Dropbox REST API Part 3: Create, Delete and Move Folders
February 19, 2012
In the previous part (part 2: API Requests) I mentioned that the third part would show you how to perform various folder operations such as creating, deleting and moving folders.
Well it has been a month, so let’s get to it. Go to the download page and download the source code of part 2 (Article #63). Unzip and open the solution in Visual Studio. Make sure you modify the API key and secret located in the console application (Program.cs code file). Replace the values with your own application’s key and secret.
Ready? Set? OK, let’s start with creating folders…
Dropbox REST API Part 2: API Requests
January 8, 2012
In the previous article, Dropbox REST API Part 1: Authentication, I showed you how you can obtain an access token using the Dropbox REST API and OAuth.
Once you have an access token, you can use it to access the main Dropbox REST API. Let’s demonstrate this by using some of the API’s requests such as retrieving account information and file (and directory) metadata.
It’s actually surprisingly easy. In the next part we’ll explore other options such as creating, deleting and moving folders.
Let’s get started…
Dropbox REST API Part 1: Authentication
December 29, 2011
I’ve been using Dropbox for about 6 months now. Before that I relied on Google Documents to share my files between the computers I use. Of course I had to login first and then I had to download them. Kind of a drag, certainly with big files.
With Dropbox that’s a thing of the past. Just install the client software and it will synchronize all of your files automatically. They are neatly downloaded into a local Dropbox folder on each of your computers. And only the parts of the file that actually changed are transferred, greatly reducing the download time.
Another neat feature is that other applications can use your Dropbox folder to store their data. For instance, I use a password manager (AgileBit’s 1Password) to securely save my login accounts. If I create a new account for a site on my laptop, then when I start my desktop it will automatically be known there once Dropbox has synched 1Password’s files (which is nearly instantanously).
This is made possible thanks to the Dropbox REST API. Let’s find out how we can use it…
