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How to use rspec to test GroupDocs API – Part 2

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Derek
In the first article, How to use rspec to test GroupDocs API. Part 1, we created first test for GroupDocs API. This article describes in details how tests works, what expectation and matchers are, and how to test an API with the PULL method.

Expectation and Matchers

So what are expectation and matchers? Lets look at a small example:
string ="GroupDocs"
string.should have(9).characters
string.should_not have(5).characters
  • Expectations are defined by should and the negative form should_not.
  • Matchers are defined
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How to Use RSpec to Test GroupDocs API? – Part 1

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Derek
In this article, we will review how to use Ruby RSpec for testing REST APIs like GroupDocs. RSpec is a BDD (behavior driven development) framework. You can find more info about RSpec on its official site. There are a lot of different GroupDocs APIs that you can use. In this article we will test one of the User APIs: “Get user profile”.

What You Need

You need Ruby, Gem, Bundler, and RSpec (gem install rspec) installed on you computer.… Continue Reading
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How to Convert Files with GroupDocs PHP SDK

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Derek
This article explains the basics of using PHP SDK classes and methods. In this article I’ll use the Comparison API and show how to compare two documents from a GroupDocs account. Find information about others methods in the Swagger explorer.

Requirements

Initial Installations

  1. Learn how to install the Fatfree framework from
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Manage Your Documents Efficiently with GroupDocs’ Document Management Apps Suite

It’s difficult to find different document management solutions in one place for your diverse needs. You might spend your dime for separate stand-alone apps to fulfill your requirements. On the contrary, we, in GroupDocs, offer different document management apps as a suite to satisfy all your needs. GroupDocs offer six powerful apps to efficiently manage your documents. Since you get all these apps as a pack, you can easily manipulate your documents as required. The scenarios differ with customer requirements.… Continue Reading
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How to Use GroupDocs PHP SDK with Composer or a Built-in Autoloader

GroupDocs supports all major platforms, such as .NET, PHP, Java, Python, etc. So with GropDocs’ SDKs you can easily create your own application to store, view, sign (and use a lot of other great features on) your documents online, using Windows or Linux with your favorite language. Today, I’ll talk about GroupDocs PHP SDK and how to get started with it. Sometimes, developers ask us how to get our PHP SDK, how to use it with Composer, or how to… Continue Reading
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Comparison API sample Implementation with PHP SDK

This article explains the basics of using PHP SDK classes and methods. In this article I’ll use the Comparison API and show how to compare two documents from a GroupDocs account. Find information about others methods in the Swagger explorer.

Requirements

Initial Installations

  1. Learn how to install the Fatfree framework from
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Integration of GroupDocs’ Document Management Solutions with Google Cloud Storage

Good news to all! Google Cloud is now integrated with GroupDocs’ document management solutions. With this integration, you can now configure Google Cloud as your default storage provider for GroupDocs. You can set this up from within your GroupDocs account area. Flexibility in storage is vital when looking for a powerful document management solution. Most importantly, GroupDocs gives you power to choose your storage provider, which makes our solution flexible and user friendly.

Advantages

Advantages of this integration are… Continue Reading
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How to Use Swagger UI to Test GroupDocs REST API

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Derek
The GroupDocs APIs are designed to be REST compliant so that they are familiar and easy to use. This post looks at how to use Swagger to test the GroupDocs APIs. Before showing you how to run a test, it explains Swagger and REST, and why we use them.

Why we use Swagger and REST

Swagger is a specification and a framework for building interactive API documentation and sandboxes, and to generate the code of an API client. Swagger (… Continue Reading
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A Year of Great Achievements: 2012 in Review

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Derek
For GroupDocs, 2012 was a significant year marked by milestones; we’re proud and grateful to end a busy year with great achievements. With constant enhancements, we were able to prove that we’re an integral part of the document management world. In 2012, we have introduced enhanced versions of our apps with added features from time to time; created a variety of plugins for multiple platforms; integrated many different storage options with GroupDocs; introduced flexible API SDKs to… Continue Reading
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Announcing box.com Integration with GroupDocs’ Document Management Apps Suite

Good news from GroupDocs to all box.com users. We’ve integrated box.com with GroupDocs. Now, you can access all your box.com files and folders from within your GroupDocs account. Use your box.com documents with GroupDocs’ document management apps suite to take your document management experience to new heights. Integration is super simple. Simply use the Box.com button in the Integration area of the My Account page and log in to box.com. When you perform this step, the integration happens automatically.… Continue Reading
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