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Store product content

Keep every file beside the customer, record, or workflow it belongs to.

Add documents, images, video, and other assets to application records so access, ownership, and product behavior stay connected.

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Files and images in a product

A record needs contentProfile photo, contract, product image, attachment

Store the asset with contextKeep metadata and ownership beside it

Use it across the productDownload, transform, publish, or act

Content keeps its product context

01Attach every file to an application record with shared ownership and permissions.Attach content to the record people already understand.

02Carry access into deliveryCheck the parent record before serving its file.

03Create useful image variantsResize, crop, rotate, blur, or adjust presentation when needed.

Why it matters

A file is rarely just a URL. It belongs to someone and means something.

A contract belongs to a customer. A product photo belongs to an item. An attachment belongs to a support request. Represent stored bytes as Daptin file records so APIs, actions, sites, and transformations reuse their ownership and access context.

Daptin asset fields make files part of ordinary records. The backend keeps file metadata with the subject, checks access through that record, and can store the bytes inline or in connected storage.

The same file can then participate in APIs, administration, image transformations, actions, sites, and synchronization.

Give content a clear owner

Keep the file attached to the customer, project, article, or other record that gives it meaning.

Protect downloads through the product

Attach files and images to records with the same ownership and permission context.

Prepare content for the experience

Create image variants and deliver byte ranges where the client needs them.

Keep every file in context

Connect files to the business item and destination they belong to.

A product photo, case attachment, document, audio file, or video keeps its name, size, location, owner, and chosen file service together.

Diagram showing a business item with attached files and file details connected to local or cloud file destinations. — **Keep files with the items they support**Store smaller files with the business item or send them to your own server or cloud file service through a protected connection.Open diagram for full-size view

How it fits

Part of one connected backend.

Files and images does more when it can reuse the records, people, access rules, and workflows already in your application.

Step 1Attach

Add an asset field to the relevant record type.

Step 2Upload

Send the file directly or through the supported large-file path.

Step 3Store

Keep it inline or use a connected cloud store.

Step 4Serve

Deliver it through the record's access and cache path.

What it enables

Use it in products people recognize.

Start from the experience you want to create; the backend capability supports the work behind it.

Customer documents

Store agreements, evidence, or reports beside the account or case.

Product media

Attach reusable images and variants to catalogue items.

Collaborative attachments

Keep project files visible to the same members as the record.

Connected by design

Use one file record across APIs, administration, image transformations, actions, sites, and synchronization.

These capabilities share the same application context, so each one makes files and images more useful.

Know the boundary

What Daptin leaves in your hands.

Files remain subject to storage capacity, provider limits, backup design, malware handling, retention, and privacy obligations. Review which asset types belong inline and which should use external storage.

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Build from one foundation

Attach a file to a record once; APIs, actions, sites, and image transforms keep its owner and permissions.

Run Daptin locally, explore the live administration surface, and follow one complete application path.

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