Re:Show HN: API to query catalogs of 20 streaming services a...
by Saepirist on Sunday January 09, 2022 @07:57AM
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Thank you! The data is updated daily by automated tools that checks the services regularly.
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Re:Show HN: API to query catalogs of 20 streaming services a...
by ape4 on Sunday January 09, 2022 @09:06AM
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This seems like the hard part. Does it need accounts with all the services, use a VPN to appear to be in each country, use a fake/rotating User Agent, etc
Re:Show HN: API to query catalogs of 20 streaming services a...
by chrismeller on Sunday January 09, 2022 @10:06AM
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I too would love more technical details on the harvesting process. Something I’ve definitely thought about doing in the past but wasn’t patient enough to implement.
Re:Show HN: API to query catalogs of 20 streaming services a...
by Saepirist on Sunday January 09, 2022 @11:53AM
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Depends on the service any of these might be needed.
Re:Show HN: API to query catalogs of 20 streaming services a...
by toomanydoubts on Sunday January 09, 2022 @01:04PM
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What an uninteresting answer. People are interested in the technichal details, come on.
Re:Show HN: API to query catalogs of 20 streaming services a...
by Saepirist on Sunday January 09, 2022 @01:19PM
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Haha, sorry. But actually it's pretty much it. You need VPNs to check catalogs in different countries, which is tricky for some services (like Netflix) as they try to block VPNs. So you gotta always have a large pool. Catalogs of services like Prime Video is just there without an account but for Netflix you need accounts to see the catalogs (and not to send too many requests otherwise they block you).
Rest of it is just writing some regular crawlers.
Re:Show HN: API to query catalogs of 20 streaming services a...
by toomanydoubts on Sunday January 09, 2022 @01:26PM
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Cool, thanks for expanding and congrats on the project!