Zend_Service_Technorati and Connection Errors
I had a site that uses Technorati’s API via Zend Framework- i.e. Zend_Service_Technorati. I noticed I am getting TCP connection errors via an exception (Message: Unable to Connect to tcp://api.technorati.com:80. Error #111: Connection refused), and upon going to Technorati’s site to look at the API, I found out the new API is under works and the old API is available until October 25th, 2009. It is November 3rd, the old API apparently doesn’t work and the new API isn’t released. Really? Am I missing something here? TCP connection failing tells me they are rejecting completely rejecting the TCP connection, which leads me to believe they have shut off the API. Searching on Twitter confirms this, although having an existing key doesn’t seem to matter…
November 5th, 2009 at 10:53 am
I’m currently working on a research project and have been relying on the Technorati API to retrieve the data I need (blog cosmos). The data-collection-process went really slow since Technorati only allowed 500 requests per day. Now that the API got shut down completely Technorati really left me out in the rain… it really sucks!
Do you happen to know of any websites that provide a similar service as the Technorati API did?
November 5th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
I haven’t had a chance to really dig into the apis/services, but I did find bloglines and programmableweb lists some other blog search engines.