Openli (formerly Legal Monster)

How to integrate Openli (formerly Legal Monster) with Webflow

Openli maintains privacy compliance on your Webflow site through automated consent management and compliance tracking. Your site can handle GDPR, CCPA, and other privacy regulations while giving users control over their data.

Integrate Openli with Webflow using Code Embed elements for quick widget or the Openli API combined with Webflow's APIs for custom privacy systems.

Use embed widgets and native features

Openli provides a copy-paste JavaScript snippet that works immediately in Webflow. This method suits most compliance needs without requiring technical expertise.

To implement, copy your widget code from the Openli dashboard and paste it into Webflow using the Code Embed element or site-wide Custom Code settings. The widget activates immediately upon publishing.

For custom consent triggers, Openli supports linking any button or element to open the consent preferences.

Add a custom link or button instead of the default shield icon by adding the data-openli="show-cookie-settings" attribute to your chosen HTML element. For example, <button data-legalmonster="show-cookie-settings">Access your cookie settings</button>.

Widget embedding delivers these capabilities.

• Display cookie consent banners automatically to visitors based on their location
• Provide consent preference centers where users can manage their privacy choices
• Show privacy policy widgets that stay synchronized with your Openli dashboard
• Support multiple languages with automatic locale detection

Note: This feature is only available for customers on a paid Openli subscription.

Build with Webflow and Openli APIs

Integrating the Openli API with Webflow's APIs enables advanced compliance workflows, real-time consent synchronization, and custom privacy experiences. This approach benefits agencies managing multiple client sites or enterprises needing granular consent control.

Some things you can build with Webflow and Openli APIs include:

• Build dynamic consent forms that adjust based on user location or account type
• Synchronize consent in real-time between your database and Openli
• Generate automated compliance reporting that integrates with external systems (note that Openli API provides consent data, but custom dashboard creation in Webflow CMS requires additional development work using Webflow's CMS API)
• Manage consent across multiple sites from a centralized system

Implement custom consent workflows

Build tailored consent experiences for specific user journeys. Here’s how:

1. Configure service endpoints using GET /services to retrieve your compliance service catalog and map them to Webflow forms
2. Process consent webhooks by setting up endpoints to receive consent events and update user records using Webflow's CMS API
3. Create audit dashboards to display consent metrics and compliance status using Webflow collections populated via API

The Openli API documentation details authentication requirements and request formatting.

Automate multi-site compliance

Manage consent across multiple Webflow projects.

1. Centralize configuration using the API to maintain consistent privacy settings across all sites
2. Sync policy updates so when privacy policies change, all connected Webflow sites update automatically using Webflow's custom code API endpoints (requires registering scripts via /sites/{site_id}/registered_scripts before applying them with [/sites/{site_id}/custom_code](https://developers.webflow.com/data/reference/custom-code) or [/pages/{page_id}/custom_code](https://developers.webflow.com/data/reference/custom-code))
3. Aggregate reporting by collecting consent data from multiple sites into a unified compliance dashboard

What you can build

Integrating Openli with Webflow creates sophisticated privacy compliance systems that protect your business while respecting user choices.

• E-commerce sites with granular consent that collect specific consent for marketing emails, personalization cookies, and analytics tracking while maintaining detailed audit trails for each customer interaction
• Multi-language business sites that automatically display consent banners in the visitor's language and comply with local privacy laws from GDPR to CCPA
• Membership platforms with consent-based features where premium features or content access depends on specific consent types, with automatic feature toggling based on user privacy choices
• Agency compliance dashboards that track consent rates, policy versions, and compliance status across all client websites from a single Webflow-powered interface