Filestack Technical Glossary
Comprehensive reference for Filestack platform architecture and services
Storage Aliases
Integration
Powerful premium feature that bridges the Filestack platform with existing cloud storage infrastructure, allowing processing without data migration.
Integration Capability
Allows Filestack’s Processing Engine to access, transform, and analyze files stored in external providers (Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage) without uploading to Filestack’s native storage.
URL Structure
.../API-KEY/src://STORAGE-ALIAS/PATH-TO-FILE
Business Benefits
- Eliminates costly data migration
- Preserves existing data lake investments
- Enables gradual platform adoption
- Decouples processing from storage
📚 Filestack Documentation
Learn more about Storage Aliases in the official Filestack documentation: