Thanks Owen for the TOS info. The documentation (http://developer.netflix.com/docs/REST_API_Reference#jcs-2) is VERY confusing as to whether or not you can search for DVDs (not streaming) titles. They mention being able to download a zip file which seems a little odd if the TOS say you can't keep the data for more than 24 hours.
Karen On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 11:49 AM, Owen Stephens <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
