How to use Filesonic API for link checking

[torrfriend]

Thanks deliteblogger, Mr Happy, devNULL for your explaination.

1) Extracting id from the link.
2) Sending id to filesonic in this format
"http://api.filesonic.com/link?method=getInfo&ids=4053274144"
3) retrieving the data, it's return as xml

<FSApi_Link>
−
<getInfo>
−
<response>
−
<links>
−
<link>
<id>2302602951</id>
<filename>denis_horvat-hey_puzzle-web-2011-ukhx.zip</filename>
<size>19198510</size>
<description/>
<is_password_protected>0</is_password_protected>
<is_premium_only>0</is_premium_only>
<updated_on>2011-10-03 17:26:01</updated_on>
<status>AVAILABLE</status>
<url>http://www.filesonic.com/file/2302602951</url>
</link>
</links>
</response>
<status>success</status>
</getInfo>
</FSApi_Link>

4) Now using simple XML to extract text from XML

http://www.w3schools.com/PHP/php_xml_simplexml.asp

5)Integrating in wordpress/Html site.

Now coming to point, how to extract id from whole filesonic link...? i am struck in 1st point itself

torrfriend Reviewed by torrfriend on 1st Dec 2011. How to use Filesonic API for link checking Hi guys, How to use filesonic api for link checking for HTML site or wordpress. This is api link for filesonic http://api.filesonic.com/link#FSApi_Link-getInfo How to send the link(eg:http://filesonic.com/54785/myfile.zip) and get the file info(file is live or dead) near the file.......?? i don't know what to do with this above link :'(, i am new to this, but some body please post how to do or link to any tutorial for "How to use API" Rating: 5