Systems and methods for interacting with external content objects

A system for interacting with a content file of a content management and file sharing system, the system comprising:

• a database system implemented using a server system comprising one or more hardware processors, the database system configurable to cause:
• sending a content file request from the database system to the content management and file sharing system using one or more application programming interfaces (APIs), the content management and file sharing system being external to the database system;
• processing data of the content file received at the database system from the content management and file sharing system;
• creating or updating a persistent object in a database of the database system to store the content file data, the persistent object representing the content file in the database system;
• displaying a graphical component representing the persistent object in a user interface on a display of a user device, the user interface providing services of an enterprise social networking system associated with the database system, the persistent object configured to be collaborated on by users of the enterprise social networking system through one or more streams of the enterprise social networking system;
• identifying user input received from the user device in association with the graphical component, the user input associated with the content file;
• and
• performing one or more system events in accordance with the user input.

A computer program product associated with a database system, the computer program product comprising program code to be executed by one or more processors when retrieved from a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the program code comprising instructions configurable to cause:

• sending a content file request from the database system to the content management and file sharing system using one or more application programming interfaces (APIs), the content management and file sharing system being external to the database system;
• processing data of the content file received at the database system from the content management and file sharing system;
• creating or updating a persistent object in a database of the database system to store the content file data, the persistent object representing the content file in the database system;
• displaying a graphical component representing the persistent object in a user interface on a display of a user device, the user interface providing services of an enterprise social networking system associated with the database system, the persistent object configured to be collaborated on by users of the enterprise social networking system through one or more streams of the enterprise social networking system;
• identifying user input received from the user device in association with the graphical component, the user input associated with the content file;
• and
• performing one or more system events in accordance with the user input.

A method associated with a database system, the method comprising:

• sending a content file request from the database system to the content management and file sharing system using one or more application programming interfaces (APIs), the content management and file sharing system being external to the database system;
• processing data of the content file received at the database system from the content management and file sharing system;
• creating or updating a persistent object in a database of the database system to store the content file data, the persistent object representing the content file in the database system;
• displaying a graphical component representing the persistent object in a user interface on a display of a user device, the user interface providing services of an enterprise social networking system associated with the database system, the persistent object configured to be collaborated on by users of the enterprise social networking system through one or more streams of the enterprise social networking system;
• identifying user input received from the user device in association with the graphical component, the user input associated with the content file;
• and
• performing one or more system events in accordance with the user input.