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

v0.1.0(13y ago)281MITPHPPHP >=5.2.0

Since Aug 24Pushed 13y ago1 watchersCompare

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php-topsy
=========

[](#php-topsy)

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

Brought to you by the fine developers @ [Telly.com](http://telly.com/)

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Usage is very simple, similar to Facebook's SDK:

```
$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:

```
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',
);
```

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

5008d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/11f682ea6d98e41ccb56db0a284ac5b085fd31d40c3119cf8c3e493f87498c0a?d=identicon)[thesmart](/maintainers/thesmart)

---

Top Contributors

[![thesmart](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/280877?v=4)](https://github.com/thesmart "thesmart (4 commits)")

---

Tags

topsyotter

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