Netflix ID Cookies User Authentication

Netflix ID HTTP cookies are used when the user has previously logged in to a web site. Possession of the cookies serves as proof of user identity, in the same manner as they do when communicating with the web site.

This scheme is identified by the string NETFLIXID.

Authentication Data Representation

authdata = {
  "netflixid" : "string",
  "securenetflixid" : "string"
}

Field	Description
netflixid	Netflix ID cookie
securenetflixid	Secure Netflix ID cookie

Netflix ID Cookies

The Netflix ID cookie and Secure Netflix ID cookie are HTTP cookies issued by the Netflix web site after subscriber login. The Netflix ID cookie is encrypted and identifies the subscriber and analogous to a subscriber’s username. The Secure Netflix ID cookie is tied to a Netflix ID cookie and only sent over HTTPS and analogous to a subscriber’s password.

In some cases the Netflix ID and Secure Netflix ID cookies will be unavailable to the MSL stack or application. If either or both of the Netflix ID or Secure Netflix ID cookies are absent in the above data structure the HTTP cookie headers will be queried for it; this is only acceptable when HTTPS is used as the underlying transport protocol.