System and method for a third-party application to access content within a cloud-based platform

A method for providing access of a cloud-based environment to a third-party application, the method comprising:

• in response to receipt of a request to access a file stored in the cloud-based environment, providing the file to the third-party application for one or more actions to be performed on the file by the third-party application while restricting the third-party application to store the accessed file back to the cloud-based environment.

A method for providing access to a cloud-based platform through a third-party application, the method comprising:

• providing an option in a user interface of the third-party application for accessing the cloud-based platform;
• wherein, the user interface of third-party application is customized to include the option to save content accessed using the third-party application to the cloud-based platform.

A machine-readable medium storage medium having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to:

• responsive to receiving a request to access a file stored in a cloud-based environment, grant access of the file to a third-party application;
• wherein the third-party application includes a user interface which is customized to enable storage of the accessed file back to the cloud-based environment;
• wherein, the third-party application is integrated with the cloud-based environment such that the file accessed or edited using the third-party application through the cloud-based environment is able to be stored to the cloud-based environment after the access or edit.

A system for using a third-party application to access or edit a file within a cloud-based environment, the system, comprising:

• means for, detecting a request to access or edit a file using the third-party application in the cloud-based environment,
• means for, providing the file for access or edit using the third-party application;
• wherein, the third-party application has a user interface which is customized to enable storage of the accessed or edited file to the cloud-based environment.

A system of a third-party application which provides access to a cloud-based platform, the system comprising:

• memory having instructions stored thereon, which when executed by a processor coupled to the system, causes the system to:
• provide an option in a user interface of the third-party application for accessing the cloud-based platform;
• wherein, the user interface of third-party application is customized to include the option to save content accessed using the third-party application to the cloud-based platform.

A method for providing access of a cloud-based environment to a third-party application, the method comprising:

• in response to receipt of a request to access a file stored in the cloud-based environment, providing a list of suggested third-party applications for a user to select for accessing the file;
• and
• providing the file to the selected third-party application for one or more actions to be performed on the file by the selected third-party application while restricting the selected third-party application to store the accessed file back to the cloud-based environment.