@admin Sorry it is actually working but I got lost in the sea of output. The data for that title indeed shows

u'availabilityEndDateNear': u'2017-10-05'

but for all other titles it has that sentinel blob (which is still curious to me...).

Thanks for your help and for this great forum!

@admin That was "You Laugh But It's True" in Canada

@admin When I use "availabilityEndDateNear" (for a title that I know is expiring soon) I get back something I don't understand:

u'availabilityEndDateNear': {u'$size': 16, u'$type': u'sentinel', u'size': 16}

What does this mean?