PAYOFF INFORMATION DETERMINATION

An example electronic device includes a watermark scanner to scan a watermark embedded on an initial page of a physical medium. The electronic device also includes a gesture sensor to detect a hand movement of a consumer associated with the physical medium. The electronic device further includes a controller to: determine a page number of the initial page based on the scanned watermark; determine a current page number based on the page number of the initial page; determine a page number of a subsequent page of the physical medium based on the detected hand movement and the current page number; and determine payoff information associated with the subsequent page based on the page number of the subsequent page. 1. An electronic device comprising:a watermark scanner to scan a watermark embedded on an initial page of a physical medium;a gesture sensor to detect a hand movement of a consumer associated with the physical medium; and determine a page number of the initial page based on the scanned watermark;', 'determine a current page number based on the page number of the initial page;', 'determine a page number of a subsequent page of the physical medium based on the detected hand movement and the current page number; and', 'determine payoff information associated with the subsequent page based on the page number of the subsequent page., 'a controller to2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the gesture sensor is to detect the hand movement via radio waves.3. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a display to display the payoff information.4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is to determine identification information of the physical medium based on the watermark.5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the gesture sensor is further to:associate a first hand movement to a first direction of a page flip; andassociate a second hand movement to a second direction of the page flip.6. The electronic device of claim 1 , ...

REPLACEMENT TEXT FOR TEXTUAL CONTENT TO BE PRINTED

Examples disclosed herein relate to replacement text for textual content to be printed. Examples include a covert version of a document including textual content to be printed, the covert version including replacement text having, for each character of a plurality of first characters of the textual content, a corresponding second character having a different semantic meaning than the first character. The covert version also includes an encrypted representation of the textual content.

Data aggregation using proxy entry of credentials

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for entering user credentials through a proxy. One example method generally includes receiving, at a user device, a push request for user data from a cloud server and receiving a request file from an aggregation system. The method further includes injecting user credentials stored on the user device into the request file, wherein when injected the user credentials replace at least one dummy entry of the request file, and transmitting the request file to a data source associated with the request file. The method further includes receiving user data from the data source and transmitting the user data to the aggregation system.

MACHINE-READABLE WATERMARKS AND BARCODES IN IMAGES

Example embodiments relate to recognizing embedded information from images. In this manner, the embodiments disclosed herein enable recognition of a first barcode from a first image and a first machine-readable watermark based on the first barcode. The first barcode may be decoded to obtain a first group identifier. The first machine-readable watermark may also be decoded. A first payload associated with the first machine-readable watermark may be accessed based on the first group identifier and a first reusable watermark identifier of the first machine-readable watermark. 1. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions executable by a processing resource of a computing device for recognizing embedded information from images to:recognize a first barcode from a first image;recognize a first machine-readable watermark based on the first barcode;decode the first barcode to obtain a first group identifier;decode the first machine-readable watermark; andaccess a first payload associated with the first machine-readable watermark based on the first group identifier and a first reusable watermark identifier of the first machine-readable watermark.2. The storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the instructions executable by the processing resource of the computing device comprise instructions to:obtain the first reusable watermark identifier from the decoded first machine-readable watermark.3. The storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the instructions executable by the processing resource of the computing device comprise instructions to:recognize a second barcode in the first image;recognize a second machine-readable watermark based on the second barcode;decode the second barcode to obtain a second group identifier;decode the second machine-readable watermark; andaccess a second payload associated with the second machine-readable watermark based on the second group identifier and the first reusable watermark identifier of the second machine-readable ...

Authentication of a print request

Examples disclosed herein provide methods and systems for the authentication of a print request. As an example, an email service associated with an enterprise network may receive an electronic message having a destination address indicative of a request to print data included in the message, wherein the destination address may have a domain name associated with the enterprise network. The email service may access an authentication service associated with the enterprise network to determine whether a sender address of the electronic message is a valid address to submit print jobs. Upon determining the sender address is a valid address, the email service may forward the electronic message to a cloud print service to prepare the print job comprising the data included in the message for printing.

Grid-based watermark

An example implementation includes an apparatus including a processor to divide a digital image into a grid including a first grid region and a second grid region. The processor is also to generate a first grid-based watermark using shared watermark information and a first set of grid coordinates associated with the first grid region. The processor is further to generate a second grid-based watermark using the shared watermark information and a second set of grid coordinates associated with the second grid region. The processor is further to embed the first grid-based watermark into a first region of the digital image corresponding to the first grid region and to embed the second grid-based watermark into a second region of the digital image corresponding to the second grid region. The processor is further to generate a machine-readable digital image including the embedded first grid-based watermark and the embedded second grid-based watermark.

Network printing

Systems and methods for printing a document over a network are described herein. In one implementation, a method for network printing comprises receiving a request from a node to connect to a parent node and determining whether a number of child nodes of the parent node has reached a predefined threshold number. The method further comprises transmitting a connection acknowledgement message to the node on determining the number of child nodes not to have reached the predefined threshold number.

Replacement text for textual content to be printed

Examples disclosed herein relate to replacement text for textual content to be printed. Examples include a covert version of a document including textual content to be printed, the covert version including replacement text having, for each character of a plurality of first characters of the textual content, a corresponding second character having a different semantic meaning than the first character. The covert version also includes an encrypted representation of the textual content.

Payoff information determination

An example electronic device includes a watermark scanner to scan a watermark embedded on an initial page of a physical medium. The electronic device also includes a gesture sensor to detect a hand movement of a consumer associated with the physical medium. The electronic device further includes a controller to: determine a page number of the initial page based on the scanned watermark; determine a current page number based on the page number of the initial page; determine a page number of a subsequent page of the physical medium based on the detected hand movement and the current page number; and determine payoff information associated with the subsequent page based on the page number of the subsequent page.

Media hotspot payoffs with alternatives lists

In one example of the disclosure, establishment data for a plurality of hotspots is accessed, with each hotspot being linked to a hotspot payoff. Presence data indicative of a mobile device detecting a target hotspot is received via a network. An alternatives list for the target hotspot is determined based on an identification of the target hotspot and the establishment data. The hotspot payoff is caused to be sent to the mobile device for display, the payoff including the alternatives list.

Cloud-based data sharing

A first device broadcasts an intent to share data with a second device, using a first communications protocol, The first device connects to a cloud server using a second communications protocol, and shares the data with the second device on the cloud server when the second device is connected to the cloud server.

PROCESSING MACHINE-READABLE LINK

Approaches and devices for processing a machine-readable link in the event of a failed scan are described. In one example, the processing may alter an image attribute corresponding to each image within the set of images, process the set of images with the altered image attribute to ascertain presence of the machine-readable link; and obtain an operational indication, wherein the operational indication is to aid a user of a computing system for subsequently scanning another machine-readable link.

Link association

Examples disclosed herein relate to capturing a first machine-readable link via art image capture device, retrieving a first content element associated with the first machine-readable Sink, determining whether the first content element is related to a second content element associated with a second machine-readable link, and in response to determining that the first content element is related to the second content element associated with a second machine-readable link, retrieving the second content element.

Processing a machine-readable link

Approaches for processing a machine-readable link are described. The machine-readable link is readable by a computing system to obtain access to digital content using a communication network.

Secure printing

A system for secure printing is disclosed herein. An example of the system includes a client that initiates a print request, creates an identifier, transmits the print request and identifier, and renders print data. The system also includes a cloud-connected printer and a server to which the cloud-connected printer is coupled that receives the transmitted print request and identifier, verifies the availability of the cloud-connected printer, transfers the identifier to the available cloud-connected printer, and establishes a secure connection between the available cloud connected printer and the client. Other details of the system are disclosed herein, as are other examples of the system. Examples of a method for secure printing and a non-volatile storage medium are also disclosed herein.

PRINT FORMAT VERSION WITH OVERLAID MACHINE-READABLE LINK

Examples disclosed herein relate to generating a print format version with an overlaid machine-readable link. As an example, a set of machine-readable links assigned to a user account from a remote repository is obtained. In response to a print command associated with the user account, one machine-readable link from amongst the set of the machine-readable links is selected and applied onto a portion of the digital document. Thereafter, a print format version of the digital document along with the machine-readable link is generated.

DIGITAL CONTENT ACCESS USING A MACHINE -READABLE LINK

Examples disclosed herein relate to providing access to digital content using a machine-readable link. As an example, an annotation comprising digital content, for a portion of a digital content, is identified in response to a print request. Based on the annotations, a machine-readable link associated with the digital content is generated. Subsequently, a printable format version of the digital document comprising the machine-readable link, and excluding the annotation is obtained wherein the machine-readable link is readable by a computing device to obtain access to the digital content over a communication network.

Machine-readable watermarks and barcodes in images

Example embodiments relate to recognizing embedded information from images. In this manner, the embodiments disclosed herein enable recognition of a first barcode from a first image and a first machine-readable watermark based on the first barcode. The first barcode may be decoded to obtain a first group identifier. The first machine-readable watermark may also be decoded. A first payload associated with the first machine-readable watermark may be accessed based on the first group identifier and a first reusable watermark identifier of the first machine-readable watermark.

LINK ASSOCIATION

Examples disclosed herein relate to capturing a first machine-readable link via art image capture device, retrieving a first content element associated with the first machine-readable Sink, determining whether the first content element is related to a second content element associated with a second machine-readable link, and in response to determining that the first content element is related to the second content element associated with a second machine-readable link, retrieving the second content element. 1. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions to:capture a first machine-readable link via an image capture device;retrieve a first content element associated with the first machine-readable link;determine whether the first content element is related to a second content element associated with a second machine-readable link; andin response to determining that the first content element is related to the second content element associated with a second machine-readable link, retrieve the second content element.2. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the instructions to determine whether the first content element is related to the second content element comprise instructions to determine whether the first content element is displayed within a threshold distance of the second content element.3. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the instructions to determine whether the first content element is related to the second content element comprise instructions to determine whether the first content element and the second content element are each associated with a same document.4. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the instructions to determine whether the first content element is related to the second content element comprise instructions to determine whether the first content element and the second content element have been previously captured by a second image ...

Print format version with overlaid machine-readable link

Examples disclosed herein relate to generating a print format version with an overlaid machine-readable link. As an example, a set of machine-readable links assigned to a user account from a remote repository is obtained. In response to a print command associated with the user account, one machine-readable link from amongst the set of the machine-readable links is selected and applied onto a portion of the digital document. Thereafter, a print format version of the digital document along with the machine-readable link is generated.

Processing machine-readable link

Approaches and devices for processing a machine-readable link in the event of a failed scan are described. In one example, the processing may alter an image attribute corresponding to each image within the set of images, process the set of images with the altered image attribute to ascertain presence of the machine-readable link; and obtain an operational indication, wherein the operational indication is to aid a user of a computing system for subsequently scanning another machine-readable link.

Digital content access using a machine-readable link

Examples disclosed herein relate to providing access to digital content using a machine-readable link. As an example, an annotation comprising digital content, for a portion of a digital content, is identified in response to a print request. Based on the annotations, a machine-readable link associated with the digital content is generated. Subsequently, a printable format version of the digital document comprising the machine-readable link, and excluding the annotation is obtained wherein the machine-readable link is readable by a computing device to obtain access to the digital content over a communication network.

MEDIA HOTSPOT PAYOFFS WITH ALTERNATIVES LISTS

In one example of the disclosure, establishment data for a plurality of hotspots is accessed, with each hotspot being linked to a hotspot payoff. Presence data indicative of a mobile device detecting a target hotspot is received via a network. An alternatives list for the target hotspot is determined based on an identification of the target hotspot and the establishment data. The hotspot payoff is caused to be sent to the mobile device for display, the payoff including the alternatives list. 1. A memory resource storing instructions that when executed cause a processing resource to implement a system to provide media hotspot payoffs with alternatives lists , the instructions comprising:an establishment data module, to access establishment data for a plurality of hotspots for a medium, with each hotspot being linked to a hotspot payoff;a presence data module, to receive, via a network, presence data indicative of a mobile device detecting a target hotspot;a determination module, to determine an alternatives list for the target hotspot based on an identification of the target hotspot and the establishment data; anda payoff provision module, to cause sending of the hotspot payoff to the mobile device for display, the payoff including the alternatives list.2. The memory resource of claim 1 , wherein each hotspot claim 1 , when detected by a mobile computing device having a camera claim 1 , a display component claim 1 , and programming to recognize the hotspot claim 1 , is to trigger an information display relating to a subject of the medium at the display component.3. The memory resource of claim 1 , wherein the hotspot payoff is a first payoff claim 1 , and further comprising a selection receipt module claim 1 , to receive claim 1 , via the network claim 1 , data indicative of a user selection from the alternatives list made at the mobile device claim 1 , and to send to the mobile device a second hotspot payoff corresponding with the selection.4. The memory resource of ...

Data aggregation using proxy entry of credentials

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for entering user credentials through a proxy. One example method generally includes receiving, at a user device, a push request for user data from a cloud server and receiving a request file from an aggregation system. The method further includes injecting user credentials stored on the user device into the request file, wherein when injected the user credentials replace at least one dummy entry of the request file, and transmitting the request file to a data source associated with the request file. The method further includes receiving user data from the data source and transmitting the user data to the aggregation system.

AUTHENTICATION OF A PRINT REQUEST

Examples disclosed herein provide methods and systems for the authentication of a print request. As an example, an email service associated with an enterprise network may receive an electronic message having a destination address indicative of a request to print data included in the message, wherein the destination address may have a domain name associated with the enterprise network. The email service may access an authentication service associated with the enterprise network to determine whether a sender address of the electronic message is a valid address to submit print jobs. Upon determining the sender address is a valid address, the email service may forward the electronic message to a cloud print service to prepare the print job comprising the data included in the message for printing. 1. A method to handle a print job , the method comprising:receiving, with an email service associated with an enterprise network, an electronic message having a destination address indicative of a request to print data included in the message, wherein the destination address has a first domain name associated with the enterprise network;accessing, via the email service, an authentication service associated with the enterprise network to determine whether a sender address of the electronic message is a valid address to submit print jobs, wherein the sender address has a second domain name associated with the enterprise network, wherein the first domain name and the second domain name are different; andupon determining the sender address a valid address, forwarding, from the email service, the electronic message to a cloud print service to prepare the print job comprising the data included in the message for printing, wherein the authentication service is inaccessible to the cloud print service.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the email service determines the sender address is a valid address to submit print jobs in response to indication from the authentication service that ...

Server validation of website scraped data

A method that involves establishing a network connection with a plurality of servers executing at least one web application; executing, via the network connection, a set of computer executable scraping instructions on the at least one web application to obtain a set of scraped data; receiving a plurality of electronic messages transmitted via a network; generating a first set of records from the set of scraped data; generating a second set of records from the plurality of electronic messages; validating the set of computer executable scraping instructions by locating a record in the second set of records that identifies a transaction missing in the first set of records to obtain a validation result; and generating, based on the validation result, an alert to update the set of computer executable scraping instructions.

DATA AGGREGATION USING PROXY ENTRY OF CREDENTIALS

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for entering user credentials through a proxy. One example method generally includes receiving, at a user device, a push request for user data from a cloud server and receiving a request file from an aggregation system. The method further includes injecting user credentials stored on the user device into the request file, wherein when injected the user credentials replace at least one dummy entry of the request file, and transmitting the request file to a data source associated with the request file. The method further includes receiving user data from the data source and transmitting the user data to the aggregation system. 1. A method for entering user credentials through a proxy , comprising:receiving, at a user device, a request for user data;receiving request data having at least one dummy entry from an aggregation system;injecting user credentials stored on the user device into the request data, wherein when injected the user credentials cause the at least one dummy entry of the request data to be replaced;transmitting the request data to a remote data source associated with the request data;receiving user data from the remote data source; andtransmitting the user data to the aggregation system.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:determining the data source has not previously been accessed by the user device;prompting a user of the user device for entry of the user credentials;encrypting the user credentials; andstoring the user credentials on the user device.3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:receiving, from the user, updated credentials;determining the updated credentials are of the same type as the user credentials;storing the updated credentials on the user device; andremoving the user credentials from the user device.4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:receiving a second request for user data, wherein the second request for user data is associated with a second ...

NETWORK PRINTING

Systems and methods for printing a document over a network are described herein. In one implementation, a method for network printing comprises receiving a request from a node to connect to a parent node and determining whether a number of child nodes of the parent node has reached a predefined threshold number. The method further comprises transmitting a connection acknowledgement message to the node on determining the number of child nodes not to have reached the predefined threshold number. 1. A method for network printing , the method comprising:receiving a request from a node to connect to a parent node, wherein the node is a printer;determining whether a number of child nodes of the parent node has reached a predefined threshold number; andfor the number of child nodes being less than the predefined threshold number, transmitting a connection acknowledgement message to the node.2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , the method further comprising transmitting a list of child nodes of the parent node to the new node claim 1 , on determining the number of child nodes to have reached the predefined threshold number.3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , the method further comprising transmitting a list of per nodes of the parent node to the new node claim 1 , wherein the new node connects to at least one of the peer nodes on detecting a break in connection with the parent node.4. The method as claimed in claim 3 , the method further comprising sorting the list of peer nodes in an ascending order of geographical distance of the peer nodes from the node.5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , the method further comprising:receiving a request from a pint server to connect to a child node for execution of the print job; androute the request to the child node.6. A printer for network printing claim 1 , the printer comprising:a processor; transmit a connection request to a parent node;', 'receive at least one of a connection acknowledgement message and a list of child nodes ...

CLOUD-BASED DATA SHARING

A first device broadcasts an intent to share data with a second device, using a first communications protocol, The first device connects to a cloud server using a second communications protocol, and shares the data with the second device on the cloud server when the second device is connected to the cloud server. 1. A method for data sharing , comprising:receiving, by a second device, an intent to share data that is broadcasted from a first device using a low-power communications protocol when the second device is within a broadcast range of the first communication protocol;connecting to a cloud server using a high-speed communications protocol in response to the intent to share data that is received; andreceiving data from the cloud server, wherein the data is shared on the cloud server by the first device using the high-speed communications protocol.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second device comprises a printing device.3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:printing the data that is received from the cloud server.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first device comprises a computing device.5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data comprises a content or a file to be printed.6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the low-power communications protocol comprises at least one of: Bluetooth low energy (BLE) protocol claim 1 , an ANT® protocol claim 1 , a ZigBee protocol claim 1 , an infrared data association (IrDA) protocol claim 1 , or an ultra-wideband (UWB) protocol.7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the high-speed communications protocol comprises at least one of: an Internet protocol claim 1 , a broadband communications protocol claim 1 , and a cellular network protocol.8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the intent to share data that is broadcasted includes at least one of a device identification or a security code in the intent to share data that is broadcasted.9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the intent to share data that is broadcasted ...

Secure printing

A system for secure printing is disclosed herein. An example of the system includes a client that initiates a print request, creates an identifier, transmits the print request and identifier, and renders print data. The system also includes a cloud-connected printer and a server to which the cloud-connected printer is coupled that receives the transmitted print request and identifier, verifies the availability of the cloud-connected printer, transfers the identifier to the available cloud-connected printer, and establishes a secure connection between the available cloud connected printer and the client. Other details of the system are disclosed herein, as are other examples of the system. Examples of a method for secure printing and a non-volatile storage medium are also disclosed herein.

Processing a machine-readable link

Approaches for processing a machine-readable link are described. The machine-readable link is readable by a computing system to obtain access to digital content using a communication network.

Cloud-Based Data Sharing

A first device broadcasts an intent to share data with a second device, using a first communications protocol, The first device connects to a cloud server using a second communications protocol, and shares the data with the second device on the cloud server when the second device is connected to the cloud server. 1. A method for data sharing , comprising:broadcasting, by a first device, an intent to share data with a second device, using a first communications protocol;connecting to a cloud server using a second communications protocol; andsharing the data with the second device on the cloud server when the second device is connected to the cloud server.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first communications protocol is a low-power communications protocol including at least one of a Bluetooth low energy (BLE) protocol claim 1 , an ANT® protocol claim 1 , a ZigBee protocol claim 1 , infrared data association (IrDA) protocol claim 1 , and an ultra-wideband (UWB) protocol.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second protocol is a high-speed communications protocol including at least one of an Internet protocol claim 1 , a broadband communications protocol claim 1 , and a cellular network protocol.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second device is in a close proximity to the first device and wherein the second device connects to the cloud server in response to receiving the broadcast from the first device.5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the broadcast includes an encryption key claim 1 , wherein the data is encrypted using the key claim 1 , and wherein the key is usable to decrypt the data.6. The method of claim 1 , comprising:registering with the cloud server prior to broadcasting the intent to share data;receiving at least one of a device identification and a security code from the cloud server, usable for authenticating the first device;connecting to the cloud server using the at least one device identification and security code.7. The method of claim 6 , ...

GRID-BASED WATERMARK

An example implementation includes an apparatus including a processor to divide a digital image into a grid including a first grid region and a second grid region. The processor is also to generate a first grid-based watermark using shared watermark information and a first set of grid coordinates associated with the first grid region. The processor is further to generate a second grid-based watermark using the shared watermark information and a second set of grid coordinates associated with the second grid region. The processor is further to embed the first grid-based watermark into a first region of the digital image corresponding to the first grid region and to embed the second grid-based watermark into a second region of the digital image corresponding to the second grid region. The processor is further to generate a machine-readable digital image including the embedded first grid-based watermark and the embedded second grid-based watermark. 1. An apparatus comprising: divide a digital image into a grid including a first grid region associated with a first set of grid coordinates and a second grid region associated with a second set of grid coordinates:', 'generate a first grid-based watermark using shared watermark information and the first set of grid coordinates;', 'generate a second grid-based watermark using the shared watermark information and the second set of grid coordinates;', 'embed the first grid-based watermark into a first region of the digital image corresponding to the first grid region;', 'embed the second grid-based watermark into a second region of the digital image corresponding to the second grid region; and', 'generate a machine-readable digital image including content of the digital image, the embedded first grid-based watermark, and the embedded second grid-based watermark., 'a processor to2. The apparatus of claim 1 , the processor is further to associate the first grid-based watermark with payoff information in a lookup table using the ...

Machine-readable watermarks and barcodes in images

Network printing

Network printing

Systems and methods for printing a document over a network are described herein. In one implementation, a method for network printing comprises receiving a request from a node to connect to a parent node and determining whether a number of child nodes of the parent node has reached a predefined threshold number. The method further comprises transmitting a connection acknowledgement message to the node on determining the number of child nodes not to have reached the predefined threshold number.

Data aggregation using proxy entry of credentials

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for entering user credentials through a proxy. One example method generally includes receiving, at a user device, a push request for user data from a cloud server and receiving a request file from an aggregation system. The method further includes injecting user credentials stored on the user device into the request file, wherein when injected the user credentials replace at least one dummy entry of the request file, and transmitting the request file to a data source associated with the request file. The method further includes receiving user data from the data source and transmitting the user data to the aggregation system.

Print format version with machine-readable link

Processing machine-readable link

Approaches and devices for processing a machine-readable link in the event of a failed scan are described. In one example, the processing may alter an image attribute corresponding to each image within the set of images, process the set of images with the altered image attribute to ascertain presence of the machine-readable link; and obtain an operational indication, wherein the operational indication is to aid a user of a computing system for subsequently scanning another machine-readable link.

Print format version with machine-readable link

Examples disclosed herein relate to generating a print format version with an overlaid machine-readable link. As an example, a set of machine-readable links assigned to a user account from a remote repository is obtained. In response to a print command associated with the user account, one machine-readable link from amongst the set of the machine-readable links is selected and applied onto a portion of the digital document. Thereafter, a print format version of the digital document along with the machine-readable link is generated.

Data aggregation using proxy entry of credentials

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for entering user credentials through a proxy. One example method generally includes receiving, at a user device, a push request for user data from a cloud server and receiving a request file from an aggregation system. The method further includes injecting user credentials stored on the user device into the request file, wherein when injected the user credentials replace at least one dummy entry of the request file, and transmitting the request file to a data source associated with the request file. The method further includes receiving user data from the data source and transmitting the user data to the aggregation system.