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
   

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2. Polling
   

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3. Long-polling
   

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4. Long-polling with
   multiple users
   

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5. Webhooks!
   

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6. Adding a webhook
   

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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
   

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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
   

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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))
   

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10. Let’s see some code!
    

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15. Eat, drink, and use webhooks.
    

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