Redesigning the Netflix API(techblog.netflix.com)

24 pointsby abrahamvor 15 Jahren7 comments

techblog.netflix.com

http://techblog.netflix.com/2011/02/redesigning-netflix-api.html

3 comments

wikydvor 15 Jahren

Interesting. I've worked with a lot of 3rd-party APIs and I liked Netflix's the best by far. They stuck to the REST concept the best of the ones I've seen and it made it very easy to start using it and to write a simple wrapper around it. I actually still use it as a reference when I'm building APIs. I hope they don't lose that.

timdorrvor 15 Jahren

Is that mystery device that jumped requests in October the PS3? That's when the disc-free update was released that used the new HTML5 interface. It fits.

jbrennanvor 15 Jahren

It was probably the Canadian launch (late September).

kaylarosevor 15 Jahren

I would venture it's a combination of disc-free PS3/Wii and the (Sept.) release of the iPhone app.

chedigitzvor 15 Jahren

The apple tv was also released in October, that could also attribute to the growth.

kaylarosevor 15 Jahren

That too (the atv increased my Netflix consumption 3-fold).

The influx of Netflix apps and devices just before the Holiday season seems to have been a very smart strategy.

dmazvor 15 Jahren

Nice to see an absolute scale in number of requests. It seems that the mystery device making 50% of the API calls was introduced or gained Netflix playback in October 2010 :)