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Election Reporting at Scale - DreamFactory and Decision Desk HQ

Over the years the DreamFactory team has collaborated on a lot of really interesting API-oriented projects. Many of these projects involve integrating the DreamFactory platform into a much larger technology ecosystem. To put this into perspective, although our client base ranges widely in terms of both industry and company size, we often work with organizations tending towards the larger end of the scale.

What Are the Elements of Digital Transformation?

If the elements of digital transformation weren’t a priority for organizations before COVID-19, they’re at the top of the agenda now. According to Statistica, post-COVID digital transformation spending has skyrocketed in 2020 with an expected 10.4% increase by the end of the year. As the pandemic continues, businesses are facing remote team challenges and pressure to increase operational efficiency. Therefore, the trend toward digital transformation is likely to continue.

What is a Webhook?

A webhook provides a decoupled means for an application to provide real-time updates to other applications. A great example of webhook integration is Slack, which can automate the publication of messages to channels and users. Configured inside the Slack administration panel, a Slack webhook is identified by a unique URL, such as https://hooks.slack.com/services/12345/qwert/.

The Best Guide to Docker, Kubernetes, & Container-Based Systems

We’re taking a closer look Container-Based Systems. The rise of the microservices-based applications has allowed global enterprises – like Amazon.com, Netflix, Uber, and Airbnb – to achieve unprecedented market dominance. Central to making these microservices-based applications possible is the concept of containerization, and at the core of containerization are Docker and Kubernetes – the two most widespread solutions for building and managing container-based applications.

How to Incorporate Facebook OAuth 2.0

There is no debate that the advent of OAuth 2.0 made the lives of developers everywhere better. OAuth 2.0 makes adding an authentication system to your app or web page became considerably easy. Many different service providers support the OAuth 2.0 spec and, in turn, so does DreamFactory. Below are the supported OAuth services DreamFactory which are supported natively.

Executing SQL Joins in REST APIs Using DreamFactory

As a follow up to our previous blog post about retrieving related data from that REST API, I wanted to dive deeper into the power of the “related records” feature of DreamFactory’s database-backed APIs. One of the powerful features of SQL databases is the ability to relate separate data records and perform queries that retrieve that related data all at once. One problem is that this requires a fairly in-depth knowledge of your database, it’s schema, and SQL syntax.

Managing DreamFactory Scripted APIs with GitHub and Your Favorite IDE

DreamFactory's scripted service feature ranks among the most popular capabilities, allowing developers to create APIs using PHP, Python, or NodeJS which can then be secured using role-based access controls, accessed using auto-generated API keys or other authentication providers such as Active Directory and Okta, and executed alongside other APIs as part of an API composition-based workflow.