{"id":5033,"date":"2013-05-14T09:16:31","date_gmt":"2013-05-14T16:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/?p=5033"},"modified":"2013-05-14T09:16:31","modified_gmt":"2013-05-14T16:16:31","slug":"netflix-changes-public-api","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/?p=5033","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Changes Public API, Makes it Harder to See When Content Expires"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix has an ebb and flow that\u2019s constantly purging and adding content.\u00a0We saw it happen recently, and we\u2019ll continue to see it throughout the months and years. When content is taken down, you used to be able to check sites such as\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instantwatcher.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instantwatcher.com<\/a>\u00a0and see the exact date a movie like\u00a0<i>Big Daddy<\/i>\u00a0was no longer available. I say \u201cused to\u201d because Netflix changed its public API on Monday, making it much more difficult to see when something will expire.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix explained the changes are a result of the often inaccurate API in the first place. But even though you won\u2019t be able to check expiration dates through third-parties, Netflix still makes the information readily available in a movie or TV show\u2019s title page. It\u2019s not as convenient as seeing a nice curated list of what is and isn\u2019t available, so the changes will likely miff a few people who relied on InstantWatcher and other third-party sites.<\/p>\n<div class=\"attribution\"><label>SOURCE:<\/label>\u00a0<a class=\"btn\" href=\"http:\/\/developer.netflix.com\/blog\/read\/Public_API_Change\">NETFLIX<\/a>\u00a0<label>VIA:<\/label>\u00a0<a class=\"btn\" href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/netflix-made-harder-movies-vanish-streamageddon-121656728.html\">YAHOO<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix has an ebb and flow that\u2019s constantly purging and adding content.\u00a0We saw it happen recently, and we\u2019ll continue to see it throughout the months and years. When content is taken down, you used to be able to check sites such as\u00a0Instantwatcher.com\u00a0and see the exact date a movie like\u00a0Big Daddy\u00a0was no longer available. I say [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5033\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}