display plugin download count from wordpress.org repository

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function wpc_get_plugin_dl_count(){
$payload = array(
  'action' => 'plugin_information',
  'request' => serialize(
    (object)array(
        'slug' => 'pinterest-rss-widget',
        'fields' => array('description' => true)
     )
   )
);
$body = wp_remote_post( 'http://api.wordpress.org/plugins/info/1.0/', array( 'body' => $payload) );

$downloaded = unserialize($body['body'])->downloaded;
print 'Plugin downloaded ' .$downloaded . ' times.';
}