Open Xdrive

Features

The XDSP API allows developers to leverage enterprise level storage and services including:

» User allocated storage
» Full file system with full CRUD and I/O
» Sharing and Access Control to assets
» Email and publishing assets
» Generation of thumbnails and other media metadata
» Expansion by "connecting" to additional services

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What's New

Hi-Country Trips: a Trip Reservation System Using XDSP and Windows Sidebar Gadgets
Article by J. Jeffrey Hanson
February 28, 2008
In this article, I discuss how you can use the features provided by XDSP within a Windows Sidebar gadget to create a UI that gives users access to the features of XDSP right from their desktop, without launching a secondary application. Using this gadget, "guests" can join outdoor adventure trips, remove themselves from trips, and watch as their trip plans progress to completion, making necessary adjustments along the way.

Adobe AIR Xdrive Picture Syncing: Part 5
Blog Entry by Brice Mason
February 15 2008
On Tuesday I demonstrated the use of a proxy to upload pictures from AIR to Xdrive via drag and drop. Today we wrap up this series by showing you how to download files from Xdrive to AIR using this same technique, but this time using a context menu control.

Adobe AIR Xdrive Picture Syncing: Part 4
Blog Entry by Brice Mason
February 13 2008
We left off last time with our user interface filled out nicely with pictures from both the local filesystem and the "My Photos" folder on Xdrive. Today, we'll add some drag/drop interaction using Ext to facilitate the uploading of local pictures to Xdrive.

Adobe AIR Xdrive Picture Syncing: Part 3
Blog Entry by Brice Mason
February 10 2008
Although we've made great strides the last couple of posts developing the Xdrive picture syncing utility with Ext JS and Adobe AIR, today we get going with the really good stuff. In this third part of a five part series, I'll show you how to retrieve and display pictures from both your local file system and Xdrive.

An Xdrive Primer
Article by Brice Mason
February 6 2008
AOL's Xdrive Data Service Platform (XDSP) is a complete virtual storage system you can use to enhance the services you offer to your users. Not only does it provide you with 5 gigabytes (GB) of user-allocated storage to start (and more, if you want), Xdrive also includes a set of services you can use to create, manage, and support a unique experience for your user base. This article will walk you through the development of an Xdrive client utility developed using Yahoo! User Interface Toolkit (YUI), a popular JavaScript library used to enable rapid application development. More...

Adobe AIR Xdrive Picture Syncing: Part 2
Blog Entry by Brice Mason
February 6 2008
Last time we covered the important points of developing AJAX style Adobe AIR projects and its impact on our Xdrive application. Having nailed down the architecture, today we move on to defining the user interface in Ext JS.

Adobe AIR Xdrive Picture Syncing: Part 1
Blog Entry by Brice Mason
February 4 2008
Back in November, I presented a series dedicated to the development of Adobe AIR AJAX applications which concluded with the development of a Truveo video search application. Today we kick off a five part series which builds from this foundation to create an application which makes it easy to migrate pictures from the local filesystem to Xdrive and back again.

Introduction to the Open Xdrive API
Article by Kevin Farnham
September 21 2007
The Open Xdrive API is a component of the Xdrive Data Service Platform (XSDP). The API is a JSON interface that "allows developers to access the storage, services, and functions of the XDSP programatically via a set of web services."

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XDSP API Usage Rules

You may access and use the Xdrive data service platform using the open XDSP JSON API ("XDSP API") solely for purposes of accessing the storage, services, and functions of Xdrive, on the condition that you agree to the following terms:

1. You will comply with the terms of the AOL Developers Network Agreement and Terms of Service.
2. You must have a valid Xdrive account, which you can obtain at www.xdrive.com. Your use of your Xdrive account and access to your Xdrive account through the XDSP API are governed by the Xdrive User Agreement.
3. All users who access Xdrive through the XDSP API must have a valid account with Xdrive, and must comply with the Xdrive User Agreement.
4. You may not directly or indirectly use the XDSP API or Xdrive service to resell online data storage services.

If you wish to commercialize the functionality of any of your services that utilizes the XDSP API, you must enter into a separate commercial license agreement with AOL.