heyawhite

// Get any existing copy of our transient data
if ( false === ( $special_query_results = get_transient( 'special_query_results' ) ) ) {
	// It wasn't there, so regenerate the data and save the transient
     $special_query_results = new WP_Query( 'cat=5&order=random&tag=tech&post_meta_key=thumbnail' );
 	set_transient( 'special_query_results', $special_query_results, 12 * HOUR_IN_SECONDS );
}
// Use the data like you would have normally...

heyawhite

if ( false === ( $sidebar_popular_chartbeat = get_transient( 'sidebar_popular_chartbeat' ) ) ) {
     $sidebar_popular_chartbeat = wp_remote_get("http://api.chartbeat.com/live/toppages/v3/?apikey=XXXXX&host=yourwebsite.com");
 	set_transient( 'sidebar_popular_chartbeat', $sidebar_popular_chartbeat, 600 );
}

heyawhite

$sidebar_popular_chartbeat = wnet_get_transient_remote_json('sidebar_popular_chartbeat', 'http://api.chartbeat.com/live/toppages/v3/?apikey=XXXXX&host=yourwebsite.com', 600);