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[Thilina_Wick]

Hi all, 

This is more for curiosity's sake as I was asked this question by a customer,

 "Can you add a signature stored in appsheet to an existing PDF?"

Naturally my instinct said no but I am curious if there is a possibility this can be done using some sort of API/Integration? I did some research and found PDF.CO claiming their API had the ability to do so naturally I became curious? 

Anyone had any experience with this sort of thing?

Customer workflow was

Up-loader adds a quotation PDF to the app the approver should look through the quotation and approve it at which point up-loader will print out the PDF with approver's signature and make the purchase 

Thanks in Advance,

[Ratatosk · Accepted solution]

Yes, but it's not by any imagination easy. And it would involve apps script.

Why not make a new version of the pdf -with the signature- through appsheet when approving?

[Thilina_Wick]

The issue is the quotation in question is generated by a third party - mostly likely multiple suppliers for different types of acquisitions. So creating a new pdf is out of the question for his requirement.

If this can be done through app-script can you please point me in the right direction and give me a rough idea how so links would really be helpful, thank you very much for your reply ! 

[Ratatosk]

Here's an implementation merging folder content on google drive:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15414077/merge-multiple-pdfs-into-one-pdf

[Thilina_Wick]

Thanks @Ratatosk I will look into this 😄

[mateo]

Hi @Thilina_Wick

Have you found solution for your needs? I am very curious about that because I am seeking similar functionality in one of my apps.

Cheers!

[Thilina_Wick]

Unfortunately no, the nature of a PDF seems to prevent any straightforward solutions for this requirement 😞 

[mateo]

Thanks for reply!