Express with APIs - OMDB

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!

Pre-reqs

• axios
• node/express/ejs/express-ejs-layouts
• forms in full-stack

Getting Started

• 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 to localhost:3000 to see the app
• follow the directions laid out in part 2 of this asssignment

Part 1: Search

User Stories

1. As a user, I want to go to a home page to search a database full of movies.
2. As a user, I want to see movie results based on my search query.
3. As a user, I want to pick a movie result and see detailed information about the movie.

Requirements

1. 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?

2. 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 provided results.ejs template.

3. 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 (where tt234323 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.

Tips

• 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 Search URL: http://www.omdbapi.com/?s=matrix

• 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.

Bonuses (if you get done before break)

• 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

Licensing

1. All content is licensed under a CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
2. All software code is licensed under GNU GPLv3. For commercial use or alternative licensing, please contact [email protected].