I have a Windows desktop application that I would like to incorporate Netflix. I am pulling down the full catalog, indexing it, and then providing a custom browsing experience.
The full catalog is missing the box_art element, how can I go about getting the cover art for the title? While I can derive the url, and I would prefer it to be explicitly defined in the catalog.
Also, there is mention about a stand-alone player. It is not clear to me how I can go about playing an instant title. I have no problem launching a browser with Silverlight.
I am aware that I can get the detail of the title via the REST API, but I would rather avoid getting the full detail until the end user selects the title.
The user experience would be:
1. The end user is browsing the catalog which would be a wall of box art (showing anywhere from 5, 10 or 15 titles at any one time).
2. They can sorted by Alphabet, New Releases, etc.
3. When the user selects a title, they will be presented the full details of the title.
If I have to call the REST API to get the box art for each title, it will be a poor browsing experience for the end user. I would prefer to build box art wall view simply by pulling down the full catalog and indexing it. Is the full catalog updated everyday?
The catalog index is not dynamically created. It's generated once a day and is meant to be useful for folks building a quick snapshot index of the titles we have. To that end, we include the minimal amount of info for each title.
In the next version, we're going to be introducing things like bulk query access to allow folks to make one call with multiple requests bundled in. This will speed up things like title displays (since you don't have to do setup and tear-down for each request).
I have a Windows desktop application that I would like to incorporate Netflix. I am pulling down the full catalog, indexing it, and then providing a custom browsing experience.
The full catalog is missing the box_art element, how can I go about getting the cover art for the title? While I can derive the url, and I would prefer it to be explicitly defined in the catalog.
Also, there is mention about a stand-alone player. It is not clear to me how I can go about playing an instant title. I have no problem launching a browser with Silverlight.
Thanks
Rob
Message edited by Rob 2 years ago
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eddiewebb – 2 years ago
Have a look here Rob,
http://developer.netflix.com/docs/REST_API_Reference#0_pgfId-1008892
Rob – 2 years ago
I am aware that I can get the detail of the title via the REST API, but I would rather avoid getting the full detail until the end user selects the title.
The user experience would be:
1. The end user is browsing the catalog which would be a wall of box art (showing anywhere from 5, 10 or 15 titles at any one time).
2. They can sorted by Alphabet, New Releases, etc.
3. When the user selects a title, they will be presented the full details of the title.
If I have to call the REST API to get the box art for each title, it will be a poor browsing experience for the end user. I would prefer to build box art wall view simply by pulling down the full catalog and indexing it. Is the full catalog updated everyday?
JR Conlin – 2 years ago
The catalog index is not dynamically created. It's generated once a day and is meant to be useful for folks building a quick snapshot index of the titles we have. To that end, we include the minimal amount of info for each title.
In the next version, we're going to be introducing things like bulk query access to allow folks to make one call with multiple requests bundled in. This will speed up things like title displays (since you don't have to do setup and tear-down for each request).