Plugin Data WP API

/*
 * Get Plugin Data from WordPress.org
 *
 * Uses WP API : http://wpapi.org/
 * Function extracted from Viper007Bond's plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-download-counter/
 * Usage: change $plugin_url value and adapt the result to your code
 *
*/

function get_data() {
    // CHANGE THIS TO YOUR OWN PLUGIN URL, this is mine :)
    $plugin_url = 'http://wpapi.org/api/plugin/many-tips-together.json';

    // Check for a cached copy (we don't want to do an HTTP request too often)
    $cachetime = 15; // Seconds between AJAX powered refreshes
    $cache = get_transient('wpdlcounter');
    if ( false !== $cache )
        return $cache;

    $data = array();

    // Fetch the data
    if ( $response = wp_remote_retrieve_body( wp_remote_get( $plugin_url ) ) ) {
        // Decode the json response
        if ( $response = json_decode( $response, true ) ) {
            // Double check we have all our data
            if ( !empty($response['added']) ) {
                $data = $response;
            }
        }
    }
    // On a failed scrape, cache that fail for a full minute
    else {
        set_transient( 'wpdlcounter', $data, 60 );
    }

    // Cache the data for future usage
    if ( $cachetime < 2 )
        $cachetime = 2;
    set_transient( 'wpdlcounter', $data, $cachetime - 1 );

    return $data;
}


$my_plugin = get_data();
echo 'Total Downloads: ' . number_format_i18n($my_plugin['total_downloads']);
echo 'Rating: ' . $my_plugin['rating'];
echo 'Total ratings: ' . number_format_i18n($my_plugin['num_ratings']);
echo 'Updated: ' . date_i18n(get_option('date_format'), strtotime($my_plugin['updated']));