Authenticated server views

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

accessing a client secret and an authentication key, wherein the client secret is associated with a set of account privileges associated with an online-synchronized content management system, and wherein the authentication key is associated with a subset of the set of account privileges;

generating a server view of the online-synchronized content management system using instantiation data, the instantiation data including the authentication key;

transmitting a request for server elements from the online-synchronized content management system using the authentication key;

receiving the server elements from the online-synchronized content management system; and

rendering the server elements.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising

sending the client secret to the online-synchronized content management system; and

receiving the authentication key.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , further comprising:

initiating an application programming interface (API) transaction with the online-synchronized content management system using the client secret.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 ,

wherein the set of account privileges are associated with a user account for the online-synchronized content management system.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the server view stores the authentication key in a browser cookie, transmits the request for the server elements, receives the server elements from the online-synchronized content management system, and renders the server elements.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the generating of the server view is performed in response to receiving a notification that there is updated content available to display.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6 , wherein the updated content includes a user comment associated with a content item hosted on the online-synchronized content management system.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

rendering program elements within a window; and

determining that a portion of the window should be populated by server elements, the portion of the window having a portion width and a portion height;

wherein the server view is configured to render the server elements within the portion of the window using the portion width and the portion height.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the server view contains a sharing interface, the sharing interface facilitating sharing of content items stored on the online-synchronized content management system.

10. A computer-readable medium storing non-transitory computer-readable instructions for causing a computer to:

access a client secret and an authentication key, wherein the client secret is associated with a set of account privileges associated with an online-synchronized content management system, and wherein the authentication key is associated with a subset of the set of account privileges;

generate a server view of the online-synchronized content management system using instantiation data, the instantiation data including the authentication key;

transmit a request for server elements from the online-synchronized content management system using the authentication key;

receive the server elements from the online-synchronized content management system; and

render the server elements.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the non-transitory computer-readable instructions further cause the computer to:

send the client secret to the online-synchronized content management system; and

receive the authentication key.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the server view is further configured to:

display an indicator indicating that the server elements are not yet available for display; and

detect that the server elements are available for display before rendering the server elements.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the instantiation data further includes a localization preference and the server elements contains content configured for the localization.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein generating the server view is performed in response to receiving a notification that there is updated content available to display.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the updated content includes a user comment associated with a content item hosted on the online-synchronized content management system.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the non-transitory computer-readable instructions further cause the computer to:

render program elements within a window; and

determine that a portion of the window should be populated by server elements, the portion of the window having a portion width and a portion height;

wherein the server view is configured to render the server elements within the portion of the window using the portion width and the portion height.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the server view contains a sharing interface, the sharing interface facilitating sharing of content items stored on the online-synchronized content management system.

18. A system comprising:

a processor;

a computer-readable medium; and

non-transitory computer-readable instructions, stored on the computer-readable medium, that when executed by the processor are effective to cause the system to:

access a client secret and an authentication key, wherein the client secret is associated with a set of account privileges associated with an online-synchronized content management system, and wherein the authentication key is associated with a subset of the set of account privileges;

generate a server view of the online-synchronized content management system using instantiation data, the instantiation data including the authentication key;

transmit a request for server elements from the online-synchronized content management system using the authentication key;

receive the server elements from the online-synchronized content management system; and

render the server elements.

19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the instantiation data further includes a localization preference and the server elements contains content configured for the localization.

20. The system of claim 18 , wherein generating the server view is performed in response to receiving a notification that there is updated content available to display, wherein the updated content includes a user comment associated with a content item hosted on an online-synchronized content management system.

21. The system of claim 18 , wherein the non-transitory computer-readable instructions are further effective to cause the system to:

render program elements within a window; and

determine that a portion of the window should be populated by server elements, the portion of the window having a portion width and a portion height;

wherein the server view is configured to render the server elements within the portion of the window using the portion width and the portion height.