Dropbox API is available

How could you develop for Dropbox without an account?

Considering that there are already lots of apps that support Dropbox, I believe that Apple couldn't have done the company a bigger favor. Wonder how many percent of downloads go to mobile devices…

I'm probably going to make a simple todo list app with it.

I want a todo list that I can edit with emacs, but that I also have available to me everywhere.

Basically, you'd have a Dropbox folder with as many files as you want, each of which would be a list. The files would just be a series of lines (probably prefixed with a * so it looks better as a text file)

I've thought about just doing this and using the Dropbox app on my phone, but I want a slightly prettier interface on my phone and the ability to edit on my phone.

A photo album site.

I've been waiting about 2 weeks I think. No clue where we're at with that.

Check out the first couple bullet points on the "About the API" page:

> Simple HTTP+JSON method of accessing a user's information in a user approved sandbox on the user's desktop. List, upload, delete, move, copy, and get files as well as many other features... A full event callback API allowing you to get simple asynchronous events to your web site or service whenever the user changes their sandbox.

Everything is done with HTTP requests (duh), if you want to upload a file then you make an HTTP POST request with the file data (just like with a normal file upload form) and the associated meta-data. The servers then process the file and give you links back to access it.

Fetching files will be processed similar to a download, php will "fetch" the file and then write it to disk. Then php can move or rename it via its functions.

Renaming, copying, and deleting files are all done with a single http request with a relevant response code (pass, fail, more info needed...).

Really, it's pretty simple and the included libraries seem to cover everything that most apps will need.