The Dropbox API

ivankirigin wrote: post #2

My personal favorite apps that use the API: plaintext: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/plaintext-dropbox-text-editin... http://ifttt.com https://www.hellofax.com http://greplin.com

hellofax uses dropbox api? That's sweet - but I can't figure out exactly how they use it?

Re: The Dropbox API

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Post by ivankirigin » Fri, Oct 21, 2011, 6:43 PM UTC

juxta wrote: post #3

ivankirigin wrote: post #2

My personal favorite apps that use the API: plaintext: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/plaintext-dropbox-text-editin... http://ifttt.com https://www.hellofax.com http://greplin.com

hellofax uses dropbox api? That's sweet - but I can't figure out exactly how they use it?

http://blog.hellofax.com/uncategorized/receive-faxes-in-drop...

Re: The Dropbox API

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Post by seanieb » Fri, Oct 21, 2011, 7:01 PM UTC

ivankirigin wrote: post #2

My personal favorite apps that use the API: plaintext: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/plaintext-dropbox-text-editin... http://ifttt.com https://www.hellofax.com http://greplin.com

Two apps I use almost daily that use the API:

- https://agilebits.com/onepassword/android

- http://www.quickoffice.com/quickoffice_pro_android/

Re: The Dropbox API

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Post by euroclydon » Fri, Oct 21, 2011, 7:07 PM UTC

ivankirigin wrote: post #2

My personal favorite apps that use the API: plaintext: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/plaintext-dropbox-text-editin... http://ifttt.com https://www.hellofax.com http://greplin.com

Wow, so could that plain text file be a JavaScript file in my public Dropbox folder?

Re: The Dropbox API

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Post by jaredsohn » Fri, Oct 21, 2011, 7:07 PM UTC

Finally, Dropbox lets apps request access to only a single folder. Now you can try out an app without worrying that you're giving access to your private data.

Many people were asking about this feature on Hacker News just yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3136098

Re: The Dropbox API

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Post by guiseppecalzone » Fri, Oct 21, 2011, 7:11 PM UTC

juxta wrote: post #3

ivankirigin wrote: post #2

My personal favorite apps that use the API: plaintext: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/plaintext-dropbox-text-editin... http://ifttt.com https://www.hellofax.com http://greplin.com

hellofax uses dropbox api? That's sweet - but I can't figure out exactly how they use it?

Juxta - we just did a redesign last week and haven't updated all the "how to" posts.

Here's a screenshot of how to integrate HelloFax with Dropbox https://img.skitch.com/20111021-b2qqr3rbh5uew4jxh4c4n83pe7.j...

Hope that helps!

Re: The Dropbox API

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Post by euroclydon » Fri, Oct 21, 2011, 7:12 PM UTC

Seems like its all server code. It'd be nice to do x-domain posts straight from the browser to Dropbox.

Re: The Dropbox API

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Post by sdizdar » Fri, Oct 21, 2011, 7:18 PM UTC

This is excellent: I especially like revision control and "undelete" (still not as powerful as Google Docs but enough for majority of apps).

Allowing access to only a single folder is an excellent feature (Google Docs does not have that): basically you can make Dropbox as a dropbox or sendbox.

And shameless plug: if you need to real-time replication of multiple Basecamp/Google Doc accounts with Dropbox try this: https://cloudHQ.net/ (and you probably understand why we are excited to finally get "single folder access feature").