Editing Netflix (section)

=== API ===
On October 1, 2008, Netflix offered access to its service via a public [[API|application programming interface]] (API).<ref>{{cite web |title=Netflix API Launches Tomorrow |url=http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/netflix_api_launches_tomorrow.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002035838/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/netflix_api_launches_tomorrow.php |archive-date=October 2, 2008 |access-date=September 30, 2008 |publisher=ReadWriteWeb}}</ref> It allowed access to data for all Netflix titles, and allows users to manage their movie queues. The API was free and allowed commercial use.<ref>{{cite web |title=Netflix API Management Solution |url=http://www.mashery.com/customers/netflix |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130216123114/http://www.mashery.com/customers/netflix |archive-date=February 16, 2013}}</ref> In June 2012, Netflix began to restrict the availability of its public API.<ref>{{cite web |date=June 15, 2012 |title=Upcoming Changes to the Netflix API Program |url=http://developer.netflix.com/blog/read/Upcoming_Changes_to_the_Netflix_API_Program |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618004836/http://developer.netflix.com/blog/read/Upcoming_Changes_to_the_Netflix_API_Program |archive-date=June 18, 2012 |access-date=June 21, 2012 |publisher=Netflix}}</ref> Netflix instead focused on a small number of known partners using private interfaces, since most traffic came from those private interfaces.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Daniel Jacobson and Sangeeta Narayanan |date=July 24, 2014 |title=Netflix API: Top 10 Lessons Learned (so far) |url=http://www.slideshare.net/danieljacobson/top-10-lessons-learned-from-the-netflix-api-oscon-2014 |access-date=September 12, 2016}}</ref> In November 2014, Netflix retired the public API.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://techcrunch.com/2014/11/16/netflix-api/ | title=Netflix Kills Off Its Public API, Takes A Few Applications Down With It | first=Greg | last=Kumparak | work=[[TechCrunch]] | date=November 16, 2014}}</ref> Netflix then partnered with the developers of eight services deemed the most valuable, including Instant Watcher, Fanhattan, Yidio and Nextguide.<ref>{{cite web |last=Jacobson |first=Daniel |date=June 13, 2014 |title=Retiring the Netflix Public API |url=http://developer.netflix.com/blog/read/Retiring_the_Netflix_Public_API |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140614024656/http://developer.netflix.com/blog/read/Retiring_the_Netflix_Public_API |archive-date=June 14, 2014 |access-date=August 11, 2014 |publisher=Netflix}}</ref>