We'll be creating an app that connects to OMDB, a public movie API. You will need a key. Go to the site to register for a free one. Keep API keys out of public repos!
- axios
- node/express/ejs/express-ejs-layouts
- forms in full-stack
- Fork and clone this repository, which has a starter app provided for you.
- Run
npm install
to install dependencies - touch
.env
- add your api key to the dotenv file
OMDB_API_KEY=< your omdb api key >
- run
nodemon
to and navigate tolocalhost:3000
to see the app - follow the directions laid out in part 2 of this asssignment
- As a user, I want to go to a home page to search a database full of movies.
- As a user, I want to see movie results based on my search query.
- As a user, I want to pick a movie result and see detailed information about the movie.
- On your home page, create a form. The form will ask for the user to input a movie title.
- This form should have a
GET
method, with an action of/results
- Example result of submitting the form: sends browser to
/results?q=star+wars
- HINT: What should you name your input field based on the query string above?
- Write your GET route for
/results
.
- Use
req.query
to access query string parameters. - Use the
axios
module to make a request to the OMDB API with this data. YOU WILL NEED TO INSTALL AND REQUIRE IT. - Send the data back to the browser. Use
res.render
and use the providedresults.ejs
template.
- In the results from the API, we notice that in every movie entry
there is a IMDBid. In the rendered HTML for
/results
, have each movie link to a route like/movies/tt234323
(wherett234323
is the IMDBid for that movie).
- Make a new route on your backend:
GET /movies/:movie_id
- Make an API call to retrieve movie details related to that
movie_id
- Render them on the provided
detail.ejs
page.
-
Remember the axios syntax for a GET request:
-
axios.get('some url goes here') .then(function (response) { console.log(response); })
-
The movie api returns an array of movies inside the
Search
Key. -
Example Movie Detail URL: http://www.omdbapi.com/?i=tt0133093
-
You will need to modify the above URLs to include an entry in the query string for your API Key. The exact thing to add is
apikey=XXXXXXXXX
replacing the Xs with your key. How do we separate multiple key-values pairs in a query string? -
Keep your API key as an environment variable inside a .env file and make sure you DO NOT EVER check this file into git. How do we ensure it stays out?
-
Make sure you call
res.render
inside the callback function of the API call.
- Add stars images to reflect the imdb ratings
- Figure out what parameters are need to access the Rotten Tomato information, and display that information to the page
- All content is licensed under a CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
- All software code is licensed under GNU GPLv3. For commercial use or alternative licensing, please contact [email protected].