ESign Integrations
Form.io contains eSign integrations that allow you to request eSignatures on submitted forms
Form.io allows integration with eSignature providers to capture an eSignature, a digital signature, from one or many signers. This process is customizable and works for both PDF and API forms.
The Form.io Box Sign Integration will soon be deprecated
To utilize an eSignature component, you need to drag and drop a Signature component from the Premium section onto a form
Drag and drop the Signature component onto a form
Doing so will open the Signature component edit modal. Clicking on the "Providers" tab will show a drop-down containing our current eSignature providers.
Current Providers:
- Default - This is a standard digital signature that should be signed upon form submission
The Form.io Box Sign Integration will soon be deprecated
When selecting a provider other than Default, there should appear a "Signer Email" and a "Signer Order" field:
- Signer Email - The email address of the person needing to provide a signature. This can be a string email address or an interpolated value. For example, in the above screenshot, the value is {{data.emailAddress}}. This assumes there is another component on the form whose display and API value is "Email Address". Whatever the value of this component is upon submission will be substituted for {{data.emailAddress}}
- Signer Order - The order in which this recipient should receive an email request for signature. By default, Box sign reserves 0 for the service account signing on behalf so please start numbering in this field from 1. Example: any value between 1 and integer max value.
You will need to add the eSign action under the Form's "Actions" tab. This can be done by selecting "eSign (Premium)" from the drop-down on the Actions page.
The eSign action screen contains a lot of various options. Let's walk through it in depth.
- Approvers - Recipients who need to approve a document sent for eSignature, but do not need to provide a signature. The values here can be a string email address or an interpolated value. Example values: [email protected] or {{data.approverEmailAddress}}
- Final Signed Copy Recipients - Recipients who need to be sent a copy of the signed document once signing has been completed. The values here can be a string email address or an interpolated value. Example values: fina[email protected] or {{data.finalCopyRecipientEmail}}
- Automatically redirect to E-Sign provider on Form Submit - By checking this box, the form will automatically redirect to Box Sign's website upon form submission to allow the person submitting the form to provide a signature. Note that there is no redirect back to Form.io upon signature completion. You will have to navigate back to Form.io.
- Email Subject - A custom email subject to be included in the signature request email. Valid values are string values. Example: Please eSign this form
- Email Message - A custom email message to be included in the signature request email. Valid values are string values. Example: This is my test email message
- Name of upload PDF File - The name you wish to customize for the file when uploaded to Box Sign. Valid values are string values. By default, if you leave this field blank, the name of the file when uploaded to the box will be the submission id. Example: My request form
Before you submit a form, you must make sure you have set the appropriate eSign integration settings set on your project's settings.
Fill out the eSign integration settings here
The Form.io Box Sign Integration will soon be deprecated
Form.io communicates with Box Sign via Server to Server with JWT Tokens. You will need to be aware that if you have any networking rules, the Form.io API Server will need to have access to making this request to Box.
After authentication with your Box Sign App (see next page for example on how to set that up), the Form.io API does the following:
- 1.Creates a folder named in the following format: formId - submissionId. This is currently not customizable via Form.io.
- 2.Uploads a PDF copy of the form submission into this newly created folder. When generating a PDF copy, the API will embed a white-colored signing tag ([ [ s | 1 ] ]) for Box Sign's API to know where to place a signature.
- 3.
Why does Form.io have to create a folder on my box drive every time I submit my form and not just upload the file to be signed to the root directory?
By default, Box Sign cannot successfully create a signature request when uploading to the parent directory whose value is '0', which is the root directory. Please see this resource here for further explanation.
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