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Dropbox is a free cloud storage service that lets you bring your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily. It uses a web interface and cross-platform file syncing application to manage files in the cloud. It also features an API.

Dropbox is a free cloud storage service that lets you bring your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily. The paid services add more features and space. It uses a web interface and cross-platform file syncing application to manage files in the cloud. It also features an API for both the files and login services.

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Dropbox api for Delphi?

I am considering using DropBox to sync user data with a delphi app. It would seem to solve lots of problems regarding security, permissions, etc... I see that there are some API samples for C#, python, etc.. Has anyone done it with Delphi, and if…
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Should I keep my Git folder outside Dropbox?

So far I've managed my code by keeping it inside my Dropbox folder and nothing more. Lately my code has been growing in size and complexity and I'm wondering if it wouldn't be better to set up a GitHub or Bitbucket account to manage it more…
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What is the validity of the access token granted by Dropbox API (OAuth v1) and how to refresh it?

I read a thread on the dropbox forum here. But I'm still confused as for how long the token is valid and do I need to refresh it and how. My application needs to perform some scheduled operations on the users files offline, so I need to have a…
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List all the folder and files of Dropbox using Dropbox API

Am looking for the tutorial to display all the files and folder in a listview..but I didn't get anything..Does anyone here know that how can I show all the folder and files of Dropbox into my listview..So that when I click on any of the file..Then…
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RStudio is slow when loading a project / package in development

I have recently experienced a serious problem with Rstudio when developing a package. Whenever, I open an existing project with Rstudio where versions are controlled with Git, it takes so long for it to respond to any command. It is also impossible…
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How does Dropbox work?

How does Dropbox work? Is it just an FTP client with an easy-to-use web interface and support for many plarforms? What makes it so useful to programmers, even for those who are working on web-based applications and who have FTP access to a server by…
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Using OneDrive or Dropbox as a database

First off, this is not a duplicate of any of these questions, which discuss using a single Dropbox account as the backend of a multi-user app I have built a handful of apps, mostly on Windows Phone and Windows Store, and have lots more in the…
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Is it possible to disable dropbox notifications for app folder

I'm playing around with dropbox.js and have created a web-app to take notes and save them to my dropbox account. Is there a possibility to turn off notifications for only this one App folder without turning off all notifications?
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Dropbox file unique identifier - RESTful API

Is there any unique identifier associated with a Dropbox file that doesn't change with revisions/changes/renaming, that can be accessed via the RESTful API? I want to store it in the database and keep track of some operations on the file.
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Is it legitimate to use dropbox as file storage for my site?

I am approaching the limits of my hosting plan. I doubled it once from 2 to 4 GB and my site (a popular woodworking community in Hebrew) is getting close to using the disk space available for the images people are uploading. I was wondering if it…
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Dropbox in Docker

I would like to run Dropbox inside Docker container. This way I could sync data with docker by uploading it to Dropbox. And also maintain data backup, that will be useful when running new versions of docker images. Created this simple…
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Git LFS with Google Drive, Dropbox, etc?

I'm working on a game in Unity, so my project contains art assets. So I have to use Git LFS, but I will run out of that 1 GB quickly. (which is given by BitBucket. And that +1 GB is not so much and also costs a lot.) Is there a way to store my LFS…
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How do I handle the `node_modules` directory when cloud storage?

I have a Node.js project (actually a Firebase project) where I have the code on Google Drive. (I could use for example Dropbox instead here. The important thing is that the code files are mirrored.) Now I want to develop this project on another…
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How can I put my git working directory inside dropbox so I can seamlessly work from any dropbox-enabled computer without committing?

When I'm at work I use my macbook, but at home I prefer to use my imac. When we were using subversion, all I had to do was put my working directory inside my dropbox folder, and it would sync up my two computers without a problem. I could stop…
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Why does Dropbox use so many threads?

My understanding of threads is that you can only have one thread per core, two with hyper threading, before you start losing efficiency. This computer has eight cores and so should work best with 8/16 threads then, yet many applications use several…
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