2015-08-21, 17:05
(2015-08-21, 17:01)TooManyAntennas Wrote:(2015-08-21, 16:42)squiggs77 Wrote:(2015-08-21, 15:02)Sleuth255 Wrote: <rant>
Netflix really needs to create an API for this sort of thing. That way, plugins can be developed for a variety of platforms and it won't be a "spy vs. spy" scenario where constant work on the plugin is required to keep up with changing HTML. Scraping HTML is almost never a good idea for a variety of reasons....
Netflix shouldn't care at all for metadata requests, and using approved DRM providers as this addon does should cover the legality issues.
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Actually, they do have an API. Why is this addon scraping HTML for metadata I wonder? More to follow.
As far as I can tell Netflix discontinued their public API in 2014. So using their API is not an option unless we can get them to care about Kodi.
There has to be some published interface all those "smart" TVs and set top boxes use it. And it has to be stable, as those devices really never get updates.
True, but it's not 'public' so we would somehow have to get Netflix to approve of us as a development partner.
