Project - Ohloh API Reference

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Project

A Project represents a collection of source code, documentation, and web sites treated together as a unit. It's what most people might call an 'application' or 'library'.

Properties

id

The unique ID for the Project.

name

The project name. Currently limited to 40 characters, and must be unique on Ohloh.

created_at

The time at which this Project was initially added to the Ohloh database.

updated_at

The time of the most recent modification of this Project record.

description

An optional description. Currently limited to 800 characters.

homepage_url

An optional URL to the project home page.

download_url

An optional URL to a website hosting project downloads.

url_name

A short, unique name for this project. This name is used in Ohloh URLs.

medium_logo_url

An url to the project's 64x64 pixels logo image.

small_logo_url

An url to the project's 32x32 pixels logo image.

stack_count

The number of Stacks currently containing this project. Higher stack counts indicate more popular projects.

average_rating

A floating point value from 1.0 to 5.0, representing the average value of all user ratings. 1.0 is the worst possible rating and 5.0 is the highest possible rating. Will be null if no users have rated this project.

rating_count

The number of users who have rated this project.

analysis_id

The unique ID of the current best Analysis for this project. If the project has never been analyzed, this element will be empty.

analysis

For convenience, the current best Analysis for the project is included in this element. This object is present only when you have requested a single project -- if the project was returned as part of a collection, the analysis object will not be present.

URL

To get a single Project, including its current best Analysis:

GET http://www.ohloh.net/projects/{project_id}.xml

Collection URL

To get a list of all Projects, not including their Analyses:

GET http://www.ohloh.net/projects.xml

The Project collection request supports the standard collection request parameters, with the following details:

query

If supplied, only Projects matching the query string will be returned. A Project matches if its name, description, or any of its tags contain the query string.

sort

Project collections support the following sort options:

created_at

created_at_reverse

description

description_reverse

id

id_reverse

name (default)

name_reverse

stack_count

stack_count_reverse

updated_at

updated_at_reverse