Developers RSS Feeds Table
Domains – Domains are a subset of the Metacafe inventory. They are defined in the first part of the RSS/MRSS path. The domain determines the effective inventory to which all the rest of the path parameters refer to.
Supported Domains:
| Subject |
RSS/MRSS Line |
Description |
| General | All Items. | |
| Licensed Content | All items for which metacafe has distribution rights. |
Categories – You can limit your query to a given category by adding in to the query path, following /-/ sign.
Example: /api/videos/-/Comedy – Retrieves all items that belong to Comedy category within the videos domain (i.e. entire inventory).
Parameters – Parameters can be applied to any of the above domains and categories.
| Parameter | Description | Comment |
| vq=keyword1+keyword2 | Search words | Example: /api/videos?vq=funny+dogs Retrieves all items that have funny and dogs in their title, description or keywords. |
| max-results=X | Returns only X items | Default is 100; Maximum is 1000. |
| start-index=X | Starts from item number X (Enable paginations) | |
| orderby= rating(default)/ updated/ viewCount/ discussed | Determines the sorting method of the query. | |
| time=today /this_week(default) /this_month/all_time | Determines the time frame of the query. Today means last 24h. | |
| dateWebPublished=XXX | Retrieves only items newer than a given date. | Date format is Year-Month-Day (e.g. 2008-01-30) |
Non-Video feeds:
| Feed Name | RSS/MRSS Line Add the following to http://www.metacafe.com |
Description |
| Channels Most Viewed This Week | List of User Channels (including producers). Sorted by: Most viewed this week. | |
| User’s Channel Info | Information about the given user channel.
*(Supports all parameters) |
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| User’s Channel Videos | Videos listed in the given user channel.
*(Supports all parameters) |
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| Related Items | List of Items related to the given one.
*(Supports max-results, and format parameters) |
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| Item Id | Returns a specific item based on ID.
*(Supports format parameters) |