Upgrade to Pro
— share decks privately, control downloads, hide ads and more …
Speaker Deck
Features
Speaker Deck
PRO
Sign in
Sign up for free
Search
Search
Cloud sync APIs for mobile developers
Search
Leah Culver
May 30, 2014
Programming
1
130
Cloud sync APIs for mobile developers
APIDays Mediterranea, Barcelona, May 30, 2014
http://mediterranea.apidays.io/
Leah Culver
May 30, 2014
Tweet
Share
More Decks by Leah Culver
See All by Leah Culver
Writing stable iOS applications
leah
2
190
Idea to launch - the start of a startup
leah
1
61
Say “yes” to user feedback
leah
0
50
Intro to Dropbox APIs
leah
0
260
Working with web APIs in Swift
leah
0
80
Dropbox APIs for JavaScript developers
leah
3
1.2k
Cloud sync APIs for mobile developers
leah
0
160
App Data, Everywhere: Cross-Device Content Sharing
leah
2
720
Cloud Sync for App Developers
leah
1
97
Other Decks in Programming
See All in Programming
AWS IaCの注目アップデート 2024年10月版
konokenj
3
3.2k
飲食業界向けマルチプロダクトを実現させる開発体制とリアルな現状
hiroya0601
1
400
Sidekiqで実現する 長時間非同期処理の中断と再開 / Pausing and Resuming Long-Running Asynchronous Jobs with Sidekiq
hypermkt
6
2.8k
カラム追加で増えるActiveRecordのメモリサイズ イメージできますか?
asayamakk
4
1.7k
Kaigi on Rails 2024 - Rails APIモードのためのシンプルで効果的なCSRF対策 / kaigionrails-2024-csrf
corocn
5
3.5k
Android 15 でアクションバー表示時にステータスバーが白くなってしまう問題
tonionagauzzi
0
150
Realtime API 入門
riofujimon
0
120
gopls を改造したら開発生産性が高まった
satorunooshie
8
260
PHP でアセンブリ言語のように書く技術
memory1994
PRO
1
150
RailsのPull requestsのレビューの時に私が考えていること
yahonda
5
2.3k
Vue.js学習の振り返り
hiro_xre
2
130
【Kaigi on Rails 2024】YOUTRUST スポンサーLT
krpk1900
1
260
Featured
See All Featured
Build The Right Thing And Hit Your Dates
maggiecrowley
32
2.4k
Fireside Chat
paigeccino
32
3k
RailsConf & Balkan Ruby 2019: The Past, Present, and Future of Rails at GitHub
eileencodes
131
33k
Responsive Adventures: Dirty Tricks From The Dark Corners of Front-End
smashingmag
250
21k
What's new in Ruby 2.0
geeforr
343
31k
A designer walks into a library…
pauljervisheath
202
24k
Fight the Zombie Pattern Library - RWD Summit 2016
marcelosomers
231
17k
Rails Girls Zürich Keynote
gr2m
93
13k
個人開発の失敗を避けるイケてる考え方 / tips for indie hackers
panda_program
92
16k
I Don’t Have Time: Getting Over the Fear to Launch Your Podcast
jcasabona
27
1.9k
Designing the Hi-DPI Web
ddemaree
280
34k
Unsuck your backbone
ammeep
668
57k
Transcript
Cloud sync APIs for mobile developers Leah Culver, Dropbox APIDays
Mediterranea 2014
Dropbox “Your [digital] stuff everywhere”
Wherever you are
Safe and secure
Share with friends
• Filesystem that just works • “The magic folder” Then
• Multi-device world • Mobile filesystem? Now
Dropbox APIs for mobile apps
Core API • REST-ish, OAuth 2.0, JSON • SDKs for
Android, iOS, OS X, Python, Ruby, Java, PHP • Community-supported libraries for C#, JavaScript, Perl, etc. HTTP API for files
• List files /metadata/<root>/<path> • Upload file /files_put/<root>/<path> • Get
a thumbnail /thumbnails/<root>/<path> • Share via a link /shares/<root>/<path> Core API
Core API is great. So what now?
• Cross-platform support • Sync across devices • Offline access
(bonus!) Mobile API challenges
Sync API
Sync API • Just like Core API • Filesystem for
mobile apps • Store and sync photos, videos, etc.
• iOS, Android, OSX • Handle offline caching and syncing
• Notifications of changes • Updates in real time Sync SDKs
Image Grid Sample (demo)
Sample code
Great for files… but what about data?
Sync API file system-like interface Datastore API structured data Mobile
APIs
Datastore API • Storage for structured data • Like a
NoSQL database • Stored in the user’s Dropbox • Not files!
account→datastore→table→record→field→value Datastore API
Why not files? Monolithic → inefficient syncing Opaque → conflicts
Why not files? • Clearly defined structure • More efficient
syncing • Advanced conflict resolution
Similar to Sync SDKs … • iOS, Android, OSX, JavaScript,
Python • Handles offline caching and syncing • Notifications of changes • Updates in real time
Store data in user’s own Dropbox ! • User owns
their data • Access to files/data outside your app • Free for developers
Dropbox 2048
None
2048 • JavaScript game (now mobile too) • High score
and game state saved via cookies • Very fun (and addictive!)
Dropbox 2048 • Save data in user’s Dropbox • Top
3 high scores • Current game state • Syncs between different browsers
None
pretty blue colors high scores
None
None
github.com/leah/2048 Code
Sync and Datastore API Version 3.0 • New datastore properties
• Named datastores • Batching file-system operations • Better error handling • And more…
Local datastores (preview feature)
• Cross-platform SDKs • Both files and data • Users’
own Dropbox • Handles offline access, sync, and conflict resolution TL;DL
Questions? dropbox.com/developers
[email protected]
Photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/kky/704056791/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/eulothg/5906431611/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/povertybarn/5144441939 http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/10018150113/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/mager/2659619029/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ben_grey/4582294721/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/adactio/12674602864/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/coofdy/11492948263/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/arts/42217172/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/drachmann/327122302/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/evergreenkamal/395448039/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/aliaholle/5888906660/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/vinothchandar/5148046888/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/shandilee/5062466679/