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Automatic backup of key appraisal documents to cloud storage

Purpose

1.1. Automate backup of finalized appraisal reports, photos, and compliance documents to secure cloud storage providers.
1.2. Ensure every critical file from appraisal workflows is consistently synced, versioned, and retrievable across teams, devices, and locations.
1.3. Reduce risk of lost data, meet legal record-keeping requirements, and facilitate seamless cross-platform integration for audits or client reviews.
1.4. Eliminate manual document uploads, lower error rates, and accelerate data availability for stakeholders and regulators.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. New or updated appraisal document finalized in document management or appraisal platform.
2.2. Incoming appraisal completion event via API webhook, system email, or scheduled polling trigger.
2.3. Manual document marking as "Ready for Backup" or transition to a defined workflow stage.
2.4. Time-based schedule, e.g., end-of-day or hourly backup for all documents marked as completed.

Platform Variants

3.1. Google Drive
• Feature/Setting: Drive API – Files.create
• Sample: On document-ready trigger, use API to upload file to specific Team Drive folder
3.2. Dropbox
• Feature/Setting: /files/upload endpoint
• Sample: Send POST request with file data to /2/files/upload with path and mode parameters
3.3. Microsoft OneDrive
• Feature/Setting: Graph API – /me/drive/root:/path:/content
• Sample: PUT file content to defined directory for organization backup
3.4. Box
• Feature/Setting: Content API – Upload endpoint
• Sample: POST file with metadata to /files/content, specifying parent folder ID
3.5. AWS S3
• Feature/Setting: PutObject API
• Sample: Upload file using access and secret keys to defined bucket with folder prefix
3.6. SharePoint
• Feature/Setting: REST API – _api/web/GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl
• Sample: Upload file using POST with authentication, specify library and folder
3.7. Egnyte
• Feature/Setting: Public API – File Upload
• Sample: POST to /v1/files/{path} with access token and file binary
3.8. Zoho WorkDrive
• Feature/Setting: WorkDrive API – Upload Files
• Sample: POST files to /api/v1/upload with organization and folder IDs
3.9. Citrix ShareFile
• Feature/Setting: /Folders/{id}/Upload
• Sample: POST file to given folder ID using provided OAuth credentials
3.10. pCloud
• Feature/Setting: Upload File API
• Sample: POST document to /uploadfile with folderid and auth session
3.11. Backblaze B2
• Feature/Setting: b2_upload_file
• Sample: POST to endpoint with file data, bucket ID, and auth token
3.12. Wasabi
• Feature/Setting: S3-compatible PutObject
• Sample: Use S3 API for upload, specify Wasabi endpoint and credentials
3.13. Nextcloud
• Feature/Setting: WebDAV HTTP PUT
• Sample: PUT request to https://{instance}/remote.php/webdav/{folder}/{file}
3.14. Mega.nz
• Feature/Setting: API – UploadFile
• Sample: Upload file to encrypted storage using user session and parent node
3.15. OpenDrive
• Feature/Setting: Upload.OpenUpload
• Sample: API call with account credentials, folder ID, and file data
3.16. Yandex.Disk
• Feature/Setting: API – /upload
• Sample: GET upload link, then PUT file content to link
3.17. IBM Cloud Object Storage
• Feature/Setting: S3-compatible PutObject
• Sample: Use region-specific endpoint with access key for file upload
3.18. Oracle Cloud Storage
• Feature/Setting: REST API – Put Object
• Sample: PUT request to object endpoint with file data and auth
3.19. Filebase
• Feature/Setting: S3 Compatible API
• Sample: POST document using S3 protocol to selected bucket
3.20. Sync.com
• Feature/Setting: Web API – Upload File
• Sample: POST file to /files/upload with user token and folder path
3.21. Apple iCloud Drive
• Feature/Setting: Apple CloudKit API
• Sample: Use iCloud authentication, PUT files to specified container and record zone

Benefits

4.1. Reduces human error and missed backups by removing manual steps.
4.2. Enhances security with encryption and versioning per storage provider’s controls.
4.3. Satisfies compliance for appraisers with regulated document retention and audit trails.
4.4. Scales across multiple agencies or locations, simplifying management for enterprise teams.
4.5. Enables rapid disaster recovery by ensuring off-site, up-to-date secured copies at all times.

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