin panel at /admin/contact. The table shows date, name, email, subject (truncated), source page, and status. Click any row to expand the full message inline.

Available actions per row:

Read — mark the submission as read (turns badge blue)
Spam — mark as spam (turns badge red)
Reply — opens a mailto: link pre-filled with subject and quoted message; marks the submission as replied (turns badge green)
Delete — remove the submission
Bulk delete — select multiple rows and delete at once

`buildStaticExport`

During stedefast build, the module writes dist/data/contact/summary.json:

{ "totalSubmissions": 42, "unread": 3 }

This file is served from the CDN and can be used in templates or islands to display a submission count badge.

Configuration reference

Option	Type	Default	Description
`to`	`string`	required	Recipient email address — must be a verified CF destination
`subjectPrefix`	`string`	`"[Contact]"`	Prefix prepended to the email subject line
`turnstileSiteKey`	`string`	required	Cloudflare Turnstile public site key (safe to expose)
`provider`	`"email-routing" \| "resend"`	`"email-routing"`	Email delivery provider
`resendApiKey`	`string`	—	Required when `provider = "resend"`
`fields.subject`	`boolean`	`false`	Show an optional Subject field in the form
`successMessage`	`string`	`"Thanks! I'll be in touch."`	Message shown after a successful submission