Hmm, one of set of categories should be marked with deprecated=true, as they are in an old format that will be removed soon. Is your app filtering out the deprecated tags? I assume this is index output?
The deprecated tag is now showing. Is there any way to download the catalog with all deprecated sections removed? It just adds unnecessary overhead when using managed xml serialization.
Is there a reason that genres are listed twice for a title in the catalog with two different scheme urls? The following is from "Fly Away Home":
<category scheme="http://api.netflix.com/catalog/genres" label="Children & Family" term="Children & Family" />
<category scheme="http://api.netflix.com/categories/genres" label="Children & Family" term="Children & Family" />
<category scheme="http://api.netflix.com/catalog/genres" label="Family Dramas" term="Family Dramas" />
<category scheme="http://api.netflix.com/categories/genres" label="Family Dramas" term="Family Dramas" />
<category scheme="http://api.netflix.com/catalog/genres" label="Family Adventures" term="Family Adventures" />
<category scheme="http://api.netflix.com/categories/genres" label="Family Adventures" term="Family Adventures" />
<category scheme="http://api.netflix.com/catalog/genres" label="Dramas Based on Real Life" term="Dramas Based on Real Life" />
<category scheme="http://api.netflix.com/categories/genres" label="Dramas Based on Real Life" term="Dramas Based on Real Life" />
<category scheme="http://api.netflix.com/catalog/genres" label="Animal Tales" term="Animal Tales" />
<category scheme="http://api.netflix.com/categories/genres" label="Animal Tales" term="Animal Tales" />
<category scheme="http://api.netflix.com/catalog/genres" label="Coming of Age" term="Coming of Age" />
<category scheme="http://api.netflix.com/categories/genres" label="Coming of Age" term="Coming of Age" />
<category scheme="http://api.netflix.com/catalog/genres" label="Ages 11-12" term="Ages 11-12" />
<category scheme="http://api.netflix.com/categories/genres" label="Ages 11-12" term="Ages 11-12" />
<category scheme="http://api.netflix.com/catalog/genres" label="Sony Pictures Entertainment" term="Sony Pictures Entertainment" />
<category scheme="http://api.netflix.com/categories/genres" label="Sony Pictures Entertainment" term="Sony Pictures Entertainment" />
Message edited by whurlston 8 months ago
Michael Hart – 3 years ago
Hmm, one of set of categories should be marked with deprecated=true, as they are in an old format that will be removed soon. Is your app filtering out the deprecated tags? I assume this is index output?
whurlston – 3 years ago
That was a direct extraction from the downloaded xml file before it was loaded into my app.
whurlston – 3 years ago
The deprecated tag is now showing. Is there any way to download the catalog with all deprecated sections removed? It just adds unnecessary overhead when using managed xml serialization.
Michael Hart – 3 years ago
We'll be killing the deprecated tags altogether in the next major release. We didn't want to break our interface contract without versioning.
whurlston – 3 years ago
I understand. I figured out an interim work around in the meantime.
David Gross – 8 months ago
See http://developer.netflix.com/blog/read/Old_Genres_Are_Going_Away for an update on genres in the API.