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title: Dropbox Launches New API For Web Developers
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# [Dropbox Launches New API For Web Developers](https://www.ironpaper.com/current/2010/05/dropbox-launches-new-api-for-web-developers)

 Written by [Ironpaper](https://www.ironpaper.com/current/author/admin) | May 10, 2010 3:21:36 PM

Dropbox, the online file storage application, has launched a new API that allows developers to use JSON, OAuth and OpenID to offload their user’s storage needs to Dropbox. In a way, the Dropbox API works similar to Amazon S3. This application will remove the need to store a local file on your mobile device--which is a limitation on the iPad/iPhone. Instead, the document can be saved to the cloud and accessed from your main computer as needed.

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