How to make signed requests for Dropbox API in Node.JS using node-oauth (for Dan)

dropbox_oauth_requests.js

// I assume here that you have already done your oauth authentication with dropbox
// (maybe using everyauth) and you have the access_token and access_token_secret (which are per-user).
// You also need the consumer_key and consumer_secret values for your Dropbox API account (these should
// be part of you application configuration).

// Step 1: Create an oauth object (do this once and store it, you can use the same object over and over)

var OAuth= require('oauth').OAuth;
dropboxOAuth = new OAuth("https://api.dropbox.com/1/oauth/request_token",
              "https://api.dropbox.com/1/oauth/access_token", 
              CONSUMER_KEY, CONSUMER_SECRET, 
              "1.0A", "IGNORE ME", "PLAINTEXT");

// Step 2: Whenever you want to make a request to the API you use the oauth object instead of
// Node's http lib. You need to pass in the token and secret for the user you're 
// making the request on behalf of.

request = dropboxOAuth.get("https://api.dropbox.com/1/account/info", ACCESS_TOKEN, ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET);
request. addListener('response', function (err, response) {
  response.addListener('data', function (chunk) {
    console.log(chunk);
  });
  response.addListener('end', function () {
    console.log('--- END ---')
  });
});

// You also have dropboxOAuth.post and dropboxOAuth.delete and dropboxOAuth.put as you do for Node's http lib

request.end () is required for 'response' listener to fire off.

https://gist.github.com/3514519