Softonic API

Latest getHotSoftware

This function returns the "What's hot?" list. This list shows trending software on our portal, a mix of programs with a lot of activity, recently added, community commented, etc... The hot software list can be requested for a section or platform.

http://api2.softonic.com/<inst>/latest_getHotSoftware/<id_section>.<format>?key=YOUR_API_KEY

Parameters

• <inst>: Softonic instance (en, es, it, pt ...)
• <format>: XML, JSON or PHP
• <id_section>: A unique section id or a unique platform id.
• <start>: First result (optional, default is 0)
• <results>: Number of results per page (optional, default is 10)
• <os>: Filter results by OS (only for mobile sections)
• <phone>: Filter results by device (only for mobile sections)

XML response sample

http://api2.softonic.com/en/latest_getHotSoftware/2.xml?key=API_KEY&results=2

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<response status="ok" total_items="44071">
  <programs>
    <program>
      <id_program>70424</id_program>
      <title>eMule</title>
      <description>The new version of eMule finally arrives</description>
      <version>Beta 1 0.49a</version>
      <rating_softonic>10</rating_softonic>
      <rating_user>9.3330002</rating_user>
      <date_updated>1208296800</date_updated>
      <date_added>2008-04-16</date_added>
      <url>http://emule-beta.en.softonic.com</url>
      <url_download>http://emule-beta.en.softonic.com/download</url_download>
      <locale>en_GB</locale>
      <language_name>English</language_name>
      <license_name>Free (GPL)</license_name>
      <license_type>free</license_type>
      <sub_section>P2P Clients</sub_section>
      <img>http://screenshots.en.sftcdn.net/en/scrn/70000/70424/emule-20.jpg?key=api</img>
    </program>
    <program>
      <id_program>322768</id_program>
      <title>Google Chrome</title>
      <description>Test the latest developer release of Google's browser</description>
      <version>Dev  19.0.1084.15</version>
      <rating_softonic>9</rating_softonic>
      <rating_user>9.0000000</rating_user>
      <date_updated>1334008800</date_updated>
      <date_added>2011-06-29</date_added>
      <url>http://google-chrome-dev.en.softonic.com</url>
      <url_download>http://google-chrome-dev.en.softonic.com/download</url_download>
      <locale>en_GB</locale>
      <language_name>English</language_name>
      <license_name>Free</license_name>
      <license_type>free</license_type>
      <sub_section>Browsers</sub_section>
      <img>http://screenshots.en.sftcdn.net/en/scrn/322000/322768/2011-06-28-01-100x100.png?key=api</img>
    </program>
  </programs>
</response>

JSON response sample

http://api2.softonic.com/en/latest_getHotSoftware/2.json?key=API_KEY&results=2

{
	"status":"ok",
	"total_items":"44071",
	"programs":[
		{
			"program":{
				"id_program":"70424",
				"title":"eMule",
				"description":"The new version of eMule finally arrives",
				"version":"Beta 1 0.49a",
				"rating_softonic":"10",
				"rating_user":"9.3330002",
				"date_updated":"1208296800",
				"date_added":"2008-04-16",
				"url":"http:\/\/emule-beta.en.softonic.com",
				"url_download":"http:\/\/emule-beta.en.softonic.com\/download",
				"locale":"en_GB",
				"language_name":"English",
				"license_name":"Free (GPL)",
				"license_type":"free",
				"sub_section":"P2P Clients",
				"img":"http:\/\/screenshots.en.sftcdn.net\/en\/scrn\/70000\/70424\/emule-20.jpg?key=api"
			}
		},
		{
			"program":{
				"id_program":"322768",
				"title":"Google Chrome",
				"description":"Test the latest developer release of Google's browser",
				"version":"Dev  19.0.1084.15",
				"rating_softonic":"9",
				"rating_user":"9.0000000",
				"date_updated":"1334008800",
				"date_added":"2011-06-29",
				"url":"http:\/\/google-chrome-dev.en.softonic.com",
				"url_download":"http:\/\/google-chrome-dev.en.softonic.com\/download",
				"locale":"en_GB",
				"language_name":"English",
				"license_name":"Free",
				"license_type":"free",
				"sub_section":"Browsers",
				"img":"http:\/\/screenshots.en.sftcdn.net\/en\/scrn\/322000\/322768\/2011-06-28-01-100x100.png?key=api"
			}
		}
	]
}