We’ve reached a point where free online file storage space is no longer a distinguishing feature; anyone who bothers to look around and sign up for various services can easily find dozens of gigabytes of space on other people’s servers without paying a cent. Some providers have been trying to stand out from the pack with extra features. But newcomer Openomy has a different strategy: they’ll give you a gigabyte of storage and a way for you to build your own features.
Specifically, Openomy has implemented a REST-based API with (at the moment) Ruby language bindings. Anyone can write an application that gets authenticated access to files stored on Openomy, then perform operations like uploading, downloading, and tagging. If you’re a developer looking to add online storage to your own applications, this gives you a potential way to do that without running your own disk farm.
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