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Show HN: CloudRail – Universal API to Everything, Now for Android (free)

31 points by cloud-rail 11y ago

cloud-rail 11y ago
After a Java SDK, we have now Android as well. On top a lot of new connected services like OneDrive, Slack, Uber, Venmo, Stripe, etc. Open for any feedback!
- xena 11y ago
  I don't like the callback chaining.
  - cloud-rail 11y ago
    Thanks for the feedback. How would you do it?
Veratyr 11y ago
Interesting and useful but when you put "Cloud" in your name and market to developers, I think of Amazon AWS, Google Cloud, Rackspace etc., not Drive/Dropbox and the consumer products. That this wasn't your aim wasn't clear when I first visited, I had to go to the "features" page to see that you're only interested in consumer cloud.
- cloud-rail 11y ago
  Good point. Actually we started with cloud storage but then made the product generic. That is the reason for the name. But AWS, Google and Rackspace are on the roadmap :)
johnhenry 11y ago
Perhaps instead of marketing this as a "Universal API to Everything" perhaps it might be better to say something like "Bundle APIs into a single convenient package". It took a while for me to understand exactly what this does, but now that I get it, I think it would be extremely useful. I really hope the node version is released soon.
- cloud-rail 11y ago
  Good idea! That's exactly the kind of feedback we need, thanks. We're working hard on new SDKs. iOS will be first, node.js right after it. Should be both in Q1.
  - johnhenry 11y ago
    I'm just curious. Is there any particular reason for focusing on the iOS SDK first? With the node SDK, one could immediately start work on server side applications, and potentially leverage tools such as browserify and react-native to start building applications on the web as well as iOS?
    - cloud-rail 11y ago
      People were asking for it. We're developing both SDKs in parallel, but iOS is much further.
      - captn3m0 11y ago
        Thats the best reason to do it.
        cloud-rail 11y ago
        I hope so :)
  - danappelxx 11y ago
    Cool! I might be interested in contributing to the iOS SDK. Is it on GitHub? I couldn't find it on your homepage.
    - cloud-rail 11y ago
      Sounds awesome. It's not on GitHub yet. Could you shoot me a quick mail to support@cloudrail.com please? Then we can follow up from there. Thanks!
cloud-rail 11y ago
Is there any cloud service / IoT device which you are missing?
- rcx1 11y ago
  Hipchat would be nice.
  - cloud-rail 11y ago
    Is on my list now, thanks :) In general, CloudRail is community based. Means everybody can add new services to the system. This feature is currently in closed beta. If someone is interested, there is a button to apply for beta in the workbench.
- aeling 11y ago
  Sonos would be the killer feature for me, but they don't really have a particularly well-documented API to wrap yet.
  - cloud-rail 11y ago
    We'll have a look on the API.
piyushco 11y ago
hey! good to see cool stuff, saves a lot of time for developers. would like to know do you support cloudservices like s3,sqs?
- cloud-rail 11y ago
  Thanks. Currently we just have the consumer ones like Dropbox, Box, OneDrive etc. S3 for instance is on our roadmap. We'll also realease a feature, which allows you to add missing services on your own, out of closed beta soon.

31 points by cloud-rail 11y ago

After a Java SDK, we have now Android as well. On top a lot of new connected services like OneDrive, Slack, Uber, Venmo, Stripe, etc. Open for any feedback!

xena 11y ago
I don't like the callback chaining.
- cloud-rail 11y ago
  Thanks for the feedback. How would you do it?

Veratyr 11y ago

Interesting and useful but when you put "Cloud" in your name and market to developers, I think of Amazon AWS, Google Cloud, Rackspace etc., not Drive/Dropbox and the consumer products. That this wasn't your aim wasn't clear when I first visited, I had to go to the "features" page to see that you're only interested in consumer cloud.

cloud-rail 11y ago
Good point. Actually we started with cloud storage but then made the product generic. That is the reason for the name. But AWS, Google and Rackspace are on the roadmap :)

johnhenry 11y ago

Perhaps instead of marketing this as a "Universal API to Everything" perhaps it might be better to say something like "Bundle APIs into a single convenient package". It took a while for me to understand exactly what this does, but now that I get it, I think it would be extremely useful. I really hope the node version is released soon.

cloud-rail 11y ago
Good idea! That's exactly the kind of feedback we need, thanks. We're working hard on new SDKs. iOS will be first, node.js right after it. Should be both in Q1.
- johnhenry 11y ago
  I'm just curious. Is there any particular reason for focusing on the iOS SDK first? With the node SDK, one could immediately start work on server side applications, and potentially leverage tools such as browserify and react-native to start building applications on the web as well as iOS?
  - cloud-rail 11y ago
    People were asking for it. We're developing both SDKs in parallel, but iOS is much further.
    - captn3m0 11y ago
      Thats the best reason to do it.
      - cloud-rail 11y ago
        I hope so :)
- danappelxx 11y ago
  Cool! I might be interested in contributing to the iOS SDK. Is it on GitHub? I couldn't find it on your homepage.
  - cloud-rail 11y ago
    Sounds awesome. It's not on GitHub yet. Could you shoot me a quick mail to support@cloudrail.com please? Then we can follow up from there. Thanks!

cloud-rail 11y ago

Is there any cloud service / IoT device which you are missing?

rcx1 11y ago
Hipchat would be nice.
- cloud-rail 11y ago
  Is on my list now, thanks :) In general, CloudRail is community based. Means everybody can add new services to the system. This feature is currently in closed beta. If someone is interested, there is a button to apply for beta in the workbench.
aeling 11y ago
Sonos would be the killer feature for me, but they don't really have a particularly well-documented API to wrap yet.
- cloud-rail 11y ago
  We'll have a look on the API.

piyushco 11y ago

hey! good to see cool stuff, saves a lot of time for developers. would like to know do you support cloudservices like s3,sqs?

cloud-rail 11y ago
Thanks. Currently we just have the consumer ones like Dropbox, Box, OneDrive etc. S3 for instance is on our roadmap. We'll also realease a feature, which allows you to add missing services on your own, out of closed beta soon.