JQuery Signature Panel Plugin

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I've been trying to get a signature panel to work in grails. on the client side everything looks like it works, but I have been struggling on how to get the signature saved to the database record.

I've tried a couple different versions, the last one I ended up with came closest to describing how to use ImageMagic or the like using php, ruby, or python. However trying to do this in groovy left me lost because I'm still a little green on how to code. Also I'm not sure about using a 3rd party utility when this is going to be running on cloud foundry.

The plugin in called SignaturePanel, looks just like the other ones really... jes-sherborne/jquery-signature-panel-plugin

Here is the code from my files.

First, create.gsp contains the Javascript code.

<title><g:message code="default.create.label" args="[entityName]" /></title>
        <!--  jQuery signature element code begins here -->
        <!--[if lt IE 9]><script type="text/javascript" src="${resource(dir: 'js', file: 'excanvas.compiled.js')}"></script><![endif]-->
    <script type="text/javascript" src="${resource(dir: 'js', file: 'jquery-1.4.4.min.js')}"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="${resource(dir: 'js', file: 'jquery.signature-panel.js')}"></script>

    <link rel="stylesheet" href="${resource(dir: 'css', file: 'jquery.signature-panel.css')}" type="text/css"/>


    <script type="text/javascript">

        function signatureOK(signatureData) {
            // Send the signature to the server and generate an image file.
            $.ajax({
                url:"processSignature",
                type:"POST",
                data:JSON.stringify(signatureData),
                contentType:"application/json; charset=utf-8",
                dataType:"text",
                success: function(data, textStatus, jqXHR){
                    $("#latest-signature").attr("src", data);
                },
                error: function(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
                    console.log(textStatus);
                    console.log(errorThrown);
                }
            });
            $("#sig-panel").signaturePanel("clear");
        }

        function signatureCancel() {
            alert("Cancelled.");
        }

        $(document).ready(function() {
            $("#sig-panel").signaturePanel({
                okCallback: signatureOK,
                cancelCallback: signatureCancel
            });
        });

    </script>

_form.gsp

<!-- Signature Panel Begins Here -->

    <label for="sig"><g:message code="salesOrder.sig.label" default="Customer Signature" /></label>
    <div class="fieldcontain" ${hasErrors(bean: salesOrderInstance, field: 'sig','error')} id="sig-panel" style="width: 500px; height: 150px; border: 0px none"></div>
    <canvas id="latest-signature" style="width: 500px; height: 150px; border: 0px none"></canvas>

<!-- End of Signature Panel -->

Controller

// Capture Customer Signature JSON Data, Processes to Image, and Stream to Database
    @Secured(['ROLE_ADMIN','ROLE_SALES'])
    def processSignature() {
        flash.message = message(code: 'default.created.message', args: [message(code: 'salesOrder.label', default: 'Signature'), ])
        // groovy code here 
        // We need to read the JSON POST data
         InputStream body = request.getInputStream();
         log.info(body) // nothing happens here
    }

Here is one of the Ruby examples I'm trying to figure out how to do in groovy.*(or if there is a better way... on the client side one can just right click and save the image. not really sure why this is so difficult for me)

### Generating image files on the server using Ruby

The Ruby library uses ImageMagick to generate a `Magick::Image` object, which you can use to write image files or stream the data in a variety of formats (PNG, JPEG, etc.). By default, the function will generate an image with the same pixel measurements as were originally captured on the client. You can also specify the size of the generated image, and SignaturePanel will scale the signature appropriately to fit within these bounds.

To generate the image, you will write code like this:

```ruby
require 'signature-panel.rb'
...

post '/process-signature' do
    image = SignaturePanel::GenerateImage(request.body.read)
    filename = 'latest-signature.png'

    image.write(filename)

    # If you want to stream your PNG directly to a database instead of saving a file,
    # you can get a binary stream like this:
    # image.to_blob {self.format = "PNG"}

    content_type :text

    # Send the name of the newly-generated file to the client
    body filename
end
```

So my question once again is, how does one save the signature along with all the rest of the form data in to the database using groovy?

Also from my domain class I should mention

byte[] sig

sig nullable: true, maxSize: 1048567

Once we get this challenge solved, we can put this puppy to bed ; )

Aug 24, 2022 in Web Development by gaurav
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