Any web service i can use to store small amounts of data (for free)?

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Any web service i can use to store small amounts of data (for free)?

any web service i can use to store small amounts of data (thinking XML or JSON) for free if possible?

i am thinking i wanna create a small todo app just exploration/learning (so preferably free) that also backups data to the cloud so they can use it on smartphones for example?

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Dropbox appears to have an API.

Scott Whitlock 2010-05-30 02:19:49

oh this maybe what i need. i need to [register for a developer key](https://www.dropbox.com/developers/apply) tho. hoping i can get it soon

jiewmeng 2010-05-30 03:20:42

Dropbox is overkill for small amounts of data. The OP is talking about kilobytes of data, which are definitely the wrong way to use dropbox.

Paul McMillan 2010-05-30 23:08:44

@paul, but is there a better service more appropriate for this? **UPDATE: ** ok i saw ur answer. Google Apps

jiewmeng 2010-05-31 12:39:58

No, google app engine.

Paul McMillan 2010-06-02 00:15:10

+1 A:

It looks like Dropbox is accepting applications for API access.

Dropbox, the free, web-based file backup service, has rolled out a new API that gives developers a way to access, edit and save any file in a user’s Dropbox account.

I've just signed up. No mention how long it typically takes to approve access.

Michael Petrotta 2010-05-30 02:21:11

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Google's app engine is free for low-volume use, and includes some amount of storage. If you get really popular, you can scale up easily.

More info here: http://code.google.com/appengine/

The documentation on what is available for free is here: http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/quotas.html

In a nutshell, if you serve fewer than 5 million pageviews a month, you are unlikely to run out of free processing power.

Paul McMillan 2010-05-30 02:31:18

hmm i looked at that just now, but don't see that its free?

jiewmeng 2010-05-30 03:10:08

It's free for small amounts of data and processing power, where small is far greater than you're likely to use for an example project.

Paul McMillan 2010-05-30 23:05:38

hmm thats good to know, i still need a domain name, plus i learnt java but kind of prefer C#, python seems like a good alternative but i didn't learn it yet. i guess i can get started learning google apps first. or use the DropBox alternative. [Google Apps Standard Edition](http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/group/index.html)

jiewmeng 2010-05-31 13:04:23

App engine works with Java and Python. We're not talking about Google apps. You are confused. http://code.google.com/appengine/

Paul McMillan 2010-06-02 00:14:52

oh ya u are right

jiewmeng 2010-06-05 03:41:31

You can try Amazon S3 web services cloud computing infrastructure.

SoftwareGeek 2010-05-31 00:12:57

I think its worth mentioning this isn't free

Daniel 2010-05-31 00:57:49

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