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Kailash Nadh has published an API library in PHP for Technorati named DuckSoup.

The library supports all the Technorati APIs namely:

• CosmosQuery
• SearchQueryGetInfoQuery
• OutboundQuery
• BlogInfoQuery
• TagQuery
• TopTags
• AttentionQuery
• KeyInfo

It produces data in organized trees e.g.:

TopTagsQuery

Parameters passed

limit => 5

Resultant array

Array
(
    [result] => Array
        (
            [limit] => 5
        )

    [item] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [tag] => Music
                    [posts] => 198098
                )

            [1] => Array
                (
                    [tag] => ???
                    [posts] => 186513
                )

            [2] => Array
                (
                    [tag] => News
                    [posts] => 157867
                )

            [3] => Array
                (
                    [tag] => ??
                    [posts] => 138482
                )

            [4] => Array
                (
                    [tag] => Entertainment
                    [posts] => 126152
                )

        )

)

What I like about the library is that it is very nicely documented and very easy to use. It has some interesting sample code for you to try out as well:

• Who vs Who
  A simple code snippet utilizing Technorati API to find Who vs Who wins. The one with the most posts’s references is chosen the winner
• Tagwars
  Compare two tags and see which tag’s more popular. The winner is decided based on the number of posts+blogs referencing it

You need to signup for the Technorati developer program and get an API Key to use the library.

If you are looking for Technorati API library implementation in other programming language, try this page.

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