# Retrieve signature image that the user has drawn, typed or uploaded

**URL:** <https://pdfjs.community/t/retrieve-signature-image-that-the-user-has-drawn-typed-or-uploaded/1248>\
**Category:** Technical Support\
**Created:** [December 13, 2021, 9:15pm UTC](https://pdfjs.community/t/retrieve-signature-image-that-the-user-has-drawn-typed-or-uploaded/1248 "2021-12-13T21:15:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![user36](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8797f3/32.png) [@user36](https://pdfjs.community/u/user36)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 9:15pm UTC](https://pdfjs.community/t/retrieve-signature-image-that-the-user-has-drawn-typed-or-uploaded/1248/1 "2021-12-13T21:15:50Z")

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```javascript
Build: “MTAvMjEvMjAyMXw2OGY2MTQ1NWU=”
Core version: “8.1.1”
Full API: false
UI version: “8.1.0”
WebViewer Server: false

```

Hi there,

I am trying to get the signature that the user has drawn through the signature tool  
as a data url or file so later on I can use that on the backend.

Thank you!

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/pdfjscommunity/original/1X/ffbcd25c7d423db8d5acd5db201c272f4db306dd.png) [@system](https://pdfjs.community/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 9:15pm UTC](https://pdfjs.community/t/retrieve-signature-image-that-the-user-has-drawn-typed-or-uploaded/1248/3 "2021-12-13T21:15:54Z")

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**Hello, I’m Ron, an automated tech support bot 🤖**

While you wait for one of our customer support representatives to get back to you, please check out some of these documentation pages:

Guides:
- [Add signatures to PDFs](https://pdfjs.express/documentation/signature/signature-tool)
- [Add signature fields to PDFs - Signature field APIs](https://pdfjs.express/documentation/signature/signature-field.8#signature-field-apis)
- [API for Signing PDFs with PDF.js Express](https://pdfjs.express/documentation/signature/api)

APIs:
- [Core.Tools.SignatureCreateTool - importSignatures(signatureData)](https://pdfjs.express/api/Core.Tools.SignatureCreateTool.html#importSignatures__anchor)
- [Tools.SignatureCreateTool - exportSignatures()](https://pdfjs.express/api/7.0/Tools.SignatureCreateTool.html#exportSignatures__anchor)
- [UI - setSignatureFonts(fonts)](https://pdfjs.express/api/UI.html#.setSignatureFonts__anchor)

Forums:
- [Get coordinates of X and Y of the signature image](https://pdfjs.community/t/get-coordinates-of-x-and-y-of-the-signature-image/1221/5)
- [How to move rubber stamp out of mis tool and remove another group annotation](https://pdfjs.community/t/how-to-move-rubber-stamp-out-of-mis-tool-and-remove-another-group-annotation/844/1)
- [Getting signatures as images for history logs](https://pdfjs.community/t/getting-signatures-as-images-for-history-logs/438/1)

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**Author:** ![user36](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8797f3/32.png) [@user36](https://pdfjs.community/u/user36)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 11:01pm UTC](https://pdfjs.community/t/retrieve-signature-image-that-the-user-has-drawn-typed-or-uploaded/1248/4 "2021-12-13T23:01:39Z")

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From the recomandation above, I could solve this issue with this link: [Getting signatures as images for history logs - #3 by eric](https://pdfjs.community/t/getting-signatures-as-images-for-history-logs/438/3)

Marking issue as resolved and closed

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**Author:** ![Logan](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/pdfjs.community/logan/32/13_2.png) [@Logan](https://pdfjs.community/u/Logan)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 4:16pm UTC](https://pdfjs.community/t/retrieve-signature-image-that-the-user-has-drawn-typed-or-uploaded/1248/5 "2021-12-15T16:16:26Z")

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