Dropbox Webhooks

Webhooks are a way for web apps to get real-time notifications when users' files change in Dropbox.

This presentation is a brief overview of Dropbox webhooks. Learn more here: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/webhooks/tutorial.

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1. Dropbox Webhooks or “Don’t call me. I’ll call you.” Steve Marx @smarx smarx@dropbox.com
2. Polling
3. Long-polling
4. Long-polling with multiple users
5. Webhooks!
6. Adding a webhook
7. The verification request GET webhooksdemo.webscript.io/?challenge=abc123 HTTP/1.1 User-Agent: DropboxWebhooks/1.0 --- HTTP/1.1 200 Content-Length: 6 abc123
8. A notification request POST webhooksdemo.webscript.io/ HTTP/1.1 User-Agent: DropboxWebhooks/1.0 X-Dropbox-Signature: 938f38e2b76dc0e69cfd7ea0735d251567… Content-Type: application/json {"delta": {"users": [12345678]}} --- HTTP/1.1 200 Content-Length: 0
9. A notification request POST webhooksdemo.webscript.io/ HTTP/1.1 User-Agent: DropboxWebhooks/1.0 X-Dropbox-Signature: 938f38e2b76dc0e69cfd7ea0735d251567… Content-Type: application/json {"delta": {"users": [12345678]}} --- HTTP/1.1 200 Content-Length: 0 HEX(HMAC_SHA256(app_secret, request_body))
10. Let’s see some code!
15. Eat, drink, and use webhooks.