A customer recently inquired whether FireDAC could be used to connect to a database via an SSH tunnel. Of course, the short answer is yes. But first, let’s define an SSH tunnel and how it can be easily accomplished with Delphi and FireDAC.
SSH Tunnels
Secure Shell (ssh) is a standard tool that comes with most “network” operating systems, such as Windows. Linux, UNIX, macOS, and…
What can the Google Audio Transcription API do for our applications?
Google’s Audio Transcription API allows your program to use all the power of Google’s huge computing resources to accurately transcribe speech found in audio files into text.
As…
Since 1998, Ziad Allaghi has been developing programs with Delphi. Ziad’s (System of Student Registration) application is a showcase entry for the Delphi 26th Showcase Challenge and we talked to him about his knowledge creating programs with Delphi. You can find more…
DigitalOcean offers a set of APIs that we can access to manage their products from our application. You can create applications that act like DigitalOcean’s Droplets Control Panel. You can access DigitalOcean’s API documentation here https://developers.digitalocean.com/documentation/v2/. One reason to utilize the DigitalOcean API is to automate your cloud server management and…
Giuliano D’Oronzo has been programming with Delphi since 2017. His (Prime) application was one of the showcase entries of the Delphi 26th Showcase Challenge and we have also asked him further about his Delphi skills. Get more information about his board game at Prime.
Oripov Murod has been programming with Delphi since 2006. His application (DovtaLab2020) was submitted as an entry for the Delphi 26th Showcase Challenge and we interviewed him to know more about his application and experiences with Delphi. You can download his application…
Do you currently use websockets in your applications? Do you want to learn more about what websockets can do for your apps? Continue reading to learn everything you need to know about using websockets with Delphi, as well as a rundown of some of the available component sets that take the guesswork out of making the magic happen.
What are WebSockets?
A websocket implementation has two sides…
This really wonderful Delphi app makes truly creative use of the integration of museum visitors with exhibits. Written by Oz Software of Spain, vCoolture makes a trip to the museum into an adventure where visitors using the app not only hear the descriptions offered by…
No doubt, the VCL FileDialogs offer a multitude of configuration options that cover most standard use cases. But sometimes this might not be enough and you want to create a specialized custom dialog with a different layout, additional controls (e.g. for import/export…
Automate Access To Current And Historical Currency Exchange Rates Via API
April 14, 2021
Currency exchange rates are an interesting financial dataset similar to stock quotes and cryptocurrency datasets. For building solutions like software or a POS system for a currency exchange business, it is a necessary dataset and there are APIs online that give you easy access to this data. One API that is available is from ExchangeRatesAPI.io which is owned by apilayer (a sister company of…
