dropbox

how do i install PHP with JSON and OAuth on Mac Snow Leopard?

i want to use the dropbox api via this library http://code.google.com/p/dropbox-php/ ...

Unsolicited notifications from server to client over http

I am working on a dropbox like system and I am wondering how the client gets notified when the files change on the server side. It is my impression that both dropbox and ubuntu one operate over HTTP ports and work as follows: 1. if files change on client machine, inotify detects it and preforms a push from the client to the server. (I ge...

Dropbox like remote authentication

I am trying to write a dropbox like system with a linux server and client. So far my java (language chosen randomly) client basically makes calls to unison to sync over ssh. At this point I would like to add a user account system so multiple people can use the same server, like dropbox. The problem is I am not sure how to support multip...

How do I set up a dropbox?

Hi guys my company requires that we set up in our application a dropbox feature kinda like what we see in highrise implemented. The idea is that when an account is created - automatically for each user a dropbox 'email' would be created and users would send emails to that dropbox address and based upon the email teh content would be adde...

vimrc to be cross-plataform and synced with Dropbox.

I'v been using vim/gVim so far in my Linux Machine, and I have a Windows machine as well. In this windows machine I'm mainly notepad++. I would like to store all my .vimrc settings and .vim folder in Dropbox, and create symbolic links in Linux pointing to them, and them do the same in my Windows machine. I have plenty of "home shortcut...

open iBooks from my app

I am have some PDFs in my app. I want to provide an option to open those in other third party e-readers that might be installed on the device, like Stanza and iBooks. Dropbox application has successfully implemented this feature and I can't find any information on how to detect what other e-readers are available on the device or what t...

how does Dropbox upload my files to its server?

Drop Box appears to be really fast at syncing with its server. Does anyone know what algorithm it uses? ...

Accessing Dropbox in your iPhone App.

Are there any Tutorials or Code Snippets available detailing how to access a users Dropbox so you can display the Data? ...

how dropbox works

Does anyone know how dropbox really works, or it is just a ftp client with a easy to use web interface and support for many plarforms? I'm using dropbox as anyone else from here, but what make's it so useful to the programmers, even for those who are working on web-based apps and which have ftp access to a server by default? Does dropb...

Git with Dropbox

I have been using git for half a year or so and I don't know whether I am using git fully. First of all, I have been experimenting with dropbox and I feel that if I can incorporate it into my work flow, it would be really great since dropbox is pretty convenient. I have a desktop, and a laptop. Both have dropbox. I initialized my dr...

Dropbox and Git working together

Hello, I know there are similar questions - this one is the one mine is most like: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1960799/using-gitdropbox-together-effectively My question is: I've started using Git to keep versions of my school information. Lets say, I have a GradSchool folder where I keep my resume.doc and SoP.doc. This folder is...

Grails - Multiple Drop Down Boxes Values

Hey I am learning Grails. I've been playing with it for a while but nothing too serious. And let's say I have two drop down boxes, one with the type of animal and the second with the breed. How do I give the second box the values?? For example, If I select dog, it should only show me dog breeds, not the cat ones. Thanks in advance. ...

Any online data storage services which provide a C# api?

Hi, Is there an online backup service (like Dropbox), which supports a C# or JAVA API? I want to use this as part of a build process to host my code offsite. Thanks ...

Does using dropbox require encryption disclosure

If I use the Dropbox API in my iOS app does this require me to declare at submission time that I have encryption in my App? If so is this a big amount of frak for a solo developer, legal & paperwork wise? ...

Git barebones repo

Can some one please explain what a barebones repo is? And how I can setup one in my dropbox to store to? There are other questions mentioning to do this, but I can't seem to get a clear explanation of a what a barebones repo is, where to set it up (except for the recommendation of in your dropbox to allow for backup - which is a good ide...

Unsync'd Git Repository in Dropbox

I have a git repository (and working directory) that is stored in my Dropbox so I can move back and forth between computers without having to commit or stash (read: without any effort at all). This is working great except for one minor annoyance that is becoming a major annoyance. Every so often, I'll leave one computer in a fully commi...

Dropbox and pyinotify

I just got an iPad and I foolishly got the TexTouch application. Foolishly, because due to Apple regulation, TexTouch can't compile Tex. It syncs the .tex file to a computer using Dropbox. On the distant computer, it gets caught by another program that compiles the .tex file to PDF and sends it back. But (surprise!) that distant program ...

What does Git think a file's executable bit's value is?

This is related to another question I recently asked about storing a non-bare repository in Dropbox for easy movement between computers, so it may be helpful to read that question for background. The gist is that the fileMode keeps reporting a diff for some number of files. I can't find a way to reproduce it consistently, but it happens...

WinAPI: Call context menu entry provided by shell extension

The software Dropbox provides an shell extension which adds context menu items to all files in a specific folder. One of these generates a public link to view the selected file. In a C# tool I want to call this entry without any user interaction. I want to achieve the same behavior as if the user clicked on the context menu item of a se...

Dropbox API - Dropbox ruby gem (Tim Morgan): How to authorize

I want to write a ruby app for personal use that access my personal dropbox through their API. I'm using Tim Morgan gem 'dropbox' version 1.1.1 What I don't understand is the difference between a developer_key and a consumer_key. The gem docs say that I have to use the consumer_key, but when I registered my app on dropbox.com I received ...