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 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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Facial Recognition is a common feature for sites with social computing features. There are several examples of facial recognition that you encounter every day: Allowing end users to tag people based on faces in pictures Extracting a thumbnail of a face to be used as a profile picture Preventing faces from being visible in any images […]
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