I have a question regarding the catalog/titles?term=something API. When I do a query on "the office" I get results for each season of The Office (i.e. "The Office: Season 4", etc), except for Season 1. I *do* get one item that shows up as "The Office" (without the ": Season 1"). The same thing for the original British version -- I see "The Office: Series 2" but not "The Office: Series 1".
When I run this same search on www.netflix.com, I get the results I expect (i.e. Season 1 shows up and is clearly identified as such).
I would like the API results to match what I see on www.netflix.com -- am I missing something?
The series result you are seeing is canceling out the first season in the series. We'll make a fix for that, removing the series and adding season 1, and the results will then be consistent with the site.
Question about instant queue retreival. When I make changes to the instant queue in one of my test accounts via the desktop browser, the changes are saved in the test account. However when I then retreive the instant queue for this account via my mobile application, I always get the old queue. This happens even after I clear the mobile cache, restart the app, etc.
This is a known issue we'll be addressing in the next few months. Fortunately, a real user would rarely encounter it: http://developer.netflix.com/forum/read/28457.
I've been trying for two days now to link my Netflix account on Jinni.com (In Beta, restricted to beta members...). I've let them know this already, but they have said that some people have been able to link accounts successfully and some have not.
I just wanted to let you know so that you could look into the problem, because I can't find a way around it. It took me a while to link my Feedflix account to my Netflix account when it first began using the API as well, but this problem seems like it could be worse, and I figured that you've probably dealt with Jinni directly, so you can offer some advice.
Hmm. That I'm aware of, Jinni hasn't asked us for any help, so I'm not sure what they're doing. I do see that they're asking for your username and password (boo, bad anti-pattern! No cookie!), so I have no idea what they're doing behind the scenes. For what it's worth, I'm hitting the same error linking up my account, and I had no problem with any other Netflix app, including Feedflix.
Thanks for letting us know, but again, we don't have a heck of a lot more info than you do about what they're doing.
We'll try to contact them and figure out what's going on here.
Thanks JR. I noticed that even if I give them the wrong password for my Netflix account, it takes me straight to the Netflix "DO YOU AUTHORIZE?" widget, with my name on it. So, obviously, the process fails right after I click "Yes". No matter if I use the correct password or not.
I figured if anyone could help them get it working, you guys could :)
It's a great site so far, I've just had problems with this mostly. I just tried again today, no change yet.
I've let Jinni know we're here to help. Need to understand what they are doing on their side: http://blog.jinni.com/2009/03/get-a-smart-netflix-account/#comment-4204.
After days of trying, I was finally able to get my account linked. I noticed - before it went through - that under "My Account" on Netflix.com, it said I was linked up with Jinni, but even though it technically was, the process always failed on Jinni before it could export my ratings/reviews to their site.
I have no idea what was causing the mess, but at least it's over with now. It was very aggravating, to say the least. It's really cool to have all of my ratings and reviews on Jinni now.
Of course now I wish that the 5 star rating on Netflix could be transferred to IMDB, and that all of my ratings were exported to that site. If they didn't have a ten-star rating system, that could certainly happen, but until then, if I really care to, I have to rate imdb separately, and try to figure out what a 2 star rating should equal out to on IMDB.
For some odd reason, when I retrieve my own queue, I'm able to retrieve a maximum of 31 queue entries. There are over 50 entries in the queue that I'm requesting. I'm able to set "max_results" to a value below 31 and get the number requested. Setting "max_results" to 500 however gets me nothing more than 31.
Shouldn't I be able to pick up the entire queue in a single request?
I'm having issues with adding a disc to an authenticated users queue. I believe that I have all of the proper oAuth elements in place (I can successfully make client_state calls).
Fails to work when POST'd, but works fine as a GET (pasted into Chrome). I'm unable to account for what the difference might be.
The returned HTTP status code is 401 and the message (as best can be determined through the various iPhone layers is: "Authentication Needed" which doesn't quite match cleanly to any of the status 401 reasons listed in the documentation.
If anyone has suggestions on how to narrow down what's happening it would be appreciated.
The documentation covers all of these topics. You will need to read the Authentication Overview and the REST Resource overview, both available under the "Documentation" tab above. The Authentication Overview will give you the information you need to get permission from the user and retrieve a token to access their resources.
There are some libraries available under "Resources" for various languages. OAuthSimple is available for PHP and might get you started in the right direction.
I was wondering what kind of protocol Netflix uses for streaming? Is it RTP over HTTP? Would I be able to stream with the API if I am logged in successsfully via oAuth library?
This is definitely not the right place for this, but I couldn't find a better one. Our App in the Gallery is called VSeek. A few weeks ago, we had to change the url of the app to add the http:// in front, so it would re-direct properly. Since then, it has disappeared from the gallery. anyone know how to get it back in?
I was sent here by Netflix Engineer support to get information on Netflix running on a Plex~media center server or Windows Media center.
As of right now...Canadian Netflix users of Plex are not able to access videos at all, Netflix pointed me to this developer forum to see if there will be a solution to this issue.
Movies all display as required> account and password have been activated...but No Movie's will play at all.
Will there be a fix for this issue regarding third party users of Netflix?
Plex ~ Mac mini OSX ~ Netflix app> Please respond as I've also been told this is a microsoft issue in regards to how Netflix apps are authorized by silverlite (microsoft) and would like to confirm who will be resolving this issue for Canadian Netflix users.
With the announcement that Streaming devices will no longer have access to the Netflix DVD queue, does that mean that all API access to those functions will be removed? Will we still be able to add movies to a user's Instant queue? When is this change going to go live? Will the API still have access to information about what movies are already IN the user's DVD queue?
From the perspective of my app, The Intersect for Netflix, it means removing a few buttons. However, I think it really forces me to consider sorting movie search results differently, putting instant watch movies at the top, or at least making it very apparent which movies are DVD Only so the user doesn't waste time trying add them to their queue.
So you couldn't stream to a site like http://harrypotterspells.net/ just for Harry Potter movies. It would seem that somebody should develop a one-off way for websites to allow for single stream use without having to opt for a full subscription. I'm sure Netflix likes to harvest those monthly subscriptions, but I know many of my visitors buy single-view options at Amazon, and if Netflix offered something similar it would work. Of course it's not going to work on a site like http://bodypillowguide.com/ or http://medicalcareercounseling.com/ or http://prenataltech.com/ but for an entertainment based site, I can see that this would be a great boon.
If you need help with specific Netflix APIs, make sure to take a look at the Documentation tab if you haven't already.
Message edited by Adam Durfee 2 months ago
Mike – 3 years ago
I have a question regarding the catalog/titles?term=something API. When I do a query on "the office" I get results for each season of The Office (i.e. "The Office: Season 4", etc), except for Season 1. I *do* get one item that shows up as "The Office" (without the ": Season 1"). The same thing for the original British version -- I see "The Office: Series 2" but not "The Office: Series 1".
When I run this same search on www.netflix.com, I get the results I expect (i.e. Season 1 shows up and is clearly identified as such).
I would like the API results to match what I see on www.netflix.com -- am I missing something?
Michael Hart – 3 years ago
The series result you are seeing is canceling out the first season in the series. We'll make a fix for that, removing the series and adding season 1, and the results will then be consistent with the site.
Robert Burdick – 3 years ago
Question about instant queue retreival. When I make changes to the instant queue in one of my test accounts via the desktop browser, the changes are saved in the test account. However when I then retreive the instant queue for this account via my mobile application, I always get the old queue. This happens even after I clear the mobile cache, restart the app, etc.
Michael Hart – 3 years ago
This is a known issue we'll be addressing in the next few months. Fortunately, a real user would rarely encounter it: http://developer.netflix.com/forum/read/28457.
MCWHAMMER – 3 years ago
I've been trying for two days now to link my Netflix account on Jinni.com (In Beta, restricted to beta members...). I've let them know this already, but they have said that some people have been able to link accounts successfully and some have not.
I just wanted to let you know so that you could look into the problem, because I can't find a way around it. It took me a while to link my Feedflix account to my Netflix account when it first began using the API as well, but this problem seems like it could be worse, and I figured that you've probably dealt with Jinni directly, so you can offer some advice.
Thanks Michael.
JR Conlin – 3 years ago
Hmm. That I'm aware of, Jinni hasn't asked us for any help, so I'm not sure what they're doing. I do see that they're asking for your username and password (boo, bad anti-pattern! No cookie!), so I have no idea what they're doing behind the scenes. For what it's worth, I'm hitting the same error linking up my account, and I had no problem with any other Netflix app, including Feedflix.
Thanks for letting us know, but again, we don't have a heck of a lot more info than you do about what they're doing.
We'll try to contact them and figure out what's going on here.
MCWHAMMER – 3 years ago
Thanks JR. I noticed that even if I give them the wrong password for my Netflix account, it takes me straight to the Netflix "DO YOU AUTHORIZE?" widget, with my name on it. So, obviously, the process fails right after I click "Yes". No matter if I use the correct password or not.
I figured if anyone could help them get it working, you guys could :)
It's a great site so far, I've just had problems with this mostly. I just tried again today, no change yet.
Michael Hart – 3 years ago
I've let Jinni know we're here to help. Need to understand what they are doing on their side: http://blog.jinni.com/2009/03/get-a-smart-netflix-account/#comment-4204.
MCWHAMMER – 3 years ago
Thanks Michael... hope they take your advice. I will keep checking back here and at Jinni to see the progress.
MCWHAMMER – 3 years ago
After days of trying, I was finally able to get my account linked. I noticed - before it went through - that under "My Account" on Netflix.com, it said I was linked up with Jinni, but even though it technically was, the process always failed on Jinni before it could export my ratings/reviews to their site.
I have no idea what was causing the mess, but at least it's over with now. It was very aggravating, to say the least. It's really cool to have all of my ratings and reviews on Jinni now.
Of course now I wish that the 5 star rating on Netflix could be transferred to IMDB, and that all of my ratings were exported to that site. If they didn't have a ten-star rating system, that could certainly happen, but until then, if I really care to, I have to rate imdb separately, and try to figure out what a 2 star rating should equal out to on IMDB.
Doug – 2 years ago
For some odd reason, when I retrieve my own queue, I'm able to retrieve a maximum of 31 queue entries. There are over 50 entries in the queue that I'm requesting. I'm able to set "max_results" to a value below 31 and get the number requested. Setting "max_results" to 500 however gets me nothing more than 31.
Shouldn't I be able to pick up the entire queue in a single request?
Michael Buckbee – 1 year ago
I'm having issues with adding a disc to an authenticated users queue. I believe that I have all of the proper oAuth elements in place (I can successfully make client_state calls).
However, a query string like:
http://api.netflix.com/users/T1RurDLU0BphKAMPTCawRNfQqGPxI4fuhMZEIZbBAFY70-/queues/disc
?oauth_consumer_key=MY_CORRECT_CONSUMER_KEY
&oauth_nonce=wPVc4
&oauth_signature=0uzs9PknZrj%2FDdvrsmnep4Af00o%3D
&oauth_signature_method=HMAC-SHA1
&oauth_timestamp=1285057028
&oauth_token=BQAJAAEDECUpErkN21LcmQaDT1uxl1YwLeCs-2vEwCLv4MpgtkYFQkf0KHvHRDzbTYgCbqp9GyFuI9yBwNx4qeBW2C_mKPGL
&title_ref=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.netflix.com%2Fcatalog%2Ftitles%2Fmovies%2F1151712
Fails to work when POST'd, but works fine as a GET (pasted into Chrome). I'm unable to account for what the difference might be.
The returned HTTP status code is 401 and the message (as best can be determined through the various iPhone layers is: "Authentication Needed" which doesn't quite match cleanly to any of the status 401 reasons listed in the documentation.
If anyone has suggestions on how to narrow down what's happening it would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Mike
nancy – 1 year ago
I need to fetch the queue using the api for a particular member. Which function to use, and where I can get member id?
Kirsten Jones – 1 year ago
Nancy,
The documentation covers all of these topics. You will need to read the Authentication Overview and the REST Resource overview, both available under the "Documentation" tab above. The Authentication Overview will give you the information you need to get permission from the user and retrieve a token to access their resources.
There are some libraries available under "Resources" for various languages. OAuthSimple is available for PHP and might get you started in the right direction.
Ratin Rahman – 1 year ago
I was wondering what kind of protocol Netflix uses for streaming? Is it RTP over HTTP? Would I be able to stream with the API if I am logged in successsfully via oAuth library?
Kirsten Jones – 1 year ago
Streaming is only available to Netflix branded partner devices, and is not an API function.
ivox – 1 year ago
This is definitely not the right place for this, but I couldn't find a better one. Our App in the Gallery is called VSeek. A few weeks ago, we had to change the url of the app to add the http:// in front, so it would re-direct properly. Since then, it has disappeared from the gallery. anyone know how to get it back in?
theatrdaz – 11 months ago
I was sent here by Netflix Engineer support to get information on Netflix running on a Plex~media center server or Windows Media center.
As of right now...Canadian Netflix users of Plex are not able to access videos at all, Netflix pointed me to this developer forum to see if there will be a solution to this issue.
Movies all display as required> account and password have been activated...but No Movie's will play at all.
Will there be a fix for this issue regarding third party users of Netflix?
Plex ~ Mac mini OSX ~ Netflix app> Please respond as I've also been told this is a microsoft issue in regards to how Netflix apps are authorized by silverlite (microsoft) and would like to confirm who will be resolving this issue for Canadian Netflix users.
Starblade4 – 10 months ago
interesting
Szaijan – 8 months ago
With the announcement that Streaming devices will no longer have access to the Netflix DVD queue, does that mean that all API access to those functions will be removed? Will we still be able to add movies to a user's Instant queue? When is this change going to go live? Will the API still have access to information about what movies are already IN the user's DVD queue?
From the perspective of my app, The Intersect for Netflix, it means removing a few buttons. However, I think it really forces me to consider sorting movie search results differently, putting instant watch movies at the top, or at least making it very apparent which movies are DVD Only so the user doesn't waste time trying add them to their queue.
elaydin – 8 months ago
Szaijan,
Check the blog
ABCEDE – 6 months ago
Yes you are right good post
brackem – 6 months ago
So you couldn't stream to a site like http://harrypotterspells.net/ just for Harry Potter movies. It would seem that somebody should develop a one-off way for websites to allow for single stream use without having to opt for a full subscription. I'm sure Netflix likes to harvest those monthly subscriptions, but I know many of my visitors buy single-view options at Amazon, and if Netflix offered something similar it would work. Of course it's not going to work on a site like http://bodypillowguide.com/ or http://medicalcareercounseling.com/ or http://prenataltech.com/ but for an entertainment based site, I can see that this would be a great boon.
Zulnaxxtaq – 5 months ago
I can see that this would be a great boon.