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titles that are available on instant on website not represented as available in API

    • dhchoi
    • Topic created 3 months ago

    I've seen several cases of this recently.

    One is "Russian Dolls":

    Netflix ID
    http://api.netflix.com/catalog/titles/movies/70053312

    If you hit the API for this individual title, you get a representation that says it's not available on instant at all.

    But the webpage for this title clearly says it's available and so does the netflix new titles RSS feed

    http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Russian_Dolls/70053312

    XML excerpt is below.

    Could you please let us know if you fix the underlying problem? If you need further assistance, I can try to write a program to find all similar cases.



    <?xml version='1.0'?>
    <catalog_title>
    <id>
    http://api.netflix.com/catalog/titles/movies/70053312
    </id>
    <title short='Russian Dolls' regular='Russian Dolls'/>
    <box_art large='http://cdn-2.nflximg.com/us/boxshots/large/70053312.jpg' medium='http://cdn-2.nflximg.com/us/boxshots/small/70053312.jpg' small='http://cdn-2.nflximg.com/us/boxshots/tiny/70053312.jpg'/>
    <link href='http://api.netflix.com/catalog/titles/movies/70053312/synopsis' title='synopsis' rel='http://schemas.netflix.com/catalog/titles/synopsis'>
    <synopsis>
    <![CDATA[Although he hates the way his life has turned out, would-be writer Xavier (<a href="http://www.netflix.com/RoleDisplay/Romain_Duris/20043181">Romain Duris</a>) has no one to blame but himself. S
    o when an opportunity comes along that could change his luck, he knows he'd better not blow it. <a href="http://www.netflix.com/RoleDisplay/Audrey_Tautou/20017196">Audrey Tautou</a>, <a href="http://www.netfli
    x.com/RoleDisplay/Kelly_Reilly/20043183">Kelly Reilly</a>, <a href="http://www.netflix.com/RoleDisplay/C_cile_De_France/20043182">Cecile De France</a>, <a href="http://www.netflix.com/RoleDisplay/Kevin_Bishop/
    20031813">Kevin Bishop</a>, <a href="http://www.netflix.com/RoleDisplay/Evguenya_Obraztsova/30051530">Evguenya Obraztsova</a>, Irene Montale and <a href="http://www.netflix.com/RoleDisplay/Gary_Love/30028706">
    Gary Love</a> round out the ensemble cast in <a href="http://www.netflix.com/RoleDisplay/C_dric_Klapisch/30077486">Cedric Klapisch</a>'s sequel to his romantic comedy L'Auberge Espagnole.]]>
    </synopsis>
    </link>
    <release_year>
    2005
    </release_year>
    <category label='NR' term='NR' scheme='http://api.netflix.com/categories/mpaa_ratings'/>
    <category label='Foreign' term='Foreign' scheme='http://api.netflix.com/categories/genres'/>
    <category label='Foreign Romance' term='Foreign Romance' scheme='http://api.netflix.com/categories/genres'/>
    <category label='Foreign Comedies' term='Foreign Comedies' scheme='http://api.netflix.com/categories/genres'/>
    <category label='France' term='France' scheme='http://api.netflix.com/categories/genres'/>
    <category label='French Language' term='French Language' scheme='http://api.netflix.com/categories/genres'/>
    <category label='Foreign Regions' term='Foreign Regions' scheme='http://api.netflix.com/categories/genres'/>
    <category label='Foreign Languages' term='Foreign Languages' scheme='http://api.netflix.com/categories/genres'/>
    <runtime>
    7740
    </runtime>
    <link href='http://api.netflix.com/catalog/titles/movies/70053312/format_availability' title='formats' rel='http://schemas.netflix.com/catalog/titles/format_availability'> <delivery_formats> <availability available_from='1159228800'>
    <category label='DVD' term='DVD' scheme='http://api.netflix.com/categories/title_formats'/> </availability> </delivery_formats>
    </link>
    <link href='http://api.netflix.com/catalog/titles/movies/70053312/screen_formats' title='screen formats' rel='http://schemas.netflix.com/catalog/titles/screen_formats'/>
    <link href='http://api.netflix.com/catalog/titles/movies/70053312/cast' title='cast' rel='http://schemas.netflix.com/catalog/people.cast'>

  1. dhchoi3 months ago

    This problem seems to have been fixed just last night. The inconsistency I reported yesterday is no longer there.