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adolhov
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4 years ago
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Is there way to create category of categories via Roku Direct Publisher JSON ?

Lets say i want to have category with playlist of tags, so that when i choose tag it redirects me to playlist of movies/series matching this tag.

as i can see in API docs that is not possible(i can only add tag as a main category), mb there is some other way to do it?

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  • Baradanikto's avatar
    Baradanikto
    4 years ago

    The only "nested" structure in the JSON schema is the concept of a Series with Seasons/Episodes.  If the JSON Schema document does not support it, it's not possible.

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    Baradanikto
    Roku Guru
    4 years ago

    I'm a bit confused about what you're asking.  DP does support playlists (of content IDs).  Can you provide an example of what you're trying to accomplish?

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      adolhov
      Reel Rookie
      4 years ago
      {
      "providerName":"Foobar",
      "lastUpdated":"2022-11-02T16:22:17.245Z",
      "language":"en",
      "categories":[
      {"name":"All Topics","playlistName":"all_topics","order":"manual"},
      {"name":"Topic 1","playlistName":"topic_1","order":"manual"},
      {"name":"Topic 2","playlistName":"topic_2","order":"manual"},
      {"name":"Topic 3","playlistName":"topic_3","order":"manual"},
      ],
      "playlists": [
       { "name": "all_topics", "itemIds": [ "topic_1", "topic_2", "topic_3" ] }],
       { "name": "topic_1", "itemIds": [ "topic_1_series_id", "topic_1_movie_id", ... ] }],
       { "name": "topic_2", "itemIds": [ "topic_2_series_id", "topic_2_movie_id", ... ] }],
       { "name": "topic_3", "itemIds": [ "topic_3_series_id", "topic_3_movie_id", ... ] }],
      ],
      ...

      i am trying to achieve something similar to example above, when playlist "all_topics" contains other playlists as items/piece of content

       

       

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        Baradanikto
        Roku Guru
        4 years ago

        The only "nested" structure in the JSON schema is the concept of a Series with Seasons/Episodes.  If the JSON Schema document does not support it, it's not possible.