@lgrube3 said:

I'm waiting for the API to update to reflect the release of Alien: Romulus now streaming on Hulu but it still doesn't show it on the TMDB watch providers response. However it does show it on the JustWatch website. So I was wondering, does anyone know when the data will update on TMDB and what timing I should expect? Thanks!

i think its about the cache, just wait maybe

Thanks. If it's important for me to show this info as soon as it becomes available, how do I clear the cache?

@lgrube3 said:

Thanks. If it's important for me to show this info as soon as it becomes available, how do I clear the cache?

I got the result for US and its already there

"US": {
   "link": "https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/945961-alien-romulus/watch?locale=US",
   "buy": [
    {
     "logo_path": "/9ghgSC0MA082EL6HLCW3GalykFD.jpg",
     "provider_id": 2,
     "provider_name": "Apple TV",
     "display_priority": 5
    },
    {
     "logo_path": "/seGSXajazLMCKGB5hnRCidtjay1.jpg",
     "provider_id": 10,
     "provider_name": "Amazon Video",
     "display_priority": 15
    },
    {
     "logo_path": "/8z7rC8uIDaTM91X0ZfkRf04ydj2.jpg",
     "provider_id": 3,
     "provider_name": "Google Play Movies",
     "display_priority": 16
    },
    {
     "logo_path": "/pTnn5JwWr4p3pG8H6VrpiQo7Vs0.jpg",
     "provider_id": 192,
     "provider_name": "YouTube",
     "display_priority": 17
    },
    {
     "logo_path": "/i6lRmkKmJ23oOZ6IyjnOYLKxA9J.jpg",
     "provider_id": 7,
     "provider_name": "Fandango At Home",
     "display_priority": 37
    },
    {
     "logo_path": "/5vfrJQgNe9UnHVgVNAwZTy0Jo9o.jpg",
     "provider_id": 68,
     "provider_name": "Microsoft Store",
     "display_priority": 46
    }
   ],
   "flatrate": [
    {
     "logo_path": "/bxBlRPEPpMVDc4jMhSrTf2339DW.jpg",
     "provider_id": 15,
     "provider_name": "Hulu",
     "display_priority": 6
    }
   ]
  },

Thanks! I see it now too in my response but it's more than 24 hours late. I was going to try and build a service that checks for changes in watch providers which would require it to be timely and not cached. Any suggestions on how I might do this?

@lgrube3 said:

I see it now too in my response but it's more than 24 hours late. I

It should be only cached for 6-8 hours based on here

Any suggestions on how I might do this?

I think theres nothing we can do, and Travis already explain it here .

The data are transmitted from JustWatch to TMDB once per 24 hours. After that, our API cache apply.

This is super helpful information and explains why I didn't see the updated information for 24+ hours but unfortunate to hear :(

It's probably too much to ask for more frequent updates from JustWatch given the current agreements in place and a reduced cache time for this API I presume.

Otherwise it doesn't sound like TMDB would make for a timely data source of movies 'now streaming'. Unless there's another path forward that I'm not seeing.

We're limited by the data we get from JustWatch. They only provide us a single daily export. We process it a few hours later, and then if the data is there, it will start appearing on TMDB within ~8 hours. The catch here is if the data is there. Often times there is a day delay (24 hours) on the export we get from JW, so in reality it won't appear until a full day has passed, which is more like ~32 hours later.