From the Netflix API Terms of Use "Titles and Title Metadata may be stored for no more than twenty four (24) hours." http://developer.netflix.com/page/Api_terms_of_use
Owen Stephens Owen Stephens Consulting Web: http://www.ostephens.com Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0121 288 6936 On 19 Aug 2013, at 16:59, Ken Irwin <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Karen, > > This goes in a bit of a direction from what I'm hoping for and your project > does suggest that some matching to build such searches might be possible. > > What I really want is to apply LCSH and related data to the Netflix search > process, essentially dropping Netflix holdings into a library catalog > interface. I suspect you'd have to build a local cache of the OCLC data for > known Netflix items to do so, and maybe a local cache of the Netflix title > list. I wonder if either or both of those actions would violate the TOS for > the respective services. > > Ken > > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Karen > Coombs > Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 11:26 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] netflix search mashups w/ library tools? > > Ken, > > I did a mashup that took Netflix's top 100 movies and looked to see if a > specific library had that item. > http://www.oclc.org/developer/applications/netflix-my-library > > You might think about doing the following. Search WorldCat for titles on a > particular topic and then check to see if the title is available via Netflix. > Netflix API for searching their catalog is pretty limited though so it might > not give you what you want. It looks like it only allows you to search their > streamable content. > > Also I had a lot of trouble with trying to match Netflix titles and library > holdings. Because there isn't a good match point. DVDs don't have ISBNs and > if you use title you can get into trouble because movies get remade. So title > + date seems to work best if you can get the information. > > Karen > > On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 8:54 AM, Ken Irwin <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi folks, >> >> Is anyone out there using library-like tools for searching Netflix? I'm >> imagining a world in which Netflix data gets mashed up with OCLC data or >> something like it to populate a more robustly searchable Netflix title list. >> >> Does anything like this exist? >> >> What I really want at the moment is a list of Netflix titles dealing with >> Islamic topics (Muhammed, the Qu'ran, the history of Islamic civilizations, >> the Hajj, Ramadan, etc.) for doing beyond-the-library readers' advisory in >> connection with our ALA/NEH Muslim Journey's Bookshelf. Netflix's own search >> tool is singularly awful, and I thought that the library world might have an >> interest in doing better. >> >> Any ideas? >> Thanks >> Ken
