Just curious how long the propagation delay can be between adding a movie to the queue from my code and it showing up on the main website. Seems to be pretty long. Also vice versa when I rate a movie on the website and query it with my code, seems to take a while to update.
The add to queue via the API is immediate, if you start a new web session immediately afterwards you should see the new movie in queue. However if you have an existing web site session open it will typically not notice that the queue changed. The TV based viewers see queue changes in a few seconds if you have recently interacted with them by using the remote control. Ratings take longer to propagate to the TV.
For ratings, it could be a as long as 15 minutes before you see the data. - Priya.
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3 years ago
What about going the other way around? If I add a title to my queue via the website and then request a listing of my queue via the API, how long should it take for the API to pick up the new entry? It seems like it takes 15 minutes or so but I wanted to see if there was a specific wait time.
Basically you're waiting for cache timeouts: ~15 minutes for the web site and ~10 minutes for the API. We'll be making some improvements over the next couple months to invalidate the API cache when changes are made to a user's profile on the web site. Doing the same for the web site caches will take a little longer.
I think the stale cache issue isn't that real for app users vs. developers checking their API-initiated changes against the web site.
Just curious how long the propagation delay can be between adding a movie to the queue from my code and it showing up on the main website. Seems to be pretty long. Also vice versa when I rate a movie on the website and query it with my code, seems to take a while to update.
Message edited by Jeremy 3 years ago
Adrian – 3 years ago
The add to queue via the API is immediate, if you start a new web session immediately afterwards you should see the new movie in queue. However if you have an existing web site session open it will typically not notice that the queue changed. The TV based viewers see queue changes in a few seconds if you have recently interacted with them by using the remote control. Ratings take longer to propagate to the TV.
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priya – 3 years ago
For ratings, it could be a as long as 15 minutes before you see the data. - Priya.
Unknown – 3 years ago
What about going the other way around? If I add a title to my queue via the website and then request a listing of my queue via the API, how long should it take for the API to pick up the new entry? It seems like it takes 15 minutes or so but I wanted to see if there was a specific wait time.
Michael Hart – 3 years ago
Basically you're waiting for cache timeouts: ~15 minutes for the web site and ~10 minutes for the API. We'll be making some improvements over the next couple months to invalidate the API cache when changes are made to a user's profile on the web site. Doing the same for the web site caches will take a little longer.
I think the stale cache issue isn't that real for app users vs. developers checking their API-initiated changes against the web site.