Amazon Cloud Drive Gets Its Own API
Summary
The API will allow third-party developers to integrate Cloud Drive into their own applications, so they can focus more on their app’s feature set rather than the complexities involved with storage. At launch, a number of mobile applications have integrated Cloud Drive’s API, including: OfficeSuite, Perfectly Clear, FreePrints, Photo Gifts by MailPix, ScanCafe, FileThis, CloudHQ, File Commander, Jumptuit, Secrata, and Wappwolf. Some apps are offering photos gifts or prints, for example, while FileThis (a personal favorite) is archiving documents pulled from websites, like bank statements or credit card bills. It also means that files can be made available to customers on any device they choose to use without the need for developers to set and manage their own servers, storage or load balancers, Amazon notes. Now it’s working to make access to its storage service easier for developers to take advantage of, allowing them to speed their time to market.
