Digg API

[kodewulf]

Hi,

I've started to create a Digg class using the UNOFFICIAL Digg API found here.

The idea I came up with is to run a function that will check the Digg site for new diggs when you save your entry. The list of new diggs will be added to a table in the database and all the links used in an entry will be checked against this table. The reason for this is that the interface to Digg is VERY slow and, like I said, the API is very unofficial. This way the code that interacts with s9y will change very little when the API becomes official. I am also creating it as a standalone class so that it doesn't really rely on anything from s9y. This will hopefully make it easier to find other uses for it.

Some of the information available from an entry:

• Article ID
  Article Link
  Submission Date
  Number of Diggs
  Number of Comments
  Digg URL
  Article Status
  Article Title
  Article Description
  Submitter Name
  Topic Name
  Topic Short Name
  Category Name
  Category Short Name

This list might change is the official API gets released.

If anybody has any comments or suggestions regarding this, please post them here.

I will also try to post the code within the next 24 hours.

Thank you
--Kodewulf

[garvinhicking]

Hi!

I personally sadly don't use Digg that much, so my experience with what their services offers is very limited. But having a s9y plugin is always nice, and I bett some Diggers would really appreciate this!

Good luck,
Garvin