Questions tagged [netflix]

The netflix tag refers to questions related to Netflix API and its use. Netflix supports a JavaScript API and a REST API which allow you to integrate Netflix user services into an application.

Netflix supports a JavaScript API and a REST API which allow you to integrate Netflix user services into an application.

The official support has ended.

See Netflix changes its public API program by ending it, will no longer issue new dev keys

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SimpleXML: Selecting Elements Which Have A Certain Attribute Value

In an XML document, I have elements which share the same name, but the value of an attribute defines what type of data it is, and I want to select all of those elements which have a certain value from the document. Do I need to use XPath (and if…
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Zuul and Ribbon integration

I have trouble understanding the connection between Zuul and Ribbon. I think I got Zuul clear. It's a reverse proxy I can contact to reach one of my several instances of a service. It will pick the right server using a round-robin algorithm or…
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Can Zuul Edge Server be used without Eureka / Ribbon

We have an infrastructure with service discovery and load balancing (i.e. server side with STM and weblogic cluster). Now we are in the process of refactoring into micro-services. We would need an API gateway which does basic routing to other…
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NetflixOSS Zuul Filter for rejecting requests

I am trying to use a ZuulFilter in a simple spring-cloud-Netflix Api gateway (reverse proxy) in order to authenticate requests against a custom authentication provider (via Rest call). The Filter should reject unauthorized requests with a 401 and…
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How to interact with Netflix Cadmium video player on the client?

I have a Netflix account and I have peeked under the hood at its video player running inside Google Chrome. Netflix calls its video player "Cadmium" and the javascript exposes all the functions and event handlers you might expect, such as play,…
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Hystrix Configuration

I am trying to implement hystrix for my application using hystrix-javanica. I have configured hystrix-configuration.properties as…
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Why is the Netflix Prize so challenging?

Having just read the recent article in Wired, I'm curious: what is it about the Netflix Prize that's so challenging? I mean this in the sincerest way possible, I'm just curious about the difficulties posed by the contest. Are most recommendation…
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How do I deep link to Netflix on tvOS?

I'm hoping to open a deep link to a show or movie in the Netflix app on the new 4th gen Apple TV. I'm able to make deep linking work on iOS. The link below will open the Netflix app to a specific show or movie. nflx://title/{showID} for house of…
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Cannot disable Spring Cloud Config via spring.cloud.config.enabled:false

Let me preface this by saying that I'm not using Spring Cloud Config directly, it is transitive via Spring Cloud Hystrix starter. When only using @EnableHystrix, Spring Cloud also tries to locate a configuration server, expectedly unsuccessfully,…
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How to say Hystrix not to trigger fallback for some of the exceptions in Hystrix command

We were using the Hystrix functionality by directly extending the HystrixCommand class. But for some of the business exceptions, Hystrix's fallback method is being triggered. I don't want to trigger the Hystrix fallback for some of the business…
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Unexplainable lack of performance improvement using RxJava Observables in Web Applications

I am performing some tests to evaluate if there is a real advantage in using reactive API's based on Observables, instead of the blocking traditional ones. The whole example is available on Githug Surprisingly the results show that the thoughput…
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How to locate services by version with Netflix eureka and ribbon

We're currently exploring Flux Capacitor from Netflix to study their implementation of micro-service architectures. Our interests, at the moment, are focused on service registration and dynamic look-up functionality. Browsing through the code,…
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Can Netflix's Eureka be used outside AWS?

I'm looking for a good discovery service to use in a growing, privately-hosted microservice architecture. Netflix's Eureka looks promising. It says it is "primarily used in the AWS cloud for locating services", but I can't figure out whether it can…
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Programming Contests (with prizes)

I've had a go at solving the Eternity puzzle (1,000,000 GBP prize) and Netflix Prize ($1,000,000) in the past. I didn't win either, but they motivated me to find out about a new area. What other contests with prizes do you know about / have…
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Evcache vs redis

I have read that netflix uses evcache , which is a wrapper over memcache and evcache proves better than memcache In general it is said that redis server as a better cache than memcache, was trying to find the comparisons of redis and evcache. Does…
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