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Any well functioning company has some form of virus protection in place to take care of basic monitoring and quarantining of infected files. Though proven to be somewhat effective in avoiding intrusion or blocking major cyber attacks and direct hacking attempts, not all types of threats are going to come in one of these forms. […]
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EdTech is a challenging space to write code. On the one hand, you’ve got the need to ensure the highest standards in security, performance, availability, and integrity. On the other hand, the size of your team or department, the time you have available, and the budget for your project may be very constrained. To get […]
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Does your website allow users to upload files? Learn secure file upload best practices and prevent dangerous vulnerabilities and attacks. Almost every web application accepts user input, and one of the most common types of input is in the form of file uploads. Whether it’s a consumer application where users are uploading photos, or […]
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If you’re a developer who understands the importance of building a consistent flow, Filestack’s Workflows can help. This feature has built-in processes that allows developers to automate assets and customize everything from business rules to conditional logic that saves time and resources. What does the Workflows feature do? Workflows allows developers to wire up conditional logic […]
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What happens if a virus is uploaded to your application? Nearly a million malware threats are released every day, and some of these may find their way into your app. As you develop your app, you need to consider security from the ground up. But it isn’t always feasible to program virus detection from scratch. […]
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How often do you think about the risk of malware? Viruses or adware can be annoying, but that’s usually as bad as it gets. For big businesses, the idea of ransomware is terrifying, and it costs companies across multiple industries many millions of dollars a year. For an app developer, the risks can be far […]
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With so much available, it’s easy for developers to overlook a few good tools that can completely change the game. One tool in particular is virus scanning for any content uploaded into your app. You might have traditional software to scan files and look for malware in general, but when it comes to protecting your […]
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Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology provides the basis for a number of flexible, advanced features for developers and non-developers alike. Mobile device, augmented reality and machine learning analysis programs all involve the knowledge of OCR technology. Users in these sectors are able to quickly identify and analyze written text, porting this functionality into next-generation technologies. […]
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So you’ve configured a Workflow that meets all of your business requirements: you’re scanning all uploads to your website for viruses and malware, making sure the uploads do not contain any NSFW or copyrighted content, and–if the upload is an image–optimizing it for delivery. Now what? How do we invoke this workflow? There are two […]
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Optical Character Recognition technology is about more than just digitizing documents – it’s about revolutionizing the way that your organization interacts with its data. With OCR, you can give your workforce access to superior tools, ultimately making every part of your business more efficient. Here are just a few ways in which Filestack OCR’s technology can […]
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Tuesday, January 29, 2019 6pm-9pm EST HBC Tech Headquarters, Manhattan Meetup Link: https://www.meetup.com/vueJsNYC/events/256976538/ My Mission: Learn more about VueJS As a Developer Evangelist in New York City, going to meetups keeps me on my toes. There’s always something happening, and usually 3 out of 4 seasons of weather in the short walk to and from […]
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Document Detection and Preprocessing is one of Filestack’s latest intelligent products. Not only is its main objective detecting the documents in the images, transformations, and denoising, but it can also serve as an advanced tool for enhancing and improving OCR results. The following article explores and elaborates on the details of how this tool has […]
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Does your company require enhanced uploading capabilities? With Filestack Upload, you get a seamlessly integrated uploading platform that can handle your uploads from start-to-finish. There are many scenarios that might require enhanced uploading. Here are just a few of them: 1. Uploading Files to a Community-Based Platform Social media sites and other community-driven platforms often thrive on a wealth […]
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Filestack has many tutorials on how to use Filestack to upload and process images. There are Instagram-like apps, YouTube-like apps, Soundcloud-like apps and more with JavaScript and Filestack’s API. Typically, we go into great detail on the tech behind the app — showing step-by-step how to build out different elements of the app from scratch. […]
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CTOs are constantly investigating new technology. While it can be difficult to identify the technologies that will produce the highest ROI, optical character recognition (OCR) has made great strides over the past few years and is now one of the most all-around advanced utilities. Here are a few things that you should know about Filestack […]
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Organizations today handle more data than ever, making data protection their top responsibility. In 2024, as cyber threats become more sophisticated and frequent, businesses of all sizes are enhancing their data security measures, driven both by evolving business needs and stringent regulatory standards. Regulatory Compliance is Becoming a Driving Force Behind Data Security In 2024, […]
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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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2024 is shaping up to be a pivotal year for AI, with businesses across all sectors increasingly integrating AI technologies for enhanced security, efficient document processing, data analytics, and more. At its core, AI focuses on automation and augmentation, significantly enhancing and accelerating various business processes. Regardless of whether your business currently utilizes AI, it’s […]
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Cybersecurity threats continue to grow. In 2023, we saw a rise in advanced cyber-attacks such as AI-driven phishing, deepfake frauds, and extensive data breaches, with over 15 billion records compromised last year. Industries ranging from education to healthcare are increasingly targeted, highlighting the critical need for robust virus detection measures. The Threat of Viruses Introduced […]
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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 client. […]
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In 2024, numerous significant online security incidents impacted billions of people worldwide. These breaches highlight the urgent need for more effective cybersecurity measures. Below are detailed accounts of the five most impactful breaches this year: Trello Trello experienced a data breach in January 2024. The breach involved 15 million accounts, with data including emails, usernames, […]
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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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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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List of Top Workflow Tools of 2024 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 […]
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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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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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When you offer users file upload features, they would 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 feature. This is because […]
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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 existed 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 management 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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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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