[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":498},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-29862588":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":35,"aspects":36,"strip":46,"post_text":48,"what":49,"said":80,"maker_in_thread":202,"shape":211,"grid":215,"attempts":460,"same_week":461,"maker_shows":33,"maker_hidden":491,"reader_version":492,"card":493},"29862588","Movie of the Night (Streaming Availability API)","API to query catalogs of 20 streaming services across 60 countries","title","Show HN: API to query catalogs of 20 streaming services across 60 countries","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.movieofthenight.com\u002Fabout\u002Fapi","movieofthenight.com","Saepirist",1641730407,2022,364,95,103,2570,5,"legend","data","streaming availability api","api",[24,25,26,27],"streaming availability","netflix catalog api","imdb ratings api","streaming search","mixed",0.05,{"positive":31,"neutral":32,"mixed":33,"critical":34},13,22,1,10,46,{"execution":37,"pricing":39,"idea":41,"design":42,"privacy":44,"docs":45},{"positive":33,"critical":38},6,{"positive":40,"critical":33},0,{"positive":18,"critical":33},{"positive":43,"critical":40},3,{"positive":40,"critical":40},{"positive":40,"critical":40},[43,33,40,40,40,40,40,18,43,43,18,18,33,33,33,43,43,40,40,33,43,43,43,18,18,43,47,43,43,47,43,43,40,18,18,18,33,33,43,18],4,null,{"problem":50,"audience":57,"pricing":63,"motivation":72,"time_to_build":48,"stack":76,"openness":77,"stage":78,"team_size":79},{"value":51,"source":52,"evidence":53},"Finding which streaming services carry a show or movie, and in which country","maker",[54],{"id":55,"by":11,"text":56},"29862637","Hi people, I've been working on this API for sometime now. 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Regarding your suspicion, surely this is not the first time someone making a smaller-scale, more humble and cheaper version of a…",{"value":64,"source":65,"evidence":66},"Free plan at 100 requests\u002Fday; paid tiers from $9.90\u002Fmonth","commenter",[67,68],{"id":55,"by":11,"text":56},{"id":69,"by":70,"text":71},"29866676","tantalor","Pricing: https:\u002F\u002Frapidapi.com\u002Fmovie-of-the-night-movie-of-the-night-default\u002Fapi\u002Fstreaming-availability\u002Fpricing Free\u002FBasic: 100\u002Fday Pro: 30k\u002Fmo @ $9.90\u002Fmo Ultra: 100k\u002Fmo @…",{"value":73,"source":52,"evidence":74},"Cheap access to streaming availability data, which the maker found unavailable or too expensive for small developers",[75],{"id":61,"by":11,"text":62},[],"freemium","launched","solo",{"praise":81,"objections":100,"requests":130,"questions":150,"alternatives":173},[82,93],{"value":83,"source":65,"evidence":84},"Useful for finding where to watch shows",[85,89],{"id":86,"by":87,"text":88},"29867977","tcmb","I already commented elsewhere, but just wanted to add that this is amazingly useful, especially via your 'Movie of the night' service. I've bookmarked it and foresee to use it…",{"id":90,"by":91,"text":92},"29864454","ianbutler","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…",{"value":94,"source":65,"evidence":95},"Good filtering and data comparison features",[96],{"id":97,"by":98,"text":99},"29865854","freewizard","awesome tool! fount some interesting data explore the Compare Streaming Services section [1] For example, Netflix and Prime Video are almost equal on total number of shows (~5.5k…",[101,119],{"value":102,"source":65,"evidence":103},"Results are wrong or outdated for some titles and countries",[104,108,111,115],{"id":105,"by":106,"text":107},"29862802","shp0ngle","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.…",{"id":109,"by":87,"text":110},"29863104","Also 'Succession' is available in Germany on Apple TV+, the search says otherwise (not available at all in Germany).",{"id":112,"by":113,"text":114},"29863619","rusinov","Neat idea. But, I am checking Snowfall TV show (https:\u002F\u002Fwww.movieofthenight.com\u002Fseries\u002FSnowfall\u002F643) for Russia and site says it is not available to stream in Russia, but it is…",{"id":116,"by":117,"text":118},"29865439","gurchik","I typed in Mad Men and it shows no streaming services for the United States but I know it's available on Prime Video at least.",{"value":120,"source":65,"evidence":121},"Ad blocker breaks the site with a blank page",[122,126],{"id":123,"by":124,"text":125},"29864587","ju-st","My ublock origin adblocker is blocking ShareButton.js because of \"Fanboy's Annoyance\" filter list (a default one) and not loading ShareButton.js leads to a blank page.",{"id":127,"by":128,"text":129},"29864907","hutrdvnj","Thx for explaining why I see a blank page, I have the same problem.",[131,142],{"value":132,"source":65,"evidence":133},"Add audio and subtitle language filters",[134,138],{"id":135,"by":136,"text":137},"29862990","capableweb","Great website! One thing that is missing: Availability is not the only criteria people use. One example: Last month I wanted to watch Superhero Movie, but I was in Spain, where a…",{"id":139,"by":140,"text":141},"29863005","Readywater","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…",{"value":143,"source":65,"evidence":144},"Add more streaming services such as Kanopy",[145,149],{"id":146,"by":147,"text":148},"29866625","mixmastamyk","Would be nice if it supported Kanopy, it has an eclectic catalog for free if accessed with a library card.",{"id":55,"by":11,"text":56},[151,166],{"value":152,"source":65,"evidence":153},"How the catalog data is collected and kept up to date",[154,158,162],{"id":155,"by":156,"text":157},"29862745","MailleQuiMaille","How often is the api updated ? And how did you collect thé data ? 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