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Show HN: Chrome Extension to See IMDB Ratings Directly on Netflix

234 pointsby pawannitjover 6 years ago

18 comments

hombre_fatalover 6 years ago
Out of curiosity:<p>The extension makes API requests to <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.omdbapi.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.omdbapi.com&#x2F;</a> for its data.<p>The free API key only allows 1,000 req&#x2F;day but you apparently only need to spend $10&#x2F;mo for unlimited queries: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.patreon.com&#x2F;bePatron?u=5038490" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.patreon.com&#x2F;bePatron?u=5038490</a><p>I&#x27;ve never seen Patreon used as a storefront like this. Kinda interesting because Patreon also gives you a UI for capturing other types of sponsorships.
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TimTheTinkerover 6 years ago
I don&#x27;t use Chrome anymore except for dev work. Any chance this could be released for Firefox?
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untogover 6 years ago
An aside to the extension itself, but this makes me nostalgic for the days when browser extensions like this were commonplace. Today I don&#x27;t even watch Netflix through a browser (I have a Roku and Android TV at home, and will very rarely watch on my iOS phone), and this kind of project simply isn&#x27;t possible there.<p>I do understand the reasons why this is the case and don&#x27;t have any proposals for how it could be meaningfully fixed, but still, I miss that bygone era of customisation.
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digitalbossabout 6 years ago
I&#x27;ve been using RateFlix for a while now - haven&#x27;t seen many issues as of yet. I love these type of ideas. When you add Rotten Tomatoes, I&#x27;m totally in to use!<p>1. Movies and TV shows will show an IMDb™ rating next to wherever you would typically see a Netflix™ rating, and additionally will be shown on the play bar of what you&#x27;re currently watching as well as next to each listed episode when browsing episodes of a TV series<p>2. Rotten Tomatoes™ and Metacritic™ ratings will also be displayed in the same way, but currently only for movies<p>3. Clicking on an IMDb™ rating will open the IMDb™ page for that movie or TV show in a new tab<p>For Chrome only <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;chrome.google.com&#x2F;webstore&#x2F;detail&#x2F;rateflix&#x2F;dddmgiigenogheihnldadkdooelhepcg?hl=en" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;chrome.google.com&#x2F;webstore&#x2F;detail&#x2F;rateflix&#x2F;dddmgiige...</a>
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an4rchyover 6 years ago
Neat! I always end up doing the google search to check out IMDb&#x2F;RT ratings.<p>Another nice to have is the number of reviewers - I&#x27;ve noticed that some of these movies have high ratings early on (potentially from crew&#x2F;cast&#x2F;fans) but then slowly drop to the mean as more people review the movie.
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tonymetabout 6 years ago
I like how you scoped perms to only affect netflix.com and omdbapi.com. good job! Usually when I hit install and see &quot;read and modify your data on all sites&quot; I go straight to nope!
alpbabout 6 years ago
I think it would be cool if this was generic enough to show Rotten Tomatoes user ratings as many people nowadays find it to be a better indicator. I hope you repurpose it someday!
cpetersoover 6 years ago
I really like Taste.io&#x27;s movie and TV recommendations. Having just reviewed a few movies on the site, it has given me better and more unique recommendations than Netflix or Amazon ever have.<p>Their site also shows whether the movie is available on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, or HBO and will deep link to the other sites. I&#x27;m not sure what Taste.io&#x27;s business model is.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.taste.io&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.taste.io&#x2F;</a>
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nomelover 6 years ago
For me, the most useful feature of Netflix is the custom ratings it provides. They&#x27;re almost always absolutely spot on, with the exception of &quot;Netflix Originals&quot; which seem to be bumped up a bit.<p>I&#x27;m curious why something like IMDB is useful for people. I would much rather get a metric related to what I, personally, might like, rather than what the majority likes.
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vagab0ndover 6 years ago
OT, but for anyone looking for an idea: it&#x27;ll be neat if some service can notify me when a movie I saved on IMDB is available on Netflix.
arkitaipover 6 years ago
Great idea but I wish the data source was better, e.g. Rotten Tomatoes or Metacritic, because IMDB ratings are almost useless.
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abhi3188over 6 years ago
Perhaps this could include scores from multiple sources, similar to how google displays them when you search for a movie.
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moxplodover 6 years ago
This is a cool idea. But worked once - did&#x27;nt work for a LOT of titles i tried. Seems to be some bug.<p>Friends - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;imgur.com&#x2F;a&#x2F;t5aduhK" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;imgur.com&#x2F;a&#x2F;t5aduhK</a>
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isalmonabout 6 years ago
Love it!<p>Bug:<p>- Does not show the rating for all movies. Examples:<p>-- <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.netflix.com&#x2F;title&#x2F;80189213" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.netflix.com&#x2F;title&#x2F;80189213</a> (empty)<p>-- <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.netflix.com&#x2F;title&#x2F;70136120" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.netflix.com&#x2F;title&#x2F;70136120</a> (N&#x2F;A)<p>Feature requests:<p>- Show &quot;IMDB rating&quot; right away and a spinner while you&#x27;re fetching the data from the API call.<p>- Let me click on it and go to IMDB to see more information
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pawannitjabout 6 years ago
Update : I got &quot;HN hug of death&quot; and OMDB api free limit is crossed. Working on converting it to premium.
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miki123211over 6 years ago
does that work with international, non US markets? non english Netflix versions?
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uoflcards22over 6 years ago
it&#x27;s being super super slow for me, otherwise, cool idea
rodolphoarrudaover 6 years ago
Netflix won&#x27;t work with Chrome(ium) on Linux.
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