Migration to REST API?
Rainmaker52 opened this issue · 4 comments
As mentioned at https://trac.opensubtitles.org/projects/opensubtitles/wiki/DevReadFirst OpenSubtitles.org will stop offering their API in the near future:
OpenSubtitles.org API is deprecated and not possible to register new user agents anymore, we plan to turn off OpenSubtitles.org API by the end of 2023. Please use new, stable ready-to-use Open Subtitles REST API instead.
The REST API is documented here: https://opensubtitles.stoplight.io/docs/opensubtitles-api/e3750fd63a100-getting-started
As you might expect, it looks to be HTTPS only. I'm not sure whether http_req() in the script could be rewritten for HTTPS. I don't believe this is easy - vlc.net.* does not seem to have anything available for encryption.
Most important other changes seem to be:
- A key only gives access to 5 downloads / day / IP
- A user account has 10 downloads (but requires users to signup)
- They mention a "VIP" user level, possibly indicating paid plans?
(I am already getting 401 errors. Not sure whether this is related or not, but while troubleshooting that, I came across this information. Thought it could help)
Same here, 401 error on searching.
I guess the APIs are no longer working.
Same here, 401 error on searching.
Register for an account on open subtitles, and enter the credentials in VLSub to "fix" that.
The API, as far as I can tell, is still available. But that wasn't the point of this issue.