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mehlah/li3\_topsy
=================

Lithium HTTP data source for Topsy Otter API (http://topsy.com)

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Topsy
=====

[](#topsy)

`li3_topsy` offers integration between [Lithium](http://lithify.me) and [Topsy's Otter API](http://topsy.com).

Otter API is a RESTful HTTP web service to Topsy. Topsy is a search engine that ranks links, photos and tweets by the number and quality of retweets they receive. The quality of retweets is determined by the influence of the Twitter users.

The Otter API provides access to topsy search results, url information and author information along with the intermediate data (like author influence) that is used in creation of search rankings.  has been created using the Otter API, and almost everything available on the site is accessible to developers.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Theres a couple ways to get setup.

### Composer

[](#composer)

This library is installable via [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/) as [mehlah/li3\_topsy](https://packagist.org/packages/mehlah/li3_topsy).

### Git submodule

[](#git-submodule)

Add `li3_topsy` as a Git submodule, in order to keep up with the latest updates.

Don't forget to add the library to your application in `config/bootstrap/libraries.php`

```
Libraries::add('li3_topsy');

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Writing in progress...

###  Health Score

18

—

LowBetter than 8% of packages

Maintenance10

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/67217c861f2a746f3289f095113c13725ee3998fff89355c3d31e3dd3351f527?d=identicon)[mehlah](/maintainers/mehlah)

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Top Contributors

[![mehlah](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/224928?v=4)](https://github.com/mehlah "mehlah (5 commits)")

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