API Terms of Service

The Flick API is provided as a beta. We may change, break, rate-limit, suspend, or remove any part of it — endpoints, response shapes, limits, eligibility, or the entire API — at any time, with or without notice, including via a global kill switch. No service level, uptime, or support commitment of any kind is made. Don't build anything on the API that can't tolerate it disappearing.

API access requires an active Flick Pro subscription and a Flick account in good standing. API keys are personal and non-transferable: don't share, sell, or publish them, and don't use someone else's. You are responsible for all activity under your keys, including if a key leaks because you embedded it somewhere public. If your Pro subscription lapses, API access stops until it's restored.

You agree not to:

• circumvent or attempt to circumvent rate limits, authentication, or any other technical control (including by rotating keys or accounts);
• scrape, bulk-harvest, resell, or redistribute Flick data — including other users' content — or use it to build or train a competing product or dataset;
• use the API to spam, automate abuse, post unlawful content, or otherwise violate the Flick Terms of Service;
• misrepresent your application as being made by, endorsed by, or affiliated with Flick.

We build Flick in the open with our community, and the beta exists so we can learn from what you make. In exchange for free access to the API and Flick data during and after the beta:

• You grant Flick a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, fully sublicensable and transferable license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, build upon, and commercialize anything you create with, derive from, or submit through the API or Flick data — including applications, features, product ideas, concepts, designs, workflows, and derived works — for any purpose, including implementing similar functionality in Flick's own products, without attribution, notice, or compensation to you.
• All feedback, suggestions, feature requests, and bug reports you provide (in Discord, by email, or anywhere else) are non-confidential, and we may use them freely without obligation.
• You waive any claim that Flick products or features that are similar to, inspired by, or independently developed alongside anything you built with the API infringe your rights.

This license covers your API creations and submissions — it does not transfer ownership of your own code, and your personal Flick content (reviews, lists) remains governed by the content license in the main Terms of Service.

Data you access through the API is your own account's data. Handle it consistently with our Privacy Policy and applicable law. If you build something that stores Flick data for other people, you are responsible for protecting it and for deleting it promptly when they ask or when their access is revoked.

We may revoke any API key, throttle any usage, or terminate API access — for a single account or for everyone — at any time, for any reason, at our sole discretion, with or without notice. You can revoke your own keys at any time from the API keys page. Sections 4, 7, and 8 survive termination.

The API and all Flick data are provided "as is" and "as available", without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, availability, or non-infringement.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Flick shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or any loss of data, profits, or business, arising out of or relating to the API — including damages caused by breaking changes, downtime, data loss, or termination of access.

We may update these API terms at any time. Changes are effective upon posting. Continued use of the API after a change constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.

Questions, feedback, and bug reports: our Discord or hello@flickmovies.com.