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Building a streaming service using python and catbox.moe (self.saas)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Carl to c/saas

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Hello,

I am adding a new sub-set of services for my users in relation to content delivery and streaming.

I was thinking about developing a service that uses catbox.moe as a "hosting provider" with my API logic sitting in-between acting as a controller.

When a user saves a video on my platform, I save it to catbox.moe, than create a URL for the end-user. I then save a reference to the database so that when an end user requests the URL, I retrieve the initial content from catbox.moe and stream it back to the user or create a download link for it.

The goal is to provide cloud storage & video streaming solutions without hosting the content myself.

Is this a good approach? or a bad idea? I want to consult others before going ahead and developing this tool.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Unless you set up a business agreement directly with Catbox LLC -- which would likely require an offer of substantial monetary support to get them to be interested -- you would be violating their ToS and will almost certainly be blocked.

[–] Carl 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I understand.

I simply assumed that I wouldn't be doing anything any other user would be as uploading content underneath 200MB and generating URLs is the entire point of the platform.

All of the video processing & caching would be done on my platform.

Ill reach out directly to Catbox LLC.

EDIT [2024-11-29 13:35]

I reached out to Catbox LLC, However I received no response but I found another provider named gofile.io that allows this kind of thing.

Ill probably start with them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

It's American Thanksgiving weekend, so I wouldn't expect a response from Catbox until at least Monday for non-emergency inquiries.

Not familiar with gofile, but if their terms allow it or you've cleared it with the owner, then best of luck.