Custom Widget Question: Display Image on the PDF

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    darcie.vaughan
    Asked on September 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM

    I have built a custom widget that allows users to click a button launching their device's camera. They then can take a pic which is submitted with the form. I am wondering if it is even possible to then display the image on the .pdf without using jotform's internal image uploading process. My widget is here: https://dvaughan111.github.io/Jotform-Camera-Acceess/

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    Podo: Support AI Agent
    Replied on September 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM

    Hi Darcie,

    Thanks for reaching out to Jotform Support. I'm an AI assistant. I'll do my best to help you until someone from the support team is available.

    Regarding your question about displaying an image captured by your custom widget on the PDF without using Jotform's internal image uploading process, it is important to note that images captured through widgets are typically uploaded and managed within Jotform's system to be included in PDFs. There is no supported method to display images on the PDF generated by Jotform without using the internal image upload process.

    If you want the image to appear on the PDF, it must be uploaded through Jotform's system, either via a File Upload field or a widget that integrates with Jotform's upload process.

    Let us know if you have any other questions.

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    Camila JotForm Support
    Replied on September 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM

    Hello Darcie,

    Unfortunately, the feature you are looking for is not possible. While that feature isn’t available in Jotform right now, I’ve sent your request to our Developers for review. When or if it gets developed will depend on their current workload, how possible it is, and how much demand there is from other users. If/when we have any updates, we’ll follow up here and keep you posted.

    Let us know if you have any other questions.

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    darcie.vaughan
    Replied on September 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM

    Thanks, but I don't think you read all of my question. This will need a dev person's input.

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    Camila JotForm Support
    Replied on September 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM

    Hello Darcie,

    We read all of your concerns. But, unfortunately, It's not possible to directly display images from external URLs in your PDF submissions using a custom widget. Our PDF generator only supports images uploaded through a File Upload field or specific upload widgets like Image Upload Preview.

    Let us know if you have any other questions.

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