Wishlist: Dropbox API

[Jorbazz]

Can someone make a dropbox api that works for B4A?

 

[thedesolatesoul]

Here is the mobile API documentation: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/docs

Most of it can be done with HttpUtils I think.
So far the only problem I see the the progress of upload/download files.

I want to do this at some point but I do not have the time at the moment.
In the meantime I am willing to help anyone because I have done some work on this (Desktop client though).

 

[Jorbazz]

I have looked at the documentation but im not sure how to begin this..
Edit:
This shouldnt be a problem?

/files

Retrieves or uploads file contents relative to the user's Dropbox root or the application's directory within the user's Dropbox.

Method(s)
GET, POST
Parameter(s)

POST:

file - When POST is used for uploading a file, <path> specifies a directory and the file parameter must be passsed using multi-part form data to specify the name of the newly uploaded file. Please note: the Dropbox API doesn't currently support uploading using chunked encoding. We recommend multipart encoding.

Returns

For GET, returns file contents. POST success or failure is reported via HTTP status code.

 

[thedesolatesoul]

I guess we could go about this two ways.
Either use the Dropbox Java Client Library: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/releases
and hope we can roll it into a B4A library with no hitches.

Or write our own functions using HttpUtils. (start with the authentication url, form a post http request, check the reply etc)

First ofcourse you need to get a developer key from: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/apps

Have you tried comiliing libraries? I can give it a try when i get home.

 

[thedesolatesoul]

I have made an attempt: http://www.b4x.com/forum/libraries-developers-questions/10737-dropbox-library-attempt.html#post59798

I dont really know if it works yet.

 

[Jorbazz]

Im going to test it out, thanks

 

[Erel]

You can also try this implementation: Android Dropbox / OAuth Tutorial

 

[thedesolatesoul]

At the moment, Erel's implementation works better.
I am still going to finish mine since I have started it, and it is a great learning opportunity!