Updated version of file browser demo using dropbox-node v0.2.0.

file-browser-with-dropbox-node-0.2.0.js

var sys = require('sys')
  , DropboxClient = require('dropbox').DropboxClient
  , express = require('express')
  , app = express.createServer()
  , consumer_key = '85m56oj9a6ekr1k'
  , consumer_secret = 'kirag26pr0pbf3z'

app.configure(function () {
  app.use(express.logger())
  app.use(express.bodyDecoder())
  app.use(express.cookieDecoder())
  app.use(express.session())
})

// CSS file request.
app.get('/*.css', function (req, res) {
  res.render(req.params[0] + '.sass', { layout: false })
})

// Login page.
app.get('/', function (req, res) {
  res.render('login.jade', {
    locals: { title: 'Dropbox File Browser' }
  })
})

// Dropbox credential processing.
app.post('/process_creds', function (req, res) {
  // Create a DropboxClient and initialize it with an access token pair.
  req.session.db = new DropboxClient(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
  req.session.db.getAccessToken(req.body.email, req.body.password, function (err) {
    if (err) return console.log('Error: ' + sys.inspect(err))
    res.redirect('/file_browser')
  })
})

// File browser page.
app.get('/file_browser(/*)?', function (req, res) {
  // Fetch target metadata and render the page.
  if (req.session.db) {
    req.session.db.getMetadata(req.params[1] || '', function (err, metadata) {
      if (err) return console.log('Error: ' + sys.inspect(err))
      // NOTE: Use this to strip leading path(s): str.replace(/^.*\//g, '')
      res.render('file_browser.jade', {
        locals: {
          title: 'Dropbox File Browser',
          current_dir: (metadata.path.length > 0) ? metadata.path : 'root',
          items: metadata.contents
        }
      })
    })
  } else res.redirect('home')
})

app.listen(3000)