A web app to search for movies and series on (mainly flemish/dutch) streaming services supported by a custom backend. Data returned by the server might not be correct, this is solely because the streaming services don't report the correct data themselves. (f.e.: language is falsely reported as 'en' by GoPlay on dutch programs)

• GoPlay
  • Language is not always (correctly) reported
• VTM GO
  • Language is not always reported
• Streamz
  • Language is not always reported
• VRT MAX
  • Language is never reported
• NPO Start

The backend is written in TypeScript using the NestJS framework. It uses a lru in memory cache to reduce load nad not make unnecessary requests. Adding new streaming services is also very easy, just create a new service that implements the Retriever interface and add it to the SearchModule and the RetrieverManager.

You can choose how deep you want the backend to search for data about a program. A variable fetchDepth is used to determine this. This variable can have 3 values (shallow, deep or full) which will all yield different data for every streaming platform. f.e.: shallow might only return the title and an image that is not poster size for VTM GO, while deep will add a description, language and a poster sized image and maybe some data about available seasons and episodes. full should even go deeper and retrieve all available episedes. GoPlay will however contain all data by just using deep causse its backend returns more wanted data

The default values for this variable is shallow to reduce the load on the server. Depending on your query this parameter can make a big difference. Estimates are:

• shallow (~ 250ms) : 1 request per streaming service
• deep (~ 600ms) : possible extra request(s) per program/movies found
• full (> 1s): even more requests per program are possible
  • !! This can take a long time if your query is too broad !!

A mobile-first web app written in Svelte/Typescript, that provides a UI for the NestJs backend. The app is deployed on Vervel.