Request Object:

object(stdClass)[1]
  public 'browse' => string 'new' (length=3)
  public 'tag' => 
    array
      0 => string 'admin' (length=5)
      1 => string '2.5' (length=3)
  public 'version' => string '2.6-bleeding' (length=12)
  public 'page' => int 4

Some things to note:

• browse
  • Would be to used to browse for a specific area (bbPress Views) Eg. new, latest, and updated,
• tag
  • Return only plugins which are tagged as such
• page
  • Return that page from the results, The number of items per page would be determined by the API, Alternativly, another field could be sent to modify the default
• version
  • WordPress Version, Could be used to only return plugins which are compatible with the current version(ie. in the future, do not return plugins for 2.7 only.)
• searchterm
  • Perform a search looking for a specific term, Could be used in conjuction with the Views(browse) as well as Tags

API Return:

object(stdClass)[2]
  public 'info' => 
    array
      'page' => int 4
      'pages' => int 18
      'results' => int 220
  public 'plugins' => 
    array
      0 => 
        object(stdClass)[3]
          public 'name' => string 'Plugin Name' (length=11)
          public 'slug' => string 'plugin-name' (length=11)
          public 'version' => string '1.0.2' (length=5)
          public 'compatible' => string '2.2.2' (length=5)
          public 'tested_up_to' => string '2.5' (length=3)
          public 'rating' => float 85.4
          public 'downloaded' => int 1104
          public 'author' => 
            array
              'name' => string 'Dion Hulse' (length=10)
              'username' => string 'dd32' (length=4)
              'url' => string 'http://dd32.id.au/' (length=18)
          public 'homepage' => string 'http://dd32.id.au/example-plugin/' (length=33)
          public 'description' => string 'This plugin is purely a example' (length=31)
          public 'downloadlink' => string 'http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/example-plugin.1.0.2.zip' (length=62)
          public 'tags' => 
            array
              0 => string 'admin' (length=5)
              1 => string '2.5' (length=3)
              2 => string 'Tag 3' (length=5)

Some things to note:

• info
  • Number of plugins available (See Request->page for more notes)
  • The current page
  • And the number of pages
• plugins
  • Plugin Name/slug/version/compatible/tested_up_to: All pulled straight from the directory
  • Rating: The % rating that the plugin has recieved, Ie. 85.4% = 4.2 Stars
  • Downloaded: All time downloads
  • Author: The plugin author details, Public Name, WordPress.org username, and Author URL
  • homepage: The plugins homepage, NOT wordpresss.org (Plugin URI: from the metadata)
  • description: The short description of the plugin
  • Downloadlink: The link to the latest Stable zip release
  • tags: A array of tags which have been applied to the plugin.