/flixlists

Hacking Netflix and IMDB APIs to cross reference your movie lists

Primary LanguagePython

flixlists

This is Python command line utility quickly hacked together to view your Netflix and IMDb movie lists. The main use case is to answer the question "which of my IMDb watchlisted movies are available on Netflix?" End dates will be shown for titles that are expiring soon on Netflix.

Setup

To identify your Netflix and IMDb identities:

  1. Copy your Netflix cookie and paste it into the file netflix-cookie for the program to use.
  2. Enter your IMDb user ID at the top of imdb.py (taken from the IMDb URL, e.g. "ur12345678"), assuming you have a public watchlist.

Features

To view your IMDb "Watchlist" and identify ones that are on Netflix: flixlists.py imdb

To view your Netflix "My List": flixlists.py netflix

To see if a particular title is currently on netflix: flixlists.py netflix "Movie Title"