Brian O'Neill

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Technical Writer at Cloudmersive

Pleasanton, US

Joined Jun 2020

https://cloudmersive.com/

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A Technical Writer and Media Content creator with a passion for communicating complex ideas.

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How to Query XML Files Using APIs in Java

With XQuery, quickly filter and aggregate XML content with a simple expression. Learn how to easily query files with XQuery expressions at scale.

March 21, 2024

· 3,629 Views · 3 Likes

How To Get Images From Excel Documents Using APIs in Java

Using minimal, ready-to-run code, we can automate workflows that extract important image objects from Excel spreadsheets. Learn more in this article.

February 26, 2024

· 1,589 Views · 2 Likes

How To Base64 Encode or Decode Content Using APIs in Java

This article offers some high-level background for base64 encoding and provides several free API solutions for detecting, encoding and decoding base64 content.

January 21, 2024

· 4,472 Views · 5 Likes

How To Get Cell Data From an Excel Spreadsheet Using APIs in Java

This article discusses the benefits OpenXML document formatting offers developers and suggests two API solutions for programmatically retrieving Excel data.

December 5, 2023

· 5,810 Views · 7 Likes

How To Convert ODF Files to PDF in Java

Discover how it is easier to convert ODF content to PDF with free API solutions at our disposal like ODF, an alternative to licensed office application suites.

November 6, 2023

· 7,458 Views · 2 Likes

How to Rasterize PDFs in Java

This article discusses the advantages and disadvantages of rasterizing PDF documents, and it provides a free API solution to help convert vector PDFs to raster format.

October 6, 2023

· 4,772 Views · 5 Likes

How To Get and Set PDF Form Fields in Java

This article discusses the utility of PDF forms and provides two free API solutions for simplifying and expediting interactions with PDF forms on the web.

September 29, 2023

· 3,611 Views · 2 Likes

How To Validate Archives and Identify Invalid Documents in Java

Explore the prevalence of cyberattacks carried out using common archive formats and invalid document types and data validation API solutions.

September 16, 2023

· 5,291 Views · 2 Likes

How To Check Office Files for Macros Using Java

This article discusses the utility and cybersecurity risks associated with macros and provides several free API solutions to check Office content for macros.

September 1, 2023

· 6,619 Views · 4 Likes

How to Automatically Detect Multiple Cybersecurity Threats from an Input Text String in Java

Explore the prevalence of cyberattacks that exploit user-facing text input fields in web applications and learn about an API solution to help prevent them.

August 14, 2023

· 4,724 Views · 2 Likes

How To Get the Comments From a DOCX Document in Java

In this article, learn how to extract comments from DOCX documents at scale and pick up key insights which improve team collaboration.

August 1, 2023

· 5,068 Views · 2 Likes

How To Scan GCP Storage Files for Threats Using Go

This article discusses the importance of integrating external security solutions with cloud storage instances and provides a solution to integrate with GCP.

July 10, 2023

· 2,791 Views · 2 Likes

How to Convert Excel and CSV Documents to HTML in Java

Converting documents to HTML makes them universally compatible and opens up opportunities to customize them with dynamic elements.

June 27, 2023

· 5,063 Views · 4 Likes

How to Supplement SharePoint Site Drive Security With Java Code Examples

This article advocates for expanding upon built-in SharePoint Online Site Drive security by integrating an external security API solution.

June 7, 2023

· 5,333 Views · 2 Likes

How To Check IP Addresses for Known Threats and Tor Exit Node Servers in Java

This article discusses the importance of detecting threatening IP addresses in various forms and provides two API solutions to help detect those threats.

May 18, 2023

· 4,088 Views · 3 Likes

How To Scan and Validate Image Uploads in Java

This article discusses the dangers of image file uploads and presents two solutions for virus scanning and validating image files respectively.

May 9, 2023

· 9,015 Views · 6 Likes

How To Place Text and Shapes on an Image in Java

This article provides two API solutions that can be used to programmatically add text and shapes to an image with ready-to-run Java code examples.

April 24, 2023

· 4,179 Views · 2 Likes

How To Create and Edit PDF Annotations in Java

In this article you'll learn how to leverage four APIs that can be used to programmatically create, retrieve, and/or remove annotations in a PDF document.

April 17, 2023

· 5,131 Views · 3 Likes

How To Perform Sentiment Analysis and Classification on Text (In Java)

This article provides context for NLP Sentiment Analysis and Classification and demonstrates an API solution.

April 1, 2023

· 9,806 Views · 2 Likes

How To Implement Video Information and Editing APIs in Java

In this article, readers will learn how to implement three separate APIs designed to help you rapidly build and scale a video processing workflow with code.

March 2, 2023

· 4,528 Views · 2 Likes

How To Extract a ZIP File and Remove Password Protection in Java

In this tutorial, learn how to automate ZIP file extraction in Java using two APIs with ready-to-run Java code examples provided.

February 26, 2023

· 4,994 Views · 2 Likes

How To Scan a URL for Malicious Content and Threats in Java

This article discusses some of the threats posed by URL links and provides a free-to-use URL Security API with complementary, ready-to-run Java code snippets.

February 13, 2023

· 6,762 Views · 2 Likes

How To Create and Edit Excel XLSX Documents in Java

Programmatically create and edit Excel documents using API solutions (with Java code examples) that work together to provide an Excel automation service.

January 30, 2023

· 8,354 Views · 5 Likes

How To Validate Three Common Document Types in Python

Learn about three API solutions capable of validating PDF, Excel, and MS Word documents for document validation services in file processing applications.

January 16, 2023

· 3,700 Views · 2 Likes

How To Add Three Photo Filters to Your Applications in Java

In this article, learn how developers can implement robust image customization features with only a few lines of clean, simple code.

December 29, 2022

· 4,458 Views · 3 Likes

How To Convert HTML to PNG in Java

This article discusses the need for visual documentation of HTML code and provides a free API solution, which converts HTML strings to a PNG screenshots.

December 21, 2022

· 7,298 Views · 4 Likes

How To Convert Scanned or Photographed Documents Into Text Using Java

Learn how you can harness two API solutions to convert scanned or photographed images into plain, machine-readable text.

Updated December 13, 2022

· 5,320 Views · 1 Like

Three Ways To Separate Plain Text From HTML Using Java

Learn about three API solutions that can be employed to convert an HTML document to text, convert an HTML string to text, and remove HTML from a text string.

November 15, 2022

· 9,406 Views · 4 Likes

How To Convert Image Files Into GIF or WebP Format Using Java

Learn how you can convert dozens of common image file types - including, but not limited to, PNG and JPG - into GIF and WebP format respectively.

October 31, 2022

· 7,749 Views · 3 Likes

How To Validate Names Using Java

Gain context of three separate API solutions which can be used to validate name input fields within an application as you follow along with this demonstration.

October 3, 2022

· 6,992 Views · 4 Likes

Comments

How to Convert JSON to XML or XML to JSON in Java

Jun 25, 2021 · Brian O'Neill

Hi Dmitry - if you create an account, you gain access to all of the functions in our API library, not just the data conversion. There are APIs for virus scanning, NLP, validation, OCR, and more; the free account provides 800 calls/month.

How To Detect Faces in an Image in Java

Feb 01, 2021 · Brian O'Neill

Thanks, Rahul! Glad it was helpful!

How to Convert HTML to PDF in Java

Aug 08, 2020 · Brian O'Neill

Hi Nitul - sure, here is a link to the API where you can try it in your browser. And here is a link to the details on security. You can also import the API into Postman if you like to use postman. If you like I can also put you in touch with technical folks from our accounts team who can also meet with you and help advise on your questions in detail.

How to Convert HTML to PDF in Java

Aug 06, 2020 · Brian O'Neill

Good question - The client libraries, including the Java one, are open source, and the APIs are free (forever) for 1K calls/month but not open source. You can also leverage global data center regions in Europe, Asia Pacific, North America, etc. or deploy on-premises.

How to Convert HTML to PDF in Java

Aug 06, 2020 · Brian O'Neill

This does not use a true browser engine and so doesn't properly support things like JavaScript, CSS, HTML5 advanced rendering features, etc. In short you may get a low quality result for most real-world cases

How to Convert HTML to PDF in Java

Aug 06, 2020 · Brian O'Neill

You can actually deploy the APIs on your own infrastructure if you wish through the Private Cloud option, or use global regional data centers in Europe, North America, etc.