File management system and collaboration service and integration capabilities with third party applications

A method for providing a file management service for collaboration, comprising:

• providing access to a shared file hosted by the file management service;
• wherein, access enables collaboration on the shared file by a plurality of collaborator users via the file management service;
• wherein, collaboration includes enabling one or more actions to be performed on the shared file;
• receiving selections of the one or more actions to be performed on the shared file;
• controlling the one or more actions to be performed on the shared file based on set permissions;
• wherein, the selected actions include a set of commands configured to cause a third-party application to perform the selected one or more actions on the shared file;
• providing the third-party application with access to the shared file along with the set of commands to perform the selected one or more actions on the shared file;
• wherein, the file management service enables integration with the third-party application via a configuration interface;
• presenting options via the configuration interface to set values for one or more pre-defined parameters, the configuration interface accessible to a developer of the third-party web based application;
• receiving, via the configuration interface, input values for the one or more predefined parameters;
• and
• in response to receiving the selected one or more actions, generating the set of commands configured to cause the third-party application to perform the selected one or more actions on the shared file based on the received input values for the one or more predefined parameters.

A computer-readable medium including instructions stored thereon, which when executed by a processor of a computer system, cause the computer system to:

• present options to perform one or more actions on a shared file stored on a web-based file management system for collaboration;
• receive a selection of the one or more actions to be performed on the shared file;
• wherein, the selected one or more actions include a set of commands configured to cause a third-party web-based application to perform the selected one or more actions on the shared file;
• and
• provide the third-party web-based application with access to the shared file along with the set of commands to perform the selected one or more actions on the shared file;
• wherein, the web-based file management system for collaboration enables integration with the third-party web-based application via a configuration interface;
• present options via the configuration interface to set values for one or more pre-defined parameters, the configuration interface accessible to a developer of the third-party web based application;
• receive, via the configuration interface, input values for the one or more predefined parameters;
• and
• in response to receiving the selected one or more actions, generate the set of commands configured to cause the third-party web-based application to perform the selected one or more actions on the shared file based on the received input values for the one or more predefined parameters.

A method comprising:

• presenting, by a server computer operating as part of a web-based file management system for collaboration, a graphical configuration interface that enables integration with a third-party web-based application, the graphical configuration interface accessible to a developer of the third-party web-based application, the graphical configuration interface including options to set values for one or more pre-defined parameters that define a service of the third-party web-based application, the service including an action that the third-party web-based application can take on a shared file stored in the web-based file management system;
• receiving, by the server computer, via the graphical configuration interface, input values for the one or more predefined parameters;
• in response to receiving the input values, generating and storing, by the server computer, a set of commands configured to cause the third-party web-based application to perform the action on the shared file;
• presenting, by the server computer, a graphical user interface that includes options to perform one or more actions on the shared file stored on the web-based file management system for collaboration, the graphical user interface accessible to collaborator users of the shared file;
• receiving, by the server computer, via the graphical user interface, a selection of the action to be performed on the shared file;
• in response to receiving the selection of the action, automatically transmitting, by the server computer, via a computer network, a copy of the shared file along with the set of commands to perform the selected action on the copy of the shared file, to the third-party web-based application;
• and
• receiving, by the server computer, via the computer network, from the third-party web-based application, an updated copy of the shared file, once the third-party web-based application has performed the action.