thesmart/php-topsy

A php rest client for Topsy's Otter API with support for rate limiting and error handling

php-topsy

A php rest client for Topsy's Otter API with support for rate limiting and error handling., _(*1)

Brought to you by the fine developers @ Telly.com, _(*2)

Usage

Usage is very simple, similar to Facebook's SDK:, _(*3)

$topsy = new TopsyApi('my api key', 'example.com');
try {
    $result = $topsy->api('authorinfo', array('url' => 'http://twitter.com/thesmart'));
} catch (TopsyApiException $tae) {
    error_log('Topsy error message: ' . $tae->getMessage());
    error_log('Topsy status code: ' . $tae->getCode());
}

The contents of $result is this:, _(*4)

array (
    'name' => 'John Smart',
    'nick' => 'thesmart',
    'description' => 'Chief Architect and CoFounder of Zoosk.com. Geeky and profound, enjoying the ride.',
    'influence_level' => 0,
    'url' => 'http://twitter.com/thesmart',
    'image_url' => 'http://a0.twimg.com/profile_images/1508630405/Screen_shot_2011-02-23_at_3.10.25_PM.png_normal.jpg',
    'type' => 'twitter',
    'topsy_author_url' => 'http://topsy.com/twitter/thesmart',
);