rtopsy implements the Topsy API specified here: http://code.google.com/p/otterapi
Use it at your own risk. You're welcome to collaborate!
You can install the gem from the gemcutter repository
$ gem install gemcutter
$ gem tumble
$ gem install rtopsy
Simple call in the console of any Rails project:
>> require 'rtopsy'
>> Topsy::API.authorinfo('barackobama')
Find it here: http://etagwerker.github.com/rtopsy/doc/index.html
rtopsy @ Google Groups => http://groups.google.com/group/rtopsy
You can download this project in either zip or tar formats.
You can also clone the project with Git by running:
$ git clone git://github.com/etagwerker/rtopsy