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Streaming Watchlist & Watch History API<\/div>\n

The Streaming Data API<\/em>
Your App Has Been Missing<\/h1>\n

Younify Connect lets your users securely link their streaming services to your app. Pull real watch history, cross-service watchlists, ratings, and viewing patterns \u2014 and eliminate the cold start problem from day one.<\/p>\n

\n Get Connected \u2192<\/a>\n View SDK Docs<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
\n watchlist API<\/span>\n watch history SDK<\/span>\n iOS \u00b7 Android \u00b7 React Native \u00b7 .NET MAUI<\/span>\n 13+ streaming services<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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\/\/ YOUNIFY CONNECT SDK \u00b7 OVERVIEW<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Streaming User Data API \u2014 13+ Services<\/div>\n

One watchlist API. Every major streaming service.<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n\n
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Every streaming app faces the same frustrating reality: new users arrive and your app knows nothing about them. So you make them work for it \u2014 swiping through rows of titles, rating shows they half-remember watching, filling out taste questionnaires. It takes anywhere from minutes to months before your app has enough signal to be genuinely useful. That's the cold start problem. And even after all that effort, you still don't really know your user until they've built up months of in-app history from scratch.<\/p>\n

Younify Connect solves it instantly. Your users sign in to their existing Netflix, Hulu, Max, and other streaming accounts once \u2014 and your app immediately receives their full watch history, watchlists, ratings, and continue watching queues. Real data, normalized across all 13+ services, available via a single streaming user data API.<\/p>\n

\n Watchlists<\/span>\n Continue Watching<\/span>\n Watch History<\/span>\n Ratings<\/span>\n Recommendations<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
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<\/span>Netflix<\/div>\n
<\/span>Prime Video<\/div>\n
<\/span>Hulu<\/div>\n
<\/span>Disney+<\/div>\n
<\/span>Max<\/div>\n
<\/span>Apple TV+<\/div>\n
<\/span>Peacock<\/div>\n
<\/span>Paramount+<\/div>\n
<\/span>Roku Channel<\/div>\n
<\/span>Discovery+<\/div>\n
<\/span>Tubi<\/div>\n
<\/span>Pluto TV<\/div>\n
<\/span>Fandango at Home<\/div>\n
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What You Can Build with a Watchlist API<\/div>\n

Real streaming user data \u2014 infinite possibilities<\/em><\/h2>\n
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Cross-Service Watchlist Dashboard<\/h3>

Pull merged watchlists and continue watching queues from every connected service into a single unified view. No more asking users to re-enter what they've already watched.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Recommendations Without the Guesswork<\/h3>

Offer better recommendations and eliminate guesswork. Use actual recommendations from providers \u2014 already personalized for each user \u2014 to surface content that's relevant from the very first session.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Social Matching Without Onboarding<\/h3>

Match users based on overlapping watch history and taste profiles \u2014 no survey, no onboarding questions. The streaming user data does the work before your UI renders.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Train AI Models on Real Viewing Data<\/h3>

Feed your LLM or recommendation engine with thousands of normalized viewing events per user \u2014 titles, ratings, genres, and timestamps \u2014 sourced directly via the streaming personalization SDK.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

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13+<\/div>
Streaming services in the watchlist API<\/div><\/div>\n
4<\/div>
Native SDKs \u2014 iOS, Android, React Native, .NET MAUI<\/div><\/div>\n
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Cold start problem \u2014 real watch history from session one<\/div><\/div>\n
20yrs<\/div>
Streaming expertise behind every API call<\/div><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n
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Integrate the Streaming User Data API in Hours<\/div>\n

How the watch history SDK<\/em> works<\/h2>\n

Every streaming service handles authentication differently \u2014 MFA flows, CAPTCHA, session tokens, credential validation. Younify Connect abstracts all of it. You drop in the SDK, we handle every service. Your app gets clean, normalized data.<\/p>\n

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01 \/ SELECT<\/div>

User Selects Services<\/h4>

Your user chooses which streaming accounts to connect \u2014 Netflix, Hulu, Max, and more \u2014 directly inside your app's UI.<\/p><\/div>\n

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02 \/ AUTH<\/div>

SDK Handles Auth<\/h4>

The streaming SDK authenticates each service automatically, including MFA, CAPTCHA, and session management. Zero custom code on your end.<\/p><\/div>\n

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03 \/ RETRIEVE<\/div>

Watch History Retrieved<\/h4>

Younify fetches watchlists, watch histories, ratings, and recommendations \u2014 normalized to a consistent schema across all 13+ services.<\/p><\/div>\n

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04 \/ ACCESS<\/div>

Access Clean, Normalized Data<\/h4>

Your app receives structured streaming user data \u2014 titles, content IDs, TMDB references, ratings, and timestamps \u2014 ready to query immediately.<\/p><\/div>\n

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05 \/ DISPLAY<\/div>

Build Your UI<\/h4>

The watchlist API returns data. What you build with it \u2014 dashboards, feeds, recommendations, social features \u2014 is entirely up to you.<\/p><\/div>\n

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06 \/ BUILD<\/div>

Solve Cold Start Permanently<\/h4>

With real watch history in hand from session one, your streaming personalization SDK can deliver meaningful recommendations before a single in-app event is logged.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

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Used in Production Today<\/div>\n

Apps already using the streaming watchlist API<\/em><\/h2>\n
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