[wp-hackers] API for wordpress.org/extend/plugins/?

[Matt]

Yes, there is a plugin API.

It's pretty poorly documented, and it seems to have reliability issues (the
API would occasionally crash if trying to retrieve data on a couple hundred
plugins at once).

Here's my function to retrieve a listing of plugins:
http://wordpress.pastebin.com/7Ji8rD2P

Here's the documentation I did find (thanks DD32):
http://dd32.id.au/projects/wordpressorg-plugin-information-api-docs/

<http://wordpress.pastebin.com/7Ji8rD2P>Hope that helps,
Matt

On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Christopher Ross <cross at thisismyurl.com>wrote:

> Is there a way to query the plugins extended database on wordpress.org?
>
> I'm looking for a method that would allow me to fetch data such as how many
> plugins I currently have on the service, the downloads per plugins etc.
>  Also, to fetch version numbers of each plugin.
>
>
> Currently I do it using RegEx and Curl, but I'm hoping there's a better
> way.
>
> c.
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