CuppaIT

First Image SaaS Available

2010-11-04T10:41:00.000-07:00

Here at CuppaIT we are excited to release our first image manipulation SaaS, it is an image Watermarking service which can be used to add a watermark to any Jpeg, Png or Gif image. The watermark can consist of either plain text or another image, options available are:

Required parameters:
    image : Image to watermark
    watermark : Image to use as watermark
        OR
    watermarkText : Text to watermark with

Optional parameters:
    position : sets the initial position of the watermark ("topLeft", "topRight", "bottomLeft",
      "bottomRight", "center")
    x : relative position of the watermark on the x axis, range of -1 to +1 or anything in between
     ie. -1 = -100%, -0.55 = -55%, 0 = 0%, 0.01 = 1%
    y : relative position of the watermark on the y axis, range of -1 to +1 or anything in between
     ie. -1 = -100%, -0.55 = -55%, 0 = 0%, 0.01 = 1%
    font : font to use - to see a list of available fonts simply use the parameter "ShowFonts"
    fontSize : font size to use, min font size is 6, specifying a smaller font size will default to 6.
    opacity : sets the opacity of the watermark range between 0.0 and 1.0
    gcolor : color, only has an affect when Text is used to watermark

Click on the following link to see a live example:

    Original Image : Link

    Watermark Used : Link

    Watermarked Image : Link

We will post a simple test form for you to play around with soon but for now you can simply change the parameters in the link to try things out.

Have Fun,
CuppaIT

Currency Conversion and Rate SOAP service

2010-10-22T08:57:00.000-07:00

It has been a while since we posted anything but we have been working hard so time of the essence... Anyway, the first SOAP based webservices are finally done, here are the links to resources you will need to integrate them into your own applications.

WSDL: http://www.cuppait.com:8080/CurrencyGateway-war/CurrencyGatewayService?wsdl
XSD: http://www.cuppait.com:8080/CurrencyGateway-war/CurrencyGatewayService?xsd=1
TEST: http://www.cuppait.com:8080/CurrencyGateway-war/CurrencyGatewayService?TESTER

These resources will give you all the information you will need to start consuming the services available, which are currently a converter method and a current rate method.

Also the list of currencies supported has changed see below for supported currencies:

AED United Arab Emirates Dirham
ARS Argentine Peso
AUD Australian Dollar
BBD Barbadian Dollar
BHD Bahraini Dinar
BRL Brazilian Real
CAD Canadian Dollar
CHF Swiss Franc
CLP Chilean Peso
CNY Chinese Yuan
CYP Cyprus Pound
CZK Czech Koruna
DKK Danish Krone
EEK Estonian Kroon
EGP Egyptian Pound
EUR Euro
GBP British Pound Sterling
HKD Hong Kong Dollar
HUF Hungarian Forint
IDR Indonesian Rupiah
ILS Israeli Sheqel
INR Indian Rupee
ISK Icelandic Krona
JMD Jamaican Dollar
JOD Jordanian Dinar
JPY Japanese Yen
KES Kenyan Shilling
KRW South Korean Won
KWD Kuwaiti Dinar
LBP Lebanese Pound
LKR Sri Lankan Rupee
LTL Lithuanian Litas
LVL Latvian Lats
MAD Moroccan Dirham
MXN Mexican Peso
MYR Malaysian Ringgit
NAD Namibian Dollar
NGN Nigerian Naira
NOK Norwegian Krone
NPR Nepalese Rupee
NZD New Zealand Dollar
OMR Omani Rial
PAB Panamanian Balboa
PHP Philippine Peso
PKR Pakistani Rupee
PLN Polish Zloty
QAR Qatari Riyal
RON Romanian Leu
RUB Russian Rouble
SAR Saudi Riyal
SEK Swedish Krona
SGD Singapore Dollar
THB Thai Baht
TRY Turkish Lira
USD US Dollar
VEF Venezuelan Bolivar
XAF Central African CFA franc
XCD East Caribbean Dollar
XOF West African CFA franc
ZAR South African Rand

We hope that these services will be useful!

Unit converter Webservice

2010-07-16T01:24:00.000-07:00

Our unit conversion SaaS is almost finished, this is our second of many useful web-services that we are developing,
Use the following URL's to test out the service:

List of required parameters and possible conversion types: http://www.cuppait.com/UnitConversionGateway-war/UnitConversion
Convert Fahrenheit to Celsius: http://www.cuppait.com/UnitConversionGateway-war/UnitConversion?ctype=Temperature&cfrom=F&cto=C&camount=212
Many other conversion possibilities, check out the first link to see the possibilities

This is also just the first stage of the unit converter, SOAP based services and EJB services will also be made available. Currently there is no security enabled so anyone may use them.

Merging Images in Java

2010-07-07T18:26:00.001-07:00

The following function is very useful, in many circumstances I have found that combining two images can be more convenient than creating one with some kind of image software (I use Gimp).

Merging is very useful for watermarking images or as we have done, marking the status of a file...
As you can see, in the image to the right, some of the file icons have a status in the bottom right hand corner: Green is a new file; Blue is a modified file

Feel free to copy/use this code as we have released it under the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).

First Webservice Available

2010-07-07T00:56:00.001-07:00

We have just deployed the currency conversion SaaS this is just the first of many useful web-services that we are developing, currently it supports a couple of functions,
Use the following URL's to test out the services, it is updated with the most current conversion rates every 3 hours:

Current Rate: http://www.cuppait.com/CurrencyGateway-war/CurrentRate?curr_from=AUD&curr_to=USD replace the curr_from and curr_to with the values you would like to query.
Convert: http://www.cuppait.com/CurrencyGateway-war/Convert?curr_from=AUD&curr_to=USD&amount=110.23 same as above except for the additional parameter amount which can be any decimal number.

This is also just the first stage of the currency converter, SOAP based services and EJB services will also be made available. Currently there is no security enabled so anyone may use them.

The currency web-services support the following currencies:

Argentine Peso: ARS

Australian Dollar: AUD

Bahrain Dinar: BHD

Botswana Pula: BWP

Brazilian Real: BRL

Brunei Dollar: BND

Canadian Dollar: CAD

Chilean Peso: CLP

Chinese Yuan: CNY

Colombian Peso: COP

Cyprus Pound: CYP

Czech Koruna: CZK

Danish Krone: DKK

Euro: EUR

Hungarian Forint: HUF

Icelandic Krona: ISK

Indian Rupee: INR

Indonesian Rupiah: IDR

Iranian Rial: IRR

Israeli New Sheqel: ILS

Japanese Yen: JPY

Korean Won: KRW

Kuwaiti Dinar: KWD

Libyan Dinar: LYD

Malaysian Ringgit: MYR

Maltese Lira: MTL

Mauritian Rupee: MUR

Mexican Peso: MXN

Nepalese Rupee: NPR

New Zealand Dollar: NZD

Norwegian Krone: NOK

Omani Rial: OMR

Pakistan Rupee: PKR

Polish Zloty: PLN

Pound Sterling: GBP

Qatar Riyal: QAR

Saudi Arabian Riyal: SAR

Singapore Dollar: SGD

Slovenian Tolar: SIT

South African Rand: ZAR

Sri Lanka Rupee: LKR

Swedish Krona: SEK

Swiss Franc: CHF

Thai Baht: THB

Trinidad/Tobago Dollar: TTD

U.A.E. Dirham: AED

U.S. Dollar: USD

Venezuelan Bolivar: VEB

Latest Site

2010-07-06T17:12:00.000-07:00

Latest site to be finished: CamArch Performance Systems, we have been doing various projects for CamArch, the latest being the launch of their new website, this is a simple Static HTML site but very effective.

CamArch is a full services provider for the financial services profitability & risk management industry. CamArch provide everything from consulting services to education & support as well as providing their own comprehensive suite of products. These products include an EPRM Appliance offering delivering best of breed analytical intelligence capabilities to the financial services industry.

CamArch pride themselves on being the best at what they do. CamArch focus on providing innovative, cost effective solutions to their customers using the best technology available in the market.

Future "Services Stack" planned

2010-07-05T21:00:00.000-07:00

You may have heard of SaaS, this is a fairly new name for something which has been around for a while. It means "Software As A Service", very simple really, you can use these SaaS's to build complex systems without having to invest in developing them, they can be integrated into an existing system or planned into a new system with very little effort.

SaaS can be a small component which is used to build more complex systems (Such as a currency conversion service) or it can be a full software system (Like a Content Management System), at CuppaIT we are building what we would like to call a "Services Stack", it will be comprised of many small services including Image Manipulation [Adding borders/Reflection/Colour profile/Resizing and Croping], Currency Conversion(Including Historical listings), mathematical algorithms, Document management which will include full version management and a few more complex services including CuppaWEB CMS.

A full list of current planned services will be posted when available.

These services will be available for individual use or as packages, we will be offering these services on a free trial basis for 3 months.