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How often is now_playing updated?
posted by AdiSTAFFMOD on July 14, 2013 at 10:19 AM
Is it whenever the cache expires? Or is it once a day? Week? Basically I don't want to call it wastefully when it is not needed.
I checked between yesterday and today and the min/max dates remain the same. So I am guessing the results don't change (Unless someone adds a new film with a release date in that rage. Which I am not that bothered about.) until the date range changes.
So I guess I am asking when do the date ranges change?
Reply by Travis Bell
on July 14, 2013 at 12:05 PM
Hi Adi,
They get updated every Tuesday at midnight utc. So checking them every week would be all you really need to do.
P.S. That's when the lists get updated. The movie data (poster, title, etc) is cached for 24 hours.
Reply by Adi
on July 14, 2013 at 12:26 PM
Nice one. Thanks. Always good to see someone working in UTC! Although I am going to make double sure and confirm that that is at the Start of Tuesday and not the end. (Should be the start.) e.g. 2013-07-16T00:00:00Z