I am new to Netflix and REST APIs. If I want to search for a specific movie which is more than one word (for example "Independence Day") I am sending this request:
http://api.netflix.com/catalog/titles?term="Independence Day"
But it shows me titles also which does not have "Independence Day". Where I am going wrong?
The search function is a "fuzzy" match that returns titles that match user preference just like the main site does. The most likely title to being the first result, with less likely terms further down the list. This means that terms like "Batman" may return "The Dark Knight" before "Batman: The Movie".
It can be a bit confusing if you're not familiar with Netflix.
Unfortunately, we don't yet offer a way to do exact term matches for search.
Hi
I am new to Netflix and REST APIs. If I want to search for a specific movie which is more than one word (for example "Independence Day") I am sending this request:
http://api.netflix.com/catalog/titles?term="Independence Day"
But it shows me titles also which does not have "Independence Day". Where I am going wrong?
-halder
Message edited by halder 2 years ago
JR Conlin – 2 years ago
The search function is a "fuzzy" match that returns titles that match user preference just like the main site does. The most likely title to being the first result, with less likely terms further down the list. This means that terms like "Batman" may return "The Dark Knight" before "Batman: The Movie".
It can be a bit confusing if you're not familiar with Netflix.
Unfortunately, we don't yet offer a way to do exact term matches for search.