Netflix has opened up an API to the public for developing applications!
"On behalf of the Netflix API team, I’m very excited to announce the release of the Netflix API and to launch this site for our developer community. We have been impressed with the applications developers have managed to build using our RSS feeds or by screen-scraping the web site, so we can’t wait to see what you’ll do with a supported API!
The Netflix API includes a JavaScript API, REST API and ATOM feeds. Use of the API is free and we even allow commercial use.
Web applications can use the JavaScript API to easily integrate basic Netflix service capabilities, such as allowing a subscriber to add a title to his queue without visiting the Netflix web site or start watching a title instantly."
Sign up for the API here
It will be very interesting to see all the Flash/Flex/AIR apps arriving soon :)
I hope more companies keep following suit like Google, Amazon, and now Netflix.
Cheers!
