Public Member Functions
	__construct ($apiKey)
	Constructs a new Zend_Service_Technorati instance and setup character encoding.

	cosmos ($url, $options=null)
	Cosmos query lets you see what blogs are linking to a given URL.

	search ($query, $options=null)
	Search lets you see what blogs contain a given search string.

	tag ($tag, $options=null)
	Tag lets you see what posts are associated with a given tag.

	dailyCounts ($query, $options=null)
	TopTags provides daily counts of posts containing the queried keyword.

	topTags ($options=null)
	TopTags provides information on top tags indexed by Technorati.

	blogInfo ($url, $options=null)
	BlogInfo provides information on what blog, if any, is associated with a given URL.

	blogPostTags ($url, $options=null)
	BlogPostTags provides information on the top tags used by a specific blog.

	getInfo ($username, $options=null)
	GetInfo query tells you things that Technorati knows about a member.

	keyInfo ()
	KeyInfo query provides information on daily usage of an API key.

	getApiKey ()
	Returns Technorati API key.

	getRestClient ()
	Returns a reference to the REST client object in use.

	setApiKey ($key)
	Sets Technorati API key.

Public Attributes
const	API_URI_BASE = 'http://api.technorati.com'
	Base Technorati API URI.

const	API_PATH_COSMOS = '/cosmos'
	Query paths.

const	API_PATH_SEARCH = '/search'

const	API_PATH_TAG = '/tag'

const	API_PATH_DAILYCOUNTS = '/dailycounts'

const	API_PATH_TOPTAGS = '/toptags'

const	API_PATH_BLOGINFO = '/bloginfo'

const	API_PATH_BLOGPOSTTAGS = '/blogposttags'

const	API_PATH_GETINFO = '/getinfo'

const	API_PATH_KEYINFO = '/keyinfo'

const	PARAM_LIMIT_MIN_VALUE = 1
	Prevent magic numbers.

const	PARAM_LIMIT_MAX_VALUE = 100

const	PARAM_DAYS_MIN_VALUE = 1

const	PARAM_DAYS_MAX_VALUE = 180

const	PARAM_START_MIN_VALUE = 1

Protected Member Functions
	_validateCosmos (array $options)
	Validates Cosmos query options.

	_validateSearch (array $options)
	Validates Search query options.

	_validateTag (array $options)
	Validates Tag query options.

	_validateDailyCounts (array $options)
	Validates DailyCounts query options.

	_validateGetInfo (array $options)
	Validates GetInfo query options.

	_validateTopTags (array $options)
	Validates TopTags query options.

	_validateBlogInfo (array $options)
	Validates BlogInfo query options.

	_validateBlogPostTags (array $options)
	Validates TopTags query options.

	_validateInArrayOption ($name, $options, array $array)
	Checks whether an option is in a given array.

	_validateMandatoryOption ($name, $options)
	Checks whether mandatory $name option exists and it's valid.

	_validateIntegerOption ($name, $options)
	Checks whether $name option is a valid integer and casts it.

	_makeRequest ($path, $options=array())
	Makes and HTTP GET request to given $path with $options.

	_validateOptionClaim (array $options)
	Checks whether 'claim' option value is valid.

	_validateOptionFormat (array $options)
	Checks whether 'format' option value is valid.

	_validateOptionLimit (array $options)
	Checks whether 'limit' option value is valid.

	_validateOptionStart (array $options)
	Checks whether 'start' option value is valid.

	_validateOptionUrl (array $options)
	Checks whether 'url' option value exists and is valid.

	_convertResponseAndCheckContent (Zend_Http_Response $response)
	Converts $response body to a DOM object and checks it.

	_compareOptions (array $options, array $validOptions)
	Checks whether user given options are valid.

	_prepareOptions ($options, array $defaultOptions)
	Prepares options for the request.

Static Protected Member Functions
static	_checkErrors (DomDocument $dom)
	Checks XML response content for errors.

static	_checkResponse (Zend_Http_Response $response)
	Checks ReST response for errors.

Protected Attributes
	$_apiKey

	$_restClient

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

__construct ( $apiKey )

Constructs a new Zend_Service_Technorati instance and setup character encoding.

Parameters

string $apiKey Your Technorati API key

Member Function Documentation

static _checkErrors ( DomDocument $dom )

staticprotected

Checks XML response content for errors.

Parameters

DomDocument $dom the XML response as a DOM document

Returns: void

Exceptions

Zend_Service_Technorati_Exception

Technorati API: Error response protected

See Also: Zend_Service_Technorati_Exception

static _checkResponse ( Zend_Http_Response $response )

staticprotected

Checks ReST response for errors.

Parameters

Zend_Http_Response $response the ReST response

Returns: void

Exceptions

Zend_Service_Technorati_Exception protected

See Also: Zend_Service_Technorati_Exception

_compareOptions	(	array	$options,
		array	$validOptions
	)

protected

Checks whether user given options are valid.

Parameters

array	$options	user options
array	$validOptions	valid options

Returns: void

Exceptions

Zend_Service_Technorati_Exception protected

See Also: Zend_Service_Technorati_Exception

_convertResponseAndCheckContent ( Zend_Http_Response $response )

protected

Converts $response body to a DOM object and checks it.

Parameters

Zend_Http_Response $response

Returns: DOMDocument

Exceptions

Zend_Service_Technorati_Exception if response content contains an error message protected

_makeRequest	(	$path,
		$options = `array()`
	)

protected

Makes and HTTP GET request to given $path with $options.

HTTP Response is first validated, then returned.

Parameters

string	$path
array	$options

Returns: Zend_Http_Response

Exceptions

Zend_Service_Technorati_Exception on failure protected

_prepareOptions	(		$options,
		array	$defaultOptions
	)

protected

Prepares options for the request.

Parameters

array	$options	user options
array	$defaultOptions	default options

Returns: array Merged array of user and default/required options. protected

_validateBlogInfo ( array $options )

protected

Validates BlogInfo query options.

Parameters

array $options

Returns: void

Exceptions

Zend_Service_Technorati_Exception protected

_validateBlogPostTags ( array $options )

protected

Validates TopTags query options.

Parameters

array $options

Returns: void

Exceptions

Zend_Service_Technorati_Exception protected

_validateCosmos ( array $options )

protected

Validates Cosmos query options.

Parameters

array $options

Returns: void

Exceptions

Zend_Service_Technorati_Exception protected

_validateDailyCounts ( array $options )

protected

Validates DailyCounts query options.

Parameters

array $options

Returns: void

Exceptions

Zend_Service_Technorati_Exception protected

See Also: Zend_Service_Technorati_Exception

_validateGetInfo ( array $options )

protected

Validates GetInfo query options.

Parameters

array $options

Returns: void

Exceptions

Zend_Service_Technorati_Exception protected

_validateInArrayOption	(		$name,
			$options,
		array	$array
	)

protected

Checks whether an option is in a given array.

Parameters

string	$name	option name
array	$options
array	$array	array of valid options

Returns: void

Exceptions

Zend_Service_Technorati_Exception protected

See Also: Zend_Service_Technorati_Exception

_validateIntegerOption	(	$name,
		$options
	)

protected

Checks whether $name option is a valid integer and casts it.

Parameters

array $options

Returns: void protected

_validateMandatoryOption	(	$name,
		$options
	)

protected

Checks whether mandatory $name option exists and it's valid.

Parameters

array $options

Returns: void

Exceptions

Zend_Service_Technorati_Exception protected

See Also: Zend_Service_Technorati_Exception

_validateOptionClaim ( array $options )

protected

Checks whether 'claim' option value is valid.

Parameters

array $options

Returns: void protected

_validateOptionFormat ( array $options )

protected

Checks whether 'format' option value is valid.

Be aware that Zend_Service_Technorati supports only XML as format value.

Parameters

array $options

Returns: void

Exceptions

Zend_Service_Technorati_Exception if 'format' value != XML protected

See Also: Zend_Service_Technorati_Exception

_validateOptionLimit ( array $options )

protected

Checks whether 'limit' option value is valid.

Value must be an integer greater than PARAM_LIMIT_MIN_VALUE and lower than PARAM_LIMIT_MAX_VALUE.

Parameters

array $options

Returns: void

Exceptions

Zend_Service_Technorati_Exception if 'limit' value is invalid protected

See Also: Zend_Service_Technorati_Exception

_validateOptionStart ( array $options )

protected

Checks whether 'start' option value is valid.

Value must be an integer greater than 0.

Parameters

array $options

Returns: void

Exceptions

Zend_Service_Technorati_Exception if 'start' value is invalid protected

See Also: Zend_Service_Technorati_Exception

_validateOptionUrl ( array $options )

protected

Checks whether 'url' option value exists and is valid.

'url' must be a valid HTTP(s) URL.

Parameters

array $options

Returns: void

Exceptions

Zend_Service_Technorati_Exception if 'url' value is invalid protected

Todo:: support for Zend_Uri_Http

_validateSearch ( array $options )

protected

Validates Search query options.

Parameters

array $options

Returns: void

Exceptions

Zend_Service_Technorati_Exception protected

_validateTag ( array $options )

protected

Validates Tag query options.

Parameters

array $options

Returns: void

Exceptions

Zend_Service_Technorati_Exception protected

_validateTopTags ( array $options )

protected

Validates TopTags query options.

Parameters

array $options

Returns: void

Exceptions

Zend_Service_Technorati_Exception protected

blogInfo	(	$url,
		$options = `null`
	)

BlogInfo provides information on what blog, if any, is associated with a given URL.

Parameters

string	$url	the URL you are searching for. Prefixes http:// and www. are optional. The URL must be recognized by Technorati as a blog.
array	$options	additional parameters to refine your query

Returns: Zend_Service_Technorati_BlogInfoResult

Exceptions

Zend_Service_Technorati_Exception

Technorati API: BlogInfo Query reference

See Also: Zend_Service_Technorati_BlogInfoResult

blogPostTags	(	$url,
		$options = `null`
	)

BlogPostTags provides information on the top tags used by a specific blog.

Query options include:

'limit' => (int) optional - adjust the size of your result from the default value of 20 to between 1 and 100 results. 'start' => (int) optional - adjust the range of your result set. Set this number to larger than zero and you will receive the portion of Technorati's total result set ranging from start to start+limit. The default start value is 1. Note. This property is not documented.

Parameters

string	$url	the URL you are searching for. Prefixes http:// and www. are optional. The URL must be recognized by Technorati as a blog.
array	$options	additional parameters to refine your query

Returns: Zend_Service_Technorati_TagsResultSet

Exceptions

Zend_Service_Technorati_Exception

Technorati API: BlogPostTags Query reference

See Also: Zend_Service_Technorati_TagsResultSet

cosmos	(	$url,
		$options = `null`
	)

Cosmos query lets you see what blogs are linking to a given URL.

On the Technorati site, you can enter a URL in the searchbox and it will return a list of blogs linking to it. The API version allows more features and gives you a way to use the cosmos on your own site.

Query options include:

'type' => (link|weblog) optional - A value of link returns the freshest links referencing your target URL. A value of weblog returns the last set of unique weblogs referencing your target URL. 'limit' => (int) optional - adjust the size of your result from the default value of 20 to between 1 and 100 results. 'start' => (int) optional - adjust the range of your result set. Set this number to larger than zero and you will receive the portion of Technorati's total result set ranging from start to start+limit. The default start value is 1. 'current' => (true|false) optional - the default setting of true Technorati returns links that are currently on a weblog's homepage. Set this parameter to false if you would like to receive all links to the given URL regardless of their current placement on the source blog. Internally the value is converted in (yes|no). 'claim' => (true|false) optional - the default setting of FALSE returns no user information about each weblog included in the result set when available. Set this parameter to FALSE to include Technorati member data in the result set when a weblog in your result set has been successfully claimed by a member of Technorati. Internally the value is converted in (int). 'highlight' => (true|false) optional - the default setting of TRUE highlights the citation of the given URL within the weblog excerpt. Set this parameter to FALSE to apply no special markup to the blog excerpt. Internally the value is converted in (int).

Parameters

string	$url	the URL you are searching for. Prefixes http:// and www. are optional.
array	$options	additional parameters to refine your query

Returns: Zend_Service_Technorati_CosmosResultSet

Exceptions

Zend_Service_Technorati_Exception

Technorati API: Cosmos Query reference

See Also: Zend_Service_Technorati_CosmosResultSet

dailyCounts	(	$query,
		$options = `null`
	)

TopTags provides daily counts of posts containing the queried keyword.

Query options include:

'days' => (int) optional - Used to specify the number of days in the past to request daily count data for. Can be any integer between 1 and 180, default is 180

Parameters

string	$q	the keyword query
array	$options	additional parameters to refine your query

Returns: Zend_Service_Technorati_DailyCountsResultSet

Exceptions

Zend_Service_Technorati_Exception

Technorati API: DailyCounts Query reference

See Also: Zend_Service_Technorati_DailyCountsResultSet

getApiKey ( )

Returns Technorati API key.

Returns: string Technorati API key

getInfo	(	$username,
		$options = `null`
	)

GetInfo query tells you things that Technorati knows about a member.

The returned info is broken up into two sections: The first part describes some information that the user wants to allow people to know about him- or herself. The second part of the document is a listing of the weblogs that the user has successfully claimed and the information that Technorati knows about these weblogs.

Parameters

string	$username	the Technorati user name you are searching for
array	$options	additional parameters to refine your query

Returns: Zend_Service_Technorati_GetInfoResult

Exceptions

Zend_Service_Technorati_Exception

Technorati API: GetInfo reference

See Also: Zend_Service_Technorati_GetInfoResult

getRestClient ( )

Returns a reference to the REST client object in use.

If the reference hasn't being inizialized yet, then a new Zend_Rest_Client instance is created.

Returns: Zend_Rest_Client

See Also: Zend_Rest_Client

keyInfo ( )

KeyInfo query provides information on daily usage of an API key.

Key Info Queries do not count against a key's daily query limit.

A day is defined as 00:00-23:59 Pacific time.

Returns: Zend_Service_Technorati_KeyInfoResult

Exceptions

Zend_Service_Technorati_Exception

Technorati API: Key Info reference

See Also: Zend_Service_Technorati_KeyInfoResult

search	(	$query,
		$options = `null`
	)

Search lets you see what blogs contain a given search string.

Query options include:

'language' => (string) optional - a ISO 639-1 two character language code to retrieve results specific to that language. This feature is currently beta and may not work for all languages. 'authority' => (n|a1|a4|a7) optional - filter results to those from blogs with at least the Technorati Authority specified. Technorati calculates a blog's authority by how many people link to it. Filtering by authority is a good way to refine your search results. There are four settings:

n => Any authority: All results.
a1 => A little authority: Results from blogs with at least one link.
a4 => Some authority: Results from blogs with a handful of links.
a7 => A lot of authority: Results from blogs with hundreds of links. 'limit' => (int) optional - adjust the size of your result from the default value of 20 to between 1 and 100 results. 'start' => (int) optional - adjust the range of your result set. Set this number to larger than zero and you will receive the portion of Technorati's total result set ranging from start to start+limit. The default start value is 1. 'claim' => (true|false) optional - the default setting of FALSE returns no user information about each weblog included in the result set when available. Set this parameter to FALSE to include Technorati member data in the result set when a weblog in your result set has been successfully claimed by a member of Technorati. Internally the value is converted in (int).

Parameters

string	$query	the words you are searching for.
array	$options	additional parameters to refine your query

Returns: Zend_Service_Technorati_SearchResultSet

Exceptions

Zend_Service_Technorati_Exception

Technorati API: Search Query reference

See Also: Zend_Service_Technorati_SearchResultSet

setApiKey ( $key )

Sets Technorati API key.

Be aware that this function doesn't validate the key. The key is validated as soon as the first API request is sent. If the key is invalid, the API request method will throw a Zend_Service_Technorati_Exception exception with Invalid Key message.

Parameters

string $key Technorati API Key

Returns: void How to get your Technorati API Key

tag	(	$tag,
		$options = `null`
	)

Tag lets you see what posts are associated with a given tag.

Query options include:

'limit' => (int) optional - adjust the size of your result from the default value of 20 to between 1 and 100 results. 'start' => (int) optional - adjust the range of your result set. Set this number to larger than zero and you will receive the portion of Technorati's total result set ranging from start to start+limit. The default start value is 1. 'excerptsize' => (int) optional - number of word characters to include in the post excerpts. By default 100 word characters are returned. 'topexcerptsize' => (int) optional - number of word characters to include in the first post excerpt. By default 150 word characters are returned.

Parameters

string	$tag	the tag term you are searching posts for.
array	$options	additional parameters to refine your query

Returns: Zend_Service_Technorati_TagResultSet

Exceptions

Zend_Service_Technorati_Exception

Technorati API: Tag Query reference

See Also: Zend_Service_Technorati_TagResultSet

topTags ( $options = null )

TopTags provides information on top tags indexed by Technorati.

Query options include:

'limit' => (int) optional - adjust the size of your result from the default value of 20 to between 1 and 100 results. 'start' => (int) optional - adjust the range of your result set. Set this number to larger than zero and you will receive the portion of Technorati's total result set ranging from start to start+limit. The default start value is 1.

Parameters

array $options additional parameters to refine your query

Returns: Zend_Service_Technorati_TagsResultSet

Exceptions

Zend_Service_Technorati_Exception

Technorati API: TopTags Query reference

See Also: Zend_Service_Technorati_TagsResultSet

Member Data Documentation

$_apiKey

protected

$_restClient

protected

const API_PATH_BLOGINFO = '/bloginfo'

const API_PATH_BLOGPOSTTAGS = '/blogposttags'

const API_PATH_COSMOS = '/cosmos'

Query paths.

const API_PATH_DAILYCOUNTS = '/dailycounts'

const API_PATH_GETINFO = '/getinfo'

const API_PATH_KEYINFO = '/keyinfo'

const API_PATH_SEARCH = '/search'

const API_PATH_TAG = '/tag'

const API_PATH_TOPTAGS = '/toptags'

const API_URI_BASE = 'http://api.technorati.com'

Base Technorati API URI.

const PARAM_DAYS_MAX_VALUE = 180

const PARAM_DAYS_MIN_VALUE = 1

const PARAM_LIMIT_MAX_VALUE = 100

const PARAM_LIMIT_MIN_VALUE = 1

Prevent magic numbers.

const PARAM_START_MIN_VALUE = 1

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