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Filestack started out as a tool for developers created by developers - it has since evolved into something much greater. Introducing Filestack Workflows: an elegantly simple experience that streamlines all of your content curation tasks into a single API call.
Organizations are collecting more data than ever – and it’s their responsibility to protect this data. Data security in 2019 is inevitably going to see an increased number of cyber security attacks across the board, with organizations rushing to shore up their defenses. Corporations and small businesses alike will need to take thorough and proactive […]
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File uploads can present a serious security risk and upload security is a necessity for any system that uploads and manages files. When a malicious program is embedded within an upload, it isn’t just the platform itself that’s at risk, it’s also any user of the platform, as well their data system. If you want […]
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2019 is going to be the year of AI, with many businesses switching to AI-powered security suites, document processing, data analysis, and more. At its core, AI is about automation and augmentation: it improves upon and speeds up many of the core processes of a business. Whether your business uses AI or not, it’s going […]
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Cybersecurity attacks are on the rise. Crypto-jacking, ransomware, and data breaches were among some of the most distinct threats of 2018, with an estimated 12 billion records expected to have been breached in the past year. From educational institutions to healthcare facilities, many industries currently face the threat of data theft and attack. Any organization must […]
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Why Do We Need Responsive Images? In few words, visual content is crucial to growing any business. Images are the predominant medium to deliver content on web pages so designers and developers spend a lot of time working on images, content and related challenges. The biggest challenge we usually face is to provide the same […]
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Pictures are a fundamental media to transmit an idea or message on the web. This is not new, if you have read our previous article How to Make Images Responsive you now know visual content help marketers to boost up their business so pictures should fit the widest range of screens to reach every potential […]
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It’s no secret that 2018 brought several major data breaches from some of the world’s largest and most popular brands. From compromising the integrity of Marriott’s systems to exposing over 500 million Quora users’ data, security breaches are very much a thing of the present – and they’re only getting worse. Without proper virus detection […]
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A Plupload solution is a generic fix for small sites, but it tends to unravel at scale. The cause of this can be found where three key trends have collided at a massive intersection: Content is growing at an exponential rate: Content used to be curated and created by enterprises and uploaded for users to consume […]
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No AI Developers? No problem! Implement Filestack OCR and stay ahead of the competition. Whether sifting through big data or providing customer-friendly tools, artificial intelligence is now at the forefront of business technology. Yet it’s not always feasible for an organization to invest the time into artificial development themselves. How can your organization use Filestack Capture to […]
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Get to market faster with the all-in-one OCR SDK provided by Filestack. Filestack Capture provides advanced OCR technology, usable out-of-the-box or easily integrated into existing platforms and solutions. Regardless of your organization’s use cases or existing workflows, Filestack Capture can speed up your time to market, improve your efficiencies, and reduce costs. Cut Your Development […]
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Between DOC files, PDFs, TXT files and more, there are many different document file extensions you can use. Similar to our posts on The Complete Image File Extension List for Developers and The Complete List of Audio / Video File Formats for Developers, we have created a complete list of document file extension types for […]
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Filestack Capture provides an all-in-one optical character recognition suite that can be used right out of the box. With Filestack Capture’s OCR technology, an organization can immediately begin integrating optical character recognition into their existing infrastructure and business processes. Filestack Capture saves an organization money in a multitude of ways, improving a company’s bottom line, scalability, and agility. Filestack Capture Requires Fewer […]
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Filestack Workflows can help businesses eliminate the last-minute rush most experience during every tax season. It can be exhausting trying to keep track of expenses from every client and vendor even with all the tracking applications on the market. There’s often not enough time to label everything correctly during a typical busy day. Adding a document […]
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This use case study will help you understand how digital content workflows, chain actions and content pipelines improve the flow of information between or within organizations. It will then explain how to tailor specific API calls to deliver streamlined solutions to benefit the education technology (EdTech) industry. To start, let’s take a look at a […]
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You can easily upload files via web search results, allowing your users to search the web for images and select the one they want; in fact, if you’re displaying the Filestack File Picker on your web page, you’re already done. One of the built-in features of the File Picker is to provide your users with […]
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You can easily upload files via URL on your back end in Ruby; here’s a simple recipe you can drop in to your code today. First, make sure you’ve got the handy-dandy Filestack Ruby SDK gem on the system upon which you’ll be running this code: gem install filestack Or add this requirement to your […]
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You can easily import a file by its URL on your back end in Python; here’s how. Just like you’d upload files in Python from local storage, we’ll start with the basics by importing the Filestack Python SDK: pip install filestack-python Pro tip: if you’re using VisualStudio Code or another text editor that switches between […]
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Workflow tools are vital to an organization in the Information Age. They enable faster completion of tasks in addition to maximizing the efficiency of business processes. The use of workflow automation tools is so important in today’s fast-paced business environments that they may be what gives any company its competitive advantage. The following are some […]
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If you’re building Android mobile apps that work with files, those files should be uploaded, transformed, and delivered to your users with intelligence. Filestack’s Android SDK makes this a breeze, so you can drop in world-class content management functionality and save time and energy on your development sprints. The new version of Filestack’s Android SDK […]
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The invoice data capture process, simplified. Don’t waste time manually processing invoices for your business. Filestack OCR takes the pain out of data entry and processing for your accounting team. With OCR, data is extracted and accurately placed in its respective field every time. Schedule an upclose, personalized demo with us today and learn how […]
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You can easily import a file by its URL on your back end in PHP; here’s how. Prerequisites Composer: The PHP Package Manager First, make sure you’ve got Composer installed on the system you’ll be playing with. Briefly, you can run the following on Mac/*NIX systems: php -r “copy(‘https://getcomposer.org/installer’, ‘composer-setup.php’);” php -r “if (hash_file(‘sha384’, ‘composer-setup.php’) […]
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You can easily upload files by their URL on your back end in Node; here’s how. Start by ensuring that you have the NPM package from Filestack: npm install filestack-js You can install that globally with -g, or just within your project as shown above. Next, init that in your code. I’ll create a file […]
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Some files already live on the web. Why should your users download them to their device just to upload them again to your site? If a file can be accessed via public-facing URL, you can pull it in to your Filestack app directly by referencing that URL. More specifically, your users can do this on […]
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Your web users have files in Dropbox. You have a site that allows your users to upload files. Why force those users to download files from Dropbox to their device before uploading it to you? Here’s a simple recipe to allow you to upload Dropbox user files to your site with zero code. If you’ve […]
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Integrate Optical Character Recognition into any content workflow through Filestack OCR and Workflows. By leveraging Filestack, OCR functionality can be introduced directly into your content pipeline, making it easier for your organization to focus on its other operations. It’s Easy to Add OCR to Any Content Pipeline Filestack Workflows makes it trivial to create a complete end-to-end content pipeline for […]
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I’ve been writing about how to upload files from Facebook, download files from Instagram, and allow users to upload files from their desktop or mobile device, but a lot of users store their files in an online cloud drive; how do we connect to those? Fortunately, Filestack’s File Picker integrates with third party services like […]
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Why DIY when you can API? If your company is manually processing tax documents, you should be using Filestack OCR. Don’t slow your business down – scale your resources and improve data accuracy with our tailored OCR solutions to take the pain out of data extraction and processing.
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When you offer your users the ability to upload files, they’re going to want to bring those files from wherever they live right now. Sure, users can download files to their local computer or device, then upload them from there. But the ability to upload Instagram user photos to your site directly is a vital […]
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Can you upload Facebook user photos directly from their account? Uploading a photo from a computer is pretty straightforward. The file is on the user’s computer, they select it, then whoosh! Up it goes to the server. Most of our files live in a complex world of cloud storage, 3rd party service providers, and various […]
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It’s easy to get started with Filestack Workflows. Workflows manages your assets and provides a complete system designed to automate and improve content processing and analysis. Why Should You Use Filestack Workflows? Workflows is an out of the box solution – no coding needed. Hook into the Workflows API and you’ll immediately have access to all the features you need. […]
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If you’ve explored Optical Character Recognition (OCR) over the years, you may be skeptical of the power of today’s processing solutions. Previous generations of OCR software were sub-par at best, delivering general purpose content that was often riddled with errors and inaccuracies. After a few trials, many business and technology leaders would go back to […]
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Whether at the office or in school, collaboration is what drives the best outcomes. Yet it can be difficult to allow file and document sharing without exposing a network to risk. Protecting your institution’s computers may seem like a complicated process, but it doesn’t have to be. Filestack Workflows can help. Modern platforms require customization and content […]
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Workflow management systems have been around for decades and have gained a reputation of being time consuming and somewhat labor intensive. They have been created manually, used for project management and evolved tremendously over time. Regardless of your industry, your workflow tool should have a few key capabilities to best drive you and your team’s […]
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I’ve been providing example code recipes for uploading files using Filestack’s various SDKs, including JavaScript/TypeScript in Node, PHP, Python, and Ruby so far. But what if you just want to create a simple HTML page and handle file uploads from there? It’s super easy, so here’s a recipe you can start with today: <html> <head> […]
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Uploading files in Ruby should be as easy, straightforward, and as fun as the language itself. Here’s my simple recipe to demonstrate exactly that. First things first: this isn’t a Ruby on Rails recipe. I’ll make one of those in due course. This is a plain, simple, pure Ruby demonstration. I’ll use the open source […]
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Mankind’s struggle to convey meaning ‘twixt pen and mind has long been a problem for anyone wishing to communicate effectively. Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is a modern solution to this age-old challenge, brought into the present day need for machines to understand human-readable glyphs and characters. How many times have you been frustrated that you […]
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Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is being implemented across a number of industries as a way to quickly archive, analyze, modify and maintain physical documents. OCR uses advanced artificial intelligence and pattern recognition technologies to convert analog documents into digitally readable text. How Does OCR Work? Optical character recognition takes a still image or frames of […]
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ID data extraction can be time consuming and expensive. Scale your resources and improve data accuracy with Filestack OCR to take the pain out of processing data from IDs and driver’s licenses. Bridge the gap between information on physical documents and digitized data with tailored OCR solutions to help your business flourish. Talk to us […]
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There are many OCR solutions available, but not all of them are sufficient in terms of data accuracy. General OCR solutions have an accuracy up to around 98% of the data, and while that may sound like a lot, that means that out of 1,000 characters 20 of them will be incorrect. More advanced OCR […]
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Workflows is a revolutionary new tool that combines file transformation and machine learning and is designed to take control of your organization’s content processes. Workflows is a complete solution designed to simplify your content curation process using tailored chain actions and workflow automation through a simple to use UI. Here are a few common ways […]
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Businesses are trying to find the best way to filter out NSFW (not suitable for work) content. Filestack Workflows simplifies the process of curating content through the use of tailored chain actions and workflow automation. No matter your industry or use case, our Workflows tool can help you build a process that delivers intelligent content into your app. Using […]
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We started out as a tool for developers created by developers. Thousands of you have embraced our toolset for over 6 years as the go-to service that wipes away the pain and struggles of expensive and time-intensive tasks. We’re thrilled to announce the next step in the evolution of our swiss army knife of developer […]
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A chill is in the air. The summer heat is a distant memory, as the wind blows colder and we put on our sweaters. Winter is here and as we focus on strategy for the next year, the weather is not the only change happening. As an organization that leads and supports the content industry, […]
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There was once a time when data processing took a level of skill that was hard to find. Today, there is endless chatter surrounding whether or not technology will completely take over even the most complicated of tasks – like a scene straight out of a movie. Consumers constantly see ads for driverless cars and […]
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Without verification, most data entry achieves about a 96% accuracy. Comparatively, OCR technology can now achieve rates of up to 98% accuracy, with a number of distinct advantages. While some data entry jobs may always exist – especially data entry jobs that are transformative in nature — it’s likely that the bulk of them will be automated within […]
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Generic OCR programs are adequate for simple text scooping and editing. For example, with Microsoft OneNote, you can import a PDF or JPEG image and use the OCR tool to output text. After that, you’re on your own. General purpose OCR lacks the tools for your business to take full advantage of the tremendous labor-saving […]
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Python is eating the world! You will find many passionate Python programmers, and just as many critics, but there’s no denying that Python is a powerful, relevant, and constantly growing force in software development today. Python is just a language, though, and languages can’t solve business problems like workflow, architecture, and logistics; these things are […]
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Over 80% of the web runs on PHP, so there must be some pretty solid solutions for handling common tasks like uploading files to a server, right? Yes, then no. Let me explain: Uploading a file is easy. Just present the user with an HTML form that allows them to submit a POST to your […]
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Optical Character Recognition makes it easier to create searchable documents, analyze paper documents and digitize documents for permanent storage. As an extremely broad technology, it can be applied to many areas of a business. Here’s how to get the most out of your OCR tool. Conduct a Business Process Audit. Identify areas in which your business could […]
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Front end development throws a lot of shade over back end processes these days, especially in the land of JavaScript. Originally a language targeting browsers, JS has matured into every nook and cranny of modern development as a de facto tool. The syntax for interacting with various libraries in JavaScript can be confusingly identical between […]
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