I've been asked by a bunch of customers to include the wait time for a film (i.e. 'long wait' etc.). However, it's not clear to me wher ethat information is stored (or when it is updated). Help would be appreciated here.
Thanks Michael. one of the things that isn't clear to me is what the values will be. i've seen "available now" and "available soon". But i'm not sure what else the API might throw at me. What is the complete list of queue availability values?
Also, in m netflix queue 'Court TV: The Best of Forensic Files (2-Disc Series) (2004)' is listed with a 'short wait'. However, the API is returning 'available now'. Do you know where the discrepancy is coming from?
here's the identifier for the title: http://api.netflix.com/users/T1HrlS3uJRv0u5k1RZNqPiEytjUi.j.9MkVT4bKRygJ84-/queues/disc/available/1/70018568
Hi Cyrus, you could get a list of queue availability values from http://api.netflix.com/categories/queue_availability. The second issue where you are seeing the discrepancy is a known issue that we came to know recently and we are in the process of looking at it. We will keep you posted once we have a fix. Sorry for any inconvenience that this might cause you.
Is the issue with a discrepancy between queue availability on the website and queue availability in the api still an issue? I seem to get conflicting results. For the website, it will say Long Wait while the API will say available now.
Hi Matt,
It does appear we are still having issues with queue availability. I thought I had fixed the issue, but apparently I have not.. I'll look into this some more and let you know the status on this..
=-mikey-=
This is an old post but I'm still seeing some weirdness with the queue availability category. For instance, on Netflix.com "The Fighter" is a "very long wait" but the API indicates that for my Disc Queue, "The Fighter" is "available now." Any ideas why? Here's a snippet from the API response:
Hey there,
I've been asked by a bunch of customers to include the wait time for a film (i.e. 'long wait' etc.). However, it's not clear to me wher ethat information is stored (or when it is updated). Help would be appreciated here.
Thanks!
-- Cyrus
Message edited by Cyrus Najmabadi 11 months ago
Michael Hart – 3 years ago
Check out the queue_availability category in the queue items. Note that there is a know bug affecting a small set of title's availability information.
Cyrus Najmabadi – 3 years ago
Thanks Michael. one of the things that isn't clear to me is what the values will be. i've seen "available now" and "available soon". But i'm not sure what else the API might throw at me. What is the complete list of queue availability values?
Also, in m netflix queue 'Court TV: The Best of Forensic Files (2-Disc Series) (2004)' is listed with a 'short wait'. However, the API is returning 'available now'. Do you know where the discrepancy is coming from?
here's the identifier for the title: http://api.netflix.com/users/T1HrlS3uJRv0u5k1RZNqPiEytjUi.j.9MkVT4bKRygJ84-/queues/disc/available/1/70018568
priya – 3 years ago
Hi Cyrus, you could get a list of queue availability values from http://api.netflix.com/categories/queue_availability. The second issue where you are seeing the discrepancy is a known issue that we came to know recently and we are in the process of looking at it. We will keep you posted once we have a fix. Sorry for any inconvenience that this might cause you.
Cyrus Najmabadi – 3 years ago
Thanks Priya! That was perfect :)
mjn138 – 3 years ago
Hi-
Is the issue with a discrepancy between queue availability on the website and queue availability in the api still an issue? I seem to get conflicting results. For the website, it will say Long Wait while the API will say available now.
Thanks,
Matt
mikey – 3 years ago
Hi Matt,
It does appear we are still having issues with queue availability. I thought I had fixed the issue, but apparently I have not.. I'll look into this some more and let you know the status on this..
=-mikey-=
mjn138 – 3 years ago
Thanks---I appreciate it.
--Matt
Quantum Concepts – 11 months ago
This is an old post but I'm still seeing some weirdness with the queue availability category. For instance, on Netflix.com "The Fighter" is a "very long wait" but the API indicates that for my Disc Queue, "The Fighter" is "available now." Any ideas why? Here's a snippet from the API response:
<queue>
<etag>62786053520</etag>
<queue_item>
<id>http://api.netflix.com/users/BQAJAAEDED7MOD9-ud_nTk2ErlbsuCAgW7g_u-vsiox7s11qFyuYzw_jttfwGaAfirKU2m-0Vz4./queues/disc/available/1/70113534</id>
<position>1</position>
<link href="http://api.netflix.com/users/BQAJAAEDED7MOD9-ud_nTk2ErlbsuCAgW7g_u-vsiox7s11qFyuYzw_jttfwGaAfirKU2m-0Vz4./queues/disc/available" rel="http://schemas.netflix.com/queues.available" title="available queue"></link>
<category scheme="http://api.netflix.com/categories/queue_availability" label="available now" term="available now">Available Now</category>
<title short="The Fighter" regular="The Fighter"></title>
</queue_item>
</queue>