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JavaScript

Posted by Jon W
Jon W
6,185 Points

Storing data / API requests without backend

Hi all. I am building an app using HTML, CSS & JS and need to store data in the json format. I don't really have any backend experience using something like PHP to serve API requests.

At the moment I am simply testing data using local json files and calling them with ajax requests. I was thinking the app could integrate with Dropbox and have it store the data as a database file or maybe json files themselves. Is this a good solution? How would I go about doing this? Ideally I would not have a backend at all or have a simulated backend which will be javascript based only (if that makes sense) so that the data will sit in the database file on Dropbox and I will have some kind of service in the app which will take the data and serve the frontend using json.

Does that sound feasible?

dantesolis
dantesolis
8,842 Points

Hey Jon,

I haven't personally used it, but I think what you're looking for is the Dropbox Datastore API. They have a nice step by step guide there.

Jon W
Jon W
6,185 Points

Thanks Dante. Looks like what I need!

1 Answer

Aaron Graham
Aaron Graham
18,033 Points

Another option might be something like Parse.

Jon W
Jon W
6,185 Points

Not heard of this before. I'll check it out, might work better than my current method. Thanks for the suggestion.