I'm running into a bit of an issue with fetching details for a given title in a queue. When I GET the title ID for a given entry within a queue (for example, http://api.netflix.com/users/$USERID/queues/disc/available/9/70036897), the response is a listing of items in the queue. I expected to get the details for that specific entry, not the whole list that I already fetched. Am I doing something wrong?
I've found that GETting the 'href' for a <link> entry with a 'rel' of "http://schemas.netflix.com/catalog/title" will always return the specific information about the disc, but it seems that not all Netflix titles have this <link> element. Surely, fetching the title ID is the proper way to drill down to item-specific information, right?
I've found that the <link> entry with a 'rel' of "http://schemas.netflix.com/catalog/title" is the one to use if I got the title from a queue request. For search results I use the contents of the <id> element. In general I'd use the <link> element if it's available, and the <id> element otherwise. I agree that it would be nice if this was more consistent.
We are making it more consistent for the next major API release. Unfortunately, it requires an interface change. We'll version this release so that folks can stay on the old release while they migrate to the new.
Howdy all,
I'm running into a bit of an issue with fetching details for a given title in a queue. When I GET the title ID for a given entry within a queue (for example, http://api.netflix.com/users/$USERID/queues/disc/available/9/70036897), the response is a listing of items in the queue. I expected to get the details for that specific entry, not the whole list that I already fetched. Am I doing something wrong?
I've found that GETting the 'href' for a <link> entry with a 'rel' of "http://schemas.netflix.com/catalog/title" will always return the specific information about the disc, but it seems that not all Netflix titles have this <link> element. Surely, fetching the title ID is the proper way to drill down to item-specific information, right?
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Rich Knox – 3 years ago
I've found that the <link> entry with a 'rel' of "http://schemas.netflix.com/catalog/title" is the one to use if I got the title from a queue request. For search results I use the contents of the <id> element. In general I'd use the <link> element if it's available, and the <id> element otherwise. I agree that it would be nice if this was more consistent.
Michael Hart – 3 years ago
We are making it more consistent for the next major API release. Unfortunately, it requires an interface change. We'll version this release so that folks can stay on the old release while they migrate to the new.