Resource map
How do I ...? | Article |
Authentication / identity | ​ |
Authenticate generally (oAuth) / SSO | ​Auth0​ |
Sign in using a Microsoft account / SSO | ​Azure AD SSO​ |
Sign in using a Google account (for various API) | ​Google​ |
Verify a person's identity | ​Persona​ |
Payments / finance | ​ |
Collect direct credit card transactions | ​Stripe: Standard​ ​FPMS (UK)​ |
Process marketplace / P2P transactions | |
Send manual payouts to users | ​Stripe: Payouts​ |
Accept Apple / Google Pay | ​Stripe: Apple / Google​ |
Enable users to make ACH bank transfers (US) | ​Stripe + Plaid ACH​ ​Dwolla + Plaid ACH​ |
Receive BACS bank transfers (UK) | ​Bottomline BACS​ |
Connect to a bank account / track bank transactions | ​Plaid​ |
Calculate tax rates on an item / location | ​TaxJar​ |
Communications / sharing | ​ |
Send transactional emails | ​SendGrid​ |
Avoid spam filters with a new app's emails | ​SendGrid: Spam​ |
Embed a list of things in an email | ​SendGrid: Lists​ |
Parse email content (including attachments) | ​Postmark​ ​Mailparser​ |
Reply to an email to trigger app workflows | ​Postmark​ |
Send SMS / text messages | ​Twilio​ |
Embed a video chat window | ​Twilio Video​ ​Tokbox​ |
Generate shortened links | ​Bitly​ |
Share from a mobile device | ​Mobile share​ |
Generate a QR code to link to a page | ​QR codes​ |
Multi-language translation / localization | ​Localize​ |
Analytics | ​ |
Add general analytics to my app | ​Google Analytics​ |
Add event-based analytics to my app | Google Analytics Fullstory Mixpanel |
Custom analytics | ​Google charts​ |
Maps / calendar (time & space) | ​ |
Put multiple groups of items on a single map | Google Maps |
Extract the items visible in a map window | Google Maps |
Draw on a map and export as an image | ​Google Maps: Drawing​ |
Perform date / time operations | ​Date / time ops​ |
Book time/appointments with users | ​Nylas​ |
Data / security | ​ |
Save data to an externally managed S3 (AWS) bucket | ​S3 plugin​ |
Sync data with Salesforce | ​Salesforce​ |
Extract & manipulate information from text strings | ​Regex​ |
Encrypt / decrypt data for additional security | ​Encryption​ |
Clean data before displaying it, saving it, or emailing it | ​XSS stopper​ |
Clean data before exporting it as a CSV | ​CSV Injection prevention​ |
Scan files for malware before letting other users see them | ​File malware scanner​ |
Algorithms / calculators | ​ |
Evaluate an Excel formula | ​Excel formula parser​ |
Multimedia / doc / content manipulation | ​ |
Generate a PDF / Word doc from a template | ​Formstack (Webmerge)​ |
Generating a PDF from a page | SelectPDF |
Extract URL metadata / preview (image, title, description) | ​URLmeta​ |
E-sign a legal contract (and know its status) | ​HelloSign​ |
Create a block-based rich text editor (like Medium) | ​Editor.js plugin​ |
Check text box grammar in real-time (with suggestions) | ​Perfect Tense​ |
Generate an image with text overlay | ​Image/text overlay​ |
Record and trim audio files | ​FFMPEG audio​ |
Play full songs, search for metadata in the cloud | ​Apple Music​ |
Working with SVGs | ​SVG​ |
App performance / debugging | ​ |
Use Chrome Devtools to test performance & privacy | ​Chrome Devtools​ |
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