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function getStories($type="",$storyid="",$container="",$topic="",$title="",$username="",$count=10,$offset=0,$min_submit_date=null,$max_submit_date=null,$min_promote_date=null,$max_promote_date=null, $link=null)
{
if ($min_submit_date)
{
		$min_submit_date = strtotime($min_submit_date);
		$min_submit_date_query = "&min_submit_date=".$min_submit_date;
}

if ($max_submit_date)
{
		$max_submit_date = strtotime($max_submit_date);
		$max_submit_date_query = "&max_date=".$max_submit_date;
}

if ($min_promote_date)
{
		$min_promote_date = strtotime($min_promote_date);
		$min_promote_date_query = "&min_promote_date=".$min_promote_date;
}

if ($max_promote_date)
{
		$max_promote_date = strtotime($max_promote_date);
		$max_promote_date_query = "&max_promote_date=".$max_promote_date;
}

if ($link)
{
		$link_query = "&link=".$link;
}
if ($storyid== "")
{
	$storyloc = "stories";

if ($container != "")
		$storyloc .= "/container/".$container;

if ($topic != "")
		$storyloc .= "/topic/".$topic;

if ($title != "")
		$storyloc = "story/".$title;

if ($username != "")
		$storyloc = "user/".$username."/submissions";

switch($type)
	{
		case TYPE_UPCOMING:
			$storyloc .= "/upcoming";
		break;

case TYPE_POPULAR:
			$storyloc .= "/popular";
		break;
	}
} else {
	if(!strstr($storyid,','))
		$storyloc = "story/".$storyid;
	else {
		$storyloc = "stories/".$storyid;
	}
}

$response = $this->connect("http://services.digg.com/".$storyloc."?type=php&count=".$count."&offset=".$offset.$min_submit_date_query.$max_submit_date_query.$min_promote_date_query.$max_promote_date_query.$link_query);

$objects = unserialize($response);
$results = array();

foreach($objects as $var => $value)
	{
		if (is_array($value))
        {

for ($x=0;$x<count($value);$x++)
	        {

$storyclass = $value[$x];

$results[] = array("id"=>$storyclass->id,"link"=>$storyclass->link,"submit_date"=>strftime("%b %d %Y %H:%M:%S",$storyclass->submit_date),"diggs"=>$storyclass->diggs,"comments"=>$storyclass->comments,
		        			"digg_link"=>$storyclass->href,"status"=>$storyclass->status,"title"=>$storyclass->title,"description"=>$storyclass->description,
		        			"user_name"=>$storyclass->user->name,"user_icon"=>$storyclass->user->icon,"user_registered"=>strftime("%b %d %Y %H:%M:%S",$storyclass->user->registered),"user_profileviews"=>$storyclass->user->profileviews,
		        			"topic_name"=>$storyclass->topic->name,"topic_short_name"=>$storyclass->topic->short_name,"container_name"=>$storyclass->container->name,"container_short_name"=>$storyclass->container->short_name);
	    	}
		} else {

switch($var)
			{
				case "timestamp":
					$this->timestamp = $value;
				break;
				case "total":
					$this->totalCount = $value;
				break;
				case "code":
					$this->errorCode = $value;
					return false;
				break;
			}

}

}
return $results;
}

function showDiggComments($url=null)
{
	//Load & Initialize Digg API Wrapper
	require_once "diggclass.php";
	$diggobj = new diggclass();

//Use current URL if not specified in function call
	if (!$url) { $url = "http://".$_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"].$_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]; }

//Use slightly modified getStories call to find out the story digg ID of the current URL
	$story_result = $diggobj->getStories("", "", "", "", "", "", 1, 0, $null, $null, $null, $null, "$url"  );
	$storyid = $story_result[0]['id'];

//If story has been submited to digg proceed on
	if ($storyid)
	{
		//Get Latest 100 digg comments from story
		$comment_results = $diggobj->getComments("",100,0,null,null,$storyid);

//If there are at least 1 comments proceed on
		if ($comment_results)
		{
			//Check & print out how many comments there are
			$num_comments=count($comment_results);
			 echo "<strong>Latest $num_comments comment(s) from digg:</strong><br><br>";

//Cycle through array printing out each comment
			foreach($comment_results as $key=>$current_comment)
			{
				$comment_date = $current_comment['date'];
				$comment_user =  $current_comment['user'];
				$comment_content = $current_comment['content'];
				echo "<img src=\"http://digg.com/users/$comment_user/s.png\"> <a href=\"http://digg.com/users/$comment_user\">$comment_user</a> - $comment_date<br>$comment_content<br><br>";
			}

}
		//Catch case when there are no comments on the story
		else { echo "<strong>No digg comments yet for this story</strong>"; }
	}
	//Catch case when the page hasn't been submited to digg yet
	else { echo "<strong>Submit this page to digg!</strong>"; }
}

<?
echo "<h1>Digg Comments API Demo<br>";

echo "<h3>Now showing comments from CURRENT url</h3>";
//Show comments for current URL script is executed from
showDiggComments();

echo "<h3>Now showing comments from <a href=\"http://socialblade.com/digg/top1000activeusers.html\">http://socialblade.com/digg/top1000activeusers.html</a></a></h3>";
//Show comments on specefic URL
showDiggComments("http://socialblade.com/digg/top1000activeusers.html");

function showDiggComments($url=null)
{
	//Load & Initialize Digg API Wrapper
	require_once "diggclass.php";
	$diggobj = new diggclass();

//Use current URL if not specified in function call
	if (!$url) { $url = "http://".$_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"].$_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]; }

//If story has been submited to digg proceed on
	if ($storyid)
	{
		//Get Latest 100 digg comments from story
		$comment_results = $diggobj->getComments("",100,0,null,null,$storyid);

Latest 4 comment(s) from digg:

NathanLands - Nov 11 2009 18:01:53
Awesome, this is great info for any website owner or entrepreneur trying to learn how to use Digg on their site.

ic3burg - Nov 11 2009 16:55:55
That was a great explanation and seemingly easy step by step instructions. I am sure many will put it to great use. BTW the pictures were a funny added bonus.

gankige - Nov 11 2009 04:10:34
I love how this page makes it look so simple. I will do this tomorrow and fail :P Joking aside, I'm thinking the people who can actually follow these directions don't need these instructions...kick ass guide.

jaybol - Nov 11 2009 03:51:06
I placed this comment on Digg so that it would show up on the post so that I could put this link http://digg.com/programming/How_to_Use_the_Digg_AP ... on the post so that people could come back to the Digg comments page and read it and then click through to the post and see the same comment again and get blessed with an infinite loop

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