Softonic API

Users getFriends

This function returns the list of friends of a specific Softonic user. There will be results only if the user has checked on the privacy settings that allows friends to be shown.

http://api2.softonic.com/<inst>/users_getFriends/<id_user>.<format>?key=YOUR_API_KEY
http://api2.softonic.com/<inst>/users_getFriends/<id_user>.<format>?key=YOUR_API_KEY&start=10
http://api2.softonic.com/<inst>/users_getFriends/<id_user>.<format>?key=YOUR_API_KEY&start=10&results=10

Parameters

• <inst>: Softonic instance (en, es, it, pt ...)
• <format>: XML, JSON or PHP
• <id_user>: Unique user id
• <start>: First result (optional, default is 0)
• <results>: Number of results per page (optional, default is 10)

XML response sample

http://api2.softonic.com/en/users_getFriends/109749.xml?key=API_KEY&results=2

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<response status="ok" total_items="1">
  <users>
    <user>
      <id_user>166161</id_user>
      <username>gemma.beltra</username>
      <join_date>2007-11-07 11:27:40</join_date>
      <avatar>http://screenshots.en.sftcdn.net/avatars/gallery/avatar_amarillo.png?key=api</avatar>
      <url>http://en.softonic.com/users/gemma-beltra-166161</url>
    </user>
  </users>
</response>

JSON response sample

http://api2.softonic.com/en/users_getFriends/109749.json?key=API_KEY&results=2

{
	"status":"ok",
	"total_items":1,
	"users":[
		{
			"user":{
				"id_user":"166161",
				"username":"gemma.beltra",
				"join_date":"2007-11-07 11:27:40",
				"avatar":"http:\/\/screenshots.en.sftcdn.net\/avatars\/gallery\/avatar_amarillo.png?key=api",
				"url":"http:\/\/en.softonic.com\/users\/gemma-beltra-166161"
			}
		}
	]
}