Dropbox API is available

Re:Dropbox API is available by felixmar on Saturday July 03, 2010 @04:54PM (#1484435)

Why is the developer page behind a log-in wall?

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Re:Dropbox API is available by grinich on Saturday July 03, 2010 @08:17PM (#1484827)

How could you develop for Dropbox without an account?

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Re:Dropbox API is available by jackowayed on Saturday July 03, 2010 @08:28PM (#1484839)

Google can't index things behind a login wall (as far as we know...).

It's also just sort of annoying (you may have a dropbox account but not be logged in at the moment on the device you're using) and unnecessary.

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Re:Dropbox API is available by michaelfairley on Sunday July 04, 2010 @12:27AM (#1485125)

It's easy enough to not require the login wall for certain user agents (such as GoogleBot).

Granted, it would be easier and better to not have it the first place.

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Re:Dropbox API is available by eli on Sunday July 04, 2010 @10:39AM (#1485744)

Google frowns on treating its not differently than a regular user. And the googlebot doesn't always identify itself as such.

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Re:Dropbox API is available by wvenable on Sunday July 04, 2010 @01:30AM (#1485218)

I don't have an account but I'm still curious. If the API is interesting enough, it might be worth signing up.

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