Re:FlickSurfer – a way to find Netflix gems
by nacs on Sunday January 04, 2015 @07:31PM
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I thought the public Netflix API was completely shut down now? Is this using scraping for its content?
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Re:FlickSurfer – a way to find Netflix gems
by nattaylor on Sunday January 04, 2015 @07:49PM
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I found a comment [1] from the author on a reddit thread [2]. So yes, it seems like the data is already stale and getting staler :(
[–]WedgeTalon 7 points 5 months ago
Interesting, but won't this be a pretty short-lived site since the Netflix API will be shut down November 14? Or are you doing this without using their API?
[–]n1te1337[S] 2 points 5 months ago*
It should work pass that date as the site doesn't rely on the API. I can't promise it though as at the end of the day they own the content no matter how you get it.
1 - http://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/2ckxhm/netflix_catal...
2 - http://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/2ckxhm/netflix_catal...
Re:FlickSurfer – a way to find Netflix gems
by n1te1337 on Sunday January 04, 2015 @08:21PM
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Hi, I can confirm that the data is updated daily
Re:FlickSurfer – a way to find Netflix gems
by ams6110 on Sunday January 04, 2015 @09:03PM
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I entered John Wayne in the search box and it found nothing. But I know there are at least one or two of his movies on NetFlix.
Re:FlickSurfer – a way to find Netflix gems
by n1te1337 on Sunday January 04, 2015 @09:21PM
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Yeah that's weird. When you search for "true grit" it finds the movie and John Wayne is correctly listed and one of the cast members. I'll sort it out when I get home, it's probably just a case of adjusting the querying algorithm. Thanks for letting me know.
Re:FlickSurfer – a way to find Netflix gems
by timdierks on Sunday January 04, 2015 @11:59PM
(#8837372)
I searched for [Steve Martin] and my sole result is "iSteve", which, as far as I can tell, doesn't have the token "Martin" in it at all. This is despite five Steve Martin films currently streaming on Netflix US.
Re:FlickSurfer – a way to find Netflix gems
by n1te1337 on Monday January 05, 2015 @12:38AM
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It should be fixed, thanks!
Re:FlickSurfer – a way to find Netflix gems
by n1te1337 on Monday January 05, 2015 @12:37AM
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It should be fixed now, thanks again!
Re:FlickSurfer – a way to find Netflix gems
by simonsayscode on Monday January 05, 2015 @12:22PM
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Doesn't this go against Netflix's Terms of Use (https://www.netflix.com/TermsOfUse) by scraping for data, if you're not relying on the now shut down public API?