

"When our in-house document management system became slow and unreliable, we were confident we could build our own replacement with Dropbox thanks to its intuitive and well-documented APIs," said Dow Jones software engineer Vivek Sunder, in a prepared statement.


Dropbox announced another new Integration with Autodesk is coming soon, and will allow users to access Dropbox content from within the AutoCAD desktop application. These integrations allow Dropbox capabilities to be extended into these productivity tools. In addition to new API capabilities, the DBX Platform includes new integrations with Autodesk tools, Jira Software by Atlassian, and Microsoft Outlook. The API can also be used to embed file requests into other workflows. The platform also includes the new File Requests API, which developers can use to automate the creation of file requests. With the release of the DBX Platform comes the new Metadata API, which makes information easily searchable by allowing developers to assign custom metadata labels and values to Dropbox files via third-party applications. Version 1 of the Dropbox API will be shut down on September 28, 2017. These new APIs are built on Dropbox API V2, the revamped API released in 2015 that replaces Dropbox API V1. The company also announced the release of two new APIs Metadata API and File Requests API. When specifying a Void member of a union, you may supply just the member string in place of the entire tagged union object.Dropbox has announced the launch of the DBX Platform, a suite of APIs and developer tools for building new capabilities on top of Dropbox. tag field in an object identifies the subtype of a struct or selected member of a union. Request authentication is via OAuth 2.0 using the Authorization request header or authorization URL parameter. In general, the Dropbox API uses HTTP POST requests with JSON arguments and JSON responses. The Dropbox API explorer is the easiest way to get started making API calls. The Dropbox API allows developers to work with files in Dropbox, including advanced functionality like full-text search, thumbnails, and sharing.
