Dropbox API v2 launches

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Post by leahculver » Wed, Nov 04, 2015, 6:54 PM UTC

Dropbox API v2 launches
blogs.dropbox.com

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Post by dietcokerules » Wed, Nov 04, 2015, 7:24 PM UTC

Love the layout of the API Explorer. Makes it easy to see exactly what is being requested.

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Post by muyfine » Wed, Nov 04, 2015, 7:35 PM UTC

Is there an accessible description of the API? i.e., what's driving the "code generation process"? Is that open and something I could use to generate a client for ?

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Post by pixie_ » Wed, Nov 04, 2015, 7:36 PM UTC

A simple POST based API? What is this blasphemy?

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Post by smizell » Wed, Nov 04, 2015, 7:45 PM UTC

pixie_ wrote: post #4

A simple POST based API? What is this blasphemy?

It is interesting that you request the /get_account link with a POST method.

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Post by ajkjk » Wed, Nov 04, 2015, 7:48 PM UTC

smizell wrote: post #5

pixie_ wrote: post #4

A simple POST based API? What is this blasphemy?

It is interesting that you request the /get_account link with a POST method.

As systems grow you always end up wanting to parameterize GET apis with things that you can't reasonably continue to stuff into headers, matrix params, and a wonky URL (in my experience).

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Post by smarx » Wed, Nov 04, 2015, 7:49 PM UTC

muyfine wrote: post #3

Is there an accessible description of the API? i.e., what's driving the "code generation process"? Is that open and something I could use to generate a client for ?

Stay tuned for more details! The short answer is that yes, you'll be able to do that, but we haven't published that API description yet.

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Post by conradk » Wed, Nov 04, 2015, 7:50 PM UTC

pixie_ wrote: post #4

A simple POST based API? What is this blasphemy?

As long as everything is well documented, I don't see the problem. With most languages, you'll probably want to use an SDK anyway.

What's the problem with a POST based API?

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Post by robitor » Wed, Nov 04, 2015, 7:51 PM UTC

Why would they choose RPC style endpoints over REST?

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Post by tlb » Wed, Nov 04, 2015, 7:53 PM UTC

ajkjk wrote: post #6

smizell wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is interesting that you request the /get_account link with a POST method.

As systems grow you always end up wanting to parameterize GET apis with things that you can't reasonably continue to stuff into headers, matrix params, and a wonky URL (in my experience).

And especially, browsers limit URLs to as small as 2 kB. They go into more detail on this design decision here: https://blogs.dropbox.com/developers/2015/03/limitations-of-...