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Webform eSignatures

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Collect Electronic Signatures on Frappe Documents via Web Forms.

Features

🖊️ Electronic Signatures

  • Capture legally-binding electronic signatures on any Frappe DocType

  • Support for multiple signature fields per document

  • Touch-optimized signature pad for mobile devices

🔗 Secure Document Sharing

  • Share documents for signing via secure, expiring links

  • Guest users can sign without logging in using document share keys

  • Rate-limited endpoints to prevent abuse

📄 Signed PDF Generation

  • Automatically generates and attaches signed PDFs to documents

  • SHA-256 hash verification for document integrity

  • Download signed documents directly from the signing page or document timeline

📋 Comprehensive Audit Trail

  • Full audit trail recorded for each signature event

  • Captures signer name, email, IP address, and user agent

  • Records timestamp and which fields were signed

  • Displays signature history in the document timeline

⚙️ Workflow Automation

  • Optionally update a field value when document is signed (e.g., set status to "Signed")

  • Optionally submit the document automatically after signing

  • Background PDF generation for faster response times

📱 Mobile-First Design

  • Responsive layout works on desktop and mobile

  • Optional "Force Mobile" mode with QR code for touch screen signing

  • Clean, distraction-free signing experience

Usage

  1. Create a Web Form for your DocType

  2. Enable "eSign Enabled" in the Web Form settings

  3. Add Signature field(s) to the Web Form

  4. Optionally configure:

    • Print Format - The format used for the signed PDF

    • Update Field / Value - Automatically set a field when signed

    • Submit on Response - Submit the document after signing

    • Force Mobile - Require touch screen for signing

  5. Generate a document share link and send to the signer

Installation

You can install this app using the bench CLI:

cd $PATH_TO_YOUR_BENCH
bench get-app Avunu/esign_webforms
bench install-app esign_webforms

Contributing

This app uses pre-commit for code formatting and linting. Please install pre-commit and enable it for this repository:

cd apps/esign_webforms
pre-commit install

Pre-commit is configured to use the following tools for checking and formatting your code:

  • ruff

  • eslint

  • prettier

  • pyupgrade

License

MIT