We are happy to announce LiberaForms version 2.1.0

Highlighted changes are:

New features:

• Form QR. Form Editors can now generate a QR that contains the URL to any given form.
• LDAP integration. LDAP user accounts can login to LiberaForms.
• We are very pleased to include the translation to Italian.
• Form notifications sent by email now include a link that leads directly to the Form's Answers.

Code changes:

• Upgraded python dependencies, including Flask version 2.
• Moves lots of code around to make it more readable.
• We have begun to include Strict typing and docstrings to the code.
• Moves repetitive code into decorators
• The 'GDPR' and 'Terms and Conditions' code has been completely rewritten. The corresponding user interface has also been updated.
• Refactored the tests to make them atomic.
• VueJS data-display has been divided into smaller components to improve download speeds.

See CHANGELOG for a complete list.

Upgrade

git pull origin main

System requirements

Some installations might not have mime support installed by default. You should make sure it is present.

apt-get install mime-support

Environment variables

We have added new environment variables. Edit your .env file and add:

BASE_URL="https://forms.my-domain.com"
ENABLE_LDAP=False

If you do wish to use LDAP, please see the complete list of required variables in dotenv.example

Python requirements

Many Python libraries have been updated (Flask included).

source ./venv/bin/activate
pip install --upgrade pip
pip install -r ./requirements.txt

Database

Upgrade the database schema. (you are making backup copies, right?)

flask db upgrade

Enjoy! ❤