Vision

django-anysign provides conventions and base resources to implement digital signature features within a Django project.

django-anysign‘s goal is to provide a consistent API whatever the signature implementation. This concept basically covers the following use cases:

  • plug several signature backends and their specific workflows into a single website.
  • in a website using a single signature backend, migrate from one backend to another with minimum efforts.
  • as a developer, implement bindings for a new signature service vendor.

django-anysign presumes the following items are generally involved in digital signature features:

  • models. Such as signature, signer and signature type (backend options).
  • workflows. They usually start with the creation of a document to sign (setup a signature, assign signers, choose a backend). They usually end when the document has been signed by all signers. Steps between “start” and “end” typically vary depending on the vendor signature service.
  • views. Most signature workflows use similar views, such as “create signature”, “sign document”, “signer processed document” or “API callback”. Of course, the implementation and order vary depending on the vendor signature service. But some bits are generic.

django-anysign does not include vendor-specific implementation. Third-party projects do. And they can be based on django-anysign. So as a developer, you are likely to discover django-anysign via these vendor-specific projects. See Alternatives and related projects for details about third-party projects.

django-anysign is a framework. It does not provide all-in-one solutions. You may have to implement some things in your Django project. django-anysign tries to make this custom code easier to imagine and write, using conventions, utilities and base classes.