Syncing website directory with Dropbox

reefoid · 16 Jun 2011 at 13:00

I've got a client who wants to display images stored on Dropbox in a gallery on their website. Its a Joomla site and there is a Joomla extension for this here but I can't get the plugin to work. I can't use the component as the gallery will be going onto pages that already have one.

So, I'm thinking I could just get a directory on the server to sync with Dropbox at regular intervals. Has anyone done this or know a way it can be done? I've had a look around but can't find anything up to the task.

Thanks

Jakeee · 16 Jun 2011 at 20:22

You would be stealing their bandwidth, I doubt it works because dropbox stopped it

Reminds me of ninjavideo and flyupload, back in the day

SMB30 · 16 Jun 2011 at 23:11

Wrote an integration that works exactly in that way recently.

I'll find the link to the dropbox class I used, was with php although i'm sure their are equivalents for your choice of language.

You can then schedule the sync with a cron script.

SMB30 · 16 Jun 2011 at 23:18

PHP Library used: https://github.com/tijsverkoyen/Dropbox

reefoid · 17 Jun 2011 at 13:12

SMB30 said:
PHP Library used: https://github.com/tijsverkoyen/Dropbox

Thanks, I'll take a look.