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amadercode
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10 years ago

Can i use Dropbox business account as like AWS S3?

I have file storage website where i am using Amazon WebService S3 but it cost really highly!    My requirement: 1. To upload file like .apk .zip etc file type using php sdk through my website admi...
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Greg-DB
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10 years ago

From a technical perspective, this would work, as the API does offer the ability to upload and download files. Also, while there are bandwidth limits on shared links, this doesn't apply to authenticated API calls. For example, to upload and download files, respectively:

 

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-upload

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-download

 

From a policy perspective though, we can't provide any absolute guarantee of your app's compliance based on this hypothetical description, so you should be sure to review all the guidelines and terms before developing an app:

 

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/reference/tos
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/reference/devguide
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/reference/branding

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