Transloadit Blog
Enhancing /http/import Robot with fail fast option
Lately at Transloadit, we've been working on upgrading our
/http/import Robot by adding the fail_fast parameter
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Convert Markdown files to HTML or PDF in seconds
Markdown helps web content creators, like myself, to easily write text that is suitable for the web. It allows just enough formatting so that humans can still make sense of it, while computers are able to render it with style, using HTML and CSS. Markdown is platform-agnostic, and its syntax can be learned in as little as five minutes. While some argue there are superior formats available, it stands without question that Markdown has become the lingua franca among developers who write blog posts and documentation. It's even used in many day-to-day web applications like Reddit, Gmail, and GitHub. If Markdown hasn't yet become second nature to you, there are many resources available online, such as this cheat sheet that I kept on hand when I took my first steps.
Launching new Node.js SDK v3: enhanced & user-friendly
It has been almost seven years since we
first announced our Node.js SDK. Since then, the
SDK has drastically evolved, but so has the JavaScript language as a whole. These days, developers
love the simplicity of the new features that modern-day JavaScript brings to the table, such as
Promises or the await and async functions. To keep up with standards, we have rewritten the SDK
to use those new features by default. With our latest rebuild, it meant that we needed to release a
new major version with breaking changes, but we hope you agree it was worth it! You can still use
callbacks, but you would need to
callbackify the methods yourself.
Let's Build: spinning record GIF generator
As a newly-hired member of the Transloadit support team, I was familiarizing myself with our services when I came across a Stack Overflow question that piqued my interest as it allowed me to combine my love of music with our API. The question was whether our services could be used to generate an animation of a record spinning, and I thought this idea was interesting enough to turn into a blog post.
New feature: auto-transcribe videos with subtitles
We recently added a new feature to our /speech/transcribe Robot enabling it to listen to human-spoken language and output SRT files. You can automatically use these files to caption media in video players. And thanks to Transloadit's LEGO-like composability, you can even burn these files straight into the videos themselves. Today, I'd like to show you just how to do that.
Creating audio waveform videos with FFmpeg & Node.js
It's no secret that we love open source projects here at Transloadit. We have released several ambitious projects such as Uppy and Tus, and our founders even met as a result of contributing to an open source project. We also use many open source tools under the hood such as FFmpeg, which cuts right to the heart of our video encoding.
Introducing Transloadit's forever-free Community Plan
Having gained some experience in delivering a free service through the GitHub Student Developer Pack and the Github Teacher Toolbox, Transloadit was highly requested to extend a similar deal to more developers. We think this is a great idea and we couldn't be happier to announce we will be doing just that with our new Community Plan.
Launching Transloadit's Terraform Provider plugin
Today, we are very happy to announce Transloadit's very own Terraform Provider Plugin! In this blog post, we'll go about explaining why that has got us so excited, and how you can set it up for yourself.
Guide to encoding videos for streaming with Transloadit
Like us at Transloadit, you are probably a fan of streaming services 🎥 But have you ever considered
starting your own? Our /video/adaptive Robot has
you covered in case you did have a wild idea like that! You can use this Robot to encode
mp4 or webm video to either HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) or MPEG-DASH.
Transloadit offers free plan to educators via GitHub
In August 2019, we partnered with the GitHub Student Developer Pack, offering students from all over the world our Startup Plan worth $49/month for free while they’re in school.
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