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Re: Show HN: API to query catalogs of 20 streaming services across 60 countries

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Thank you! The data is updated daily by automated tools that checks the services regularly.

This seems like the hard part. Does it need accounts with all the services, use a VPN to appear to be in each country, use a fake/rotating User Agent, etc

I too would love more technical details on the harvesting process. Something I’ve definitely thought about doing in the past but wasn’t patient enough to implement.

Re: Show HN: API to query catalogs of 20 streaming services across 60 countries

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Very nice. Maybe you could build a recommendation engine on top, Netflix seems to have a knack for recommending things I've already seen. Relies in me telling you which films I like of course, or an existing similar dataset.

https://www.tvtime.com/

TV Time does this somewhat - track what you’ve watched and it’ll recommend other stuff for you. It also shows where to watch but needs some work on identifying what’s free vs paid streaming.

Re: Show HN: API to query catalogs of 20 streaming services across 60 countries

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Neat idea. But, I am checking Snowfall TV show ( https://www.movieofthenight.com/series/Snowfall/643 ) for Russia and site says it is not available to stream in Russia, but it is in reality, via Kinopoisk ( https://www.kinopoisk.ru/series/909854/ ).

kinopoisk doesn't appear to be one of the 20 services it searches.

Re: Show HN: API to query catalogs of 20 streaming services across 60 countries

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Indeed, excellent work. Was thinking more of personal customisation based on previous selections/ratings rather than filters.

You can have that by signing in. Once you have couple of stuff in your favorites list, in Feed page a new row called "Movies for You" and "Series for You" will appear. Though right now it's updated every 24 so it might take up to a day for them to appear.

Ah, excellent. I will most definitely give this a go.

Re: Show HN: API to query catalogs of 20 streaming services across 60 countries

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post #27

Neat idea. But, I am checking Snowfall TV show ( https://www.movieofthenight.com/series/Snowfall/643 ) for Russia and site says it is not available to stream in Russia, but it is in reality, via Kinopoisk ( https://www.kinopoisk.ru/series/909854/ ).

kinopoisk doesn't appear to be one of the 20 services it searches.

Got it. They get part of their content from Hulu, and if I select US, results are correct.

Re: Show HN: API to query catalogs of 20 streaming services across 60 countries

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I'm in Vietnam, the results are wrong. I put the movie "Twilight" (the vampire cheesy movie) and the results show me that there is no option, while it is on Netflix. https://www.movieofthenight.com/movie/Twilight/1912 https://www.netflix.com/search?q=twilight&jbv=70099113

Also 'Succession' is available in Germany on Apple TV+, the search says otherwise (not available at all in Germany).

Apple TV+ is only content made by Apple.

Re: Show HN: API to query catalogs of 20 streaming services across 60 countries

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Hi people, I've been working on this API for sometime now. Thought I'd share it here too. This API allows you to query what's available on 20 streaming services (including Netflix, Prime, HBO Max, Disney+, Hulu) across 60 countries. You can get the list of shows with filters such as release year, genre, IMDb rating etc. You can also get a show's global streaming availability via its IMDb or TMDb id. The output includ…

This is great! This is exactly what I've been waiting for someone to do. Google has done this on their "Google TV" device for some time, you search for a show and it shows you results across all of your streaming apps, it's not perfect but it knows where most things are, and I was wondering when I'd see an independent person release either an API or an App that does something similar. Good stuff!

Re: Show HN: API to query catalogs of 20 streaming services across 60 countries

#39

I would kill for language options on this. Having been studying Arabic while living in Northern Europe, none of the streaming services have Arabic dubbed shows. The only thing I’ve found is the expanse, which itself is in a different dialect than what I’m studying. Being able to easily search by language availability and subtitle availability would be wonderful.

Only works for Netflix but unogs.com let's you search by language and subtitle availability.
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