Purpose
1.2. Support audit-readiness, regulatory proof, and rapid disaster recovery for farm-stay and pet interaction business stakeholders.
1.3. Centralize backup/export tasks from different sources—cloud drives, local servers, POS systems—into immutable, organized archives.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. File system event (file creation, modification, or new document in compliance folder).
2.3. Submission or approval of a financial, legal, or compliance form.
2.4. Point of sale closeout or end-of-day reporting event.
2.5. Manual on-demand activation by authorized staff.
Platform Variants
3.1. Google Drive
- Feature/Setting: Use Drive API “Files: list” and “Files: export” for programmatic retrieval and copy/export of documents from specified folders.
- Sample: Configure API to watch folder 'Compliance Docs', trigger “Files: export” to predefined backup folder.
3.2. Dropbox
- Feature/Setting: Dropbox API /files/list_folder and /files/download for identifying and backing up updated files.
- Sample: Monitor '/Financials' folder, batch backup updates to '/Backups/YYYY-MM'.
3.3. Microsoft OneDrive
- Feature/Setting: Graph API “List children” and “Create upload session” for incremental backup of legal documents.
- Sample: Schedule periodic listing and file uploads from 'Legal' to 'SecureBackups'.
3.4. Amazon S3
- Feature/Setting: S3 PutObject API uploads and S3 LifeCycle rules for backup retention policy.
- Sample: Push files from compliance system to S3 'farmstay-backup' bucket using PutObject.
3.5. Box
- Feature/Setting: Box API “Search” and “Download File” to extract targeted documents by tag or metadata.
- Sample: Filter on "compliance", back up all matches to alternate secure folder.
3.6. Egnyte
- Feature/Setting: Egnyte Public API folder events and file download endpoint.
- Sample: Trigger on changes in 'Finance/Receipts', archive daily snapshot locally.
3.7. SharePoint
- Feature/Setting: Microsoft Graph APIs “Get items” and “Copy files” for regulatory document library.
- Sample: Copy all files tagged “Permits” to ‘Backup’ SharePoint site nightly.
3.8. Zoho WorkDrive
- Feature/Setting: REST API “Files list” and “Download” for scheduled compliance folder copies.
- Sample: Pull 'Legal' folder contents, push to storage service each week.
3.9. SAP Document Management
- Feature/Setting: “GET /documents” and “POST /backup” (if available) for SAP-compliant archiving.
- Sample: Extract invoices and contracts, initiate document backup routine.
3.10. Xero
- Feature/Setting: Xero Files API for exporting financial documents to external storage at month-end.
- Sample: Export PDFs of all monthly statements for archival.
3.11. QuickBooks Online
- Feature/Setting: “Reports API” with automated emailing or storing of end-of-period financials.
- Sample: Generate ‘Profit and Loss’ PDF, send to backup folder via integration.
3.12. FreshBooks
- Feature/Setting: Receipt and Invoice APIs, automated attachment downloads to backup drive.
- Sample: Schedule export of all monthly invoice images to cloud backup.
3.13. Slack
- Feature/Setting: Files.list API monitors approved compliance document channel, backs up new uploads.
- Sample: Extract files from #legal-compliance, upload to secure storage upon upload event.
3.14. Notion
- Feature/Setting: Notion API Page Export to PDF or markdown for legal/compliance workspace backup.
- Sample: Export workspace “Permits & Policies” weekly.
3.15. Trello
- Feature/Setting: Trello API “Get Attachments” from compliance boards, push attachments to backup.
- Sample: Scheduled job retrieves board attachments and stores in designated drive.
3.16. DocuSign
- Feature/Setting: DocuSign API “Envelopes::ListDocuments” for signed waivers, automate archive to cloud.
- Sample: Backup completed waivers for each guest at EOD.
3.17. HelloSign
- Feature/Setting: “Get Signature Requests”, download PDFs of signed contracts, back up to storage.
- Sample: Daily export of completed contract PDFs.
3.18. Airtable
- Feature/Setting: Airtable API “List Records” and extract LinkedAttachments for compliance trackers.
- Sample: Download attached evidence from compliance tables, backup to drive.
3.19. Salesforce
- Feature/Setting: Files REST API, scheduled export of records/attachments in ‘Legal’ object.
- Sample: Nightly extraction of compliance forms for secondary storage.
3.20. monday.com
- Feature/Setting: API “Files” field export for boards tracking permits or insurance.
- Sample: Retrieve and back up permit images added to workflow boards.
3.21. Asana
- Feature/Setting: Attachments endpoint, routine copy of attached legal/compliance docs to backup.
- Sample: Weekly backup of project doc attachments flagged for compliance.
3.22. SFTP Servers
- Feature/Setting: Automate SFTP “Get” and “Put” for remote site compliance folder backup.
- Sample: Fetch all new/changed files in '/compliance' daily, upload to backup host.
3.23. Zapier Storage
- Feature/Setting: Use “Store File” action to receive compliance documents from other apps for archiving.
- Sample: Pipeline all new contracts from CRM into Zapier Storage backup bucket.
3.24. Oracle NetSuite
- Feature/Setting: SuiteTalk API, export transaction records or compliance documents regularly.
- Sample: Push records to backup S3 bucket weekly.
3.25. Smartsheet
- Feature/Setting: API “Get Attachments”, schedule backup download of files in compliance sheets.
- Sample: Nightly archive of compliance attachment uploads.
3.26. Jotform
- Feature/Setting: API “Get Submissions”, download file uploads from compliance forms for backup.
- Sample: Auto-save all newly submitted compliance docs to secure drive.
Benefits
4.2. Minimizes business risk from accidental deletion or data loss.
4.3. Enables rapid restoration of financial/legal records after incidents.
4.4. Improves compliance with hospitality and agricultural industry regulations.
4.5. Reduces staff manual intervention, lowers operational costs, and increases documentation accuracy.