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#Express with APIs - OMDB

We'll be creating an app that connects to OMDB, a public movie API.

##Getting Started

• Fork and clone this repository, which has a starter app provided for you.
• Run npm install to install dependencies
  • If installed, nodemon should start and refresh your app when changes are made
  • npm run lint:js - lint your JS
    • Note that from here on out, the JS linter will automatically fix most issues with spacing, quotations, and semicolons. More information here
  • npm run lint:css - lint your CSS

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.

1. Create a form that sends a query and gets a list of results from the OMDB API. Read over the documentation to see the endpoints needed.

• This form should have a GET method, with an action of /results

2. List the results on a separate page. You may want the route to accept a querystring so users can easily go back to this page.

• Example: /results?q=star+wars
• Use req.query to access querystring parameters.

3. From the search results page, we notice along with every movie entry there is a IMDBid. Have each movie link to a route like /movie/tt234323. Take the parameter from that url and make an additional API call to retrieve movie details related to that imdbID
4. Create a new route that takes the paramaters of theimdbIDin the url on a movies controller. The route you will need to make will look like /movies/:imdbId. Using the data from req.params make a second api call to the api to get the movie details.

##Tips

• The data object we get back in a request callback, is a string of the data. Use JSON.parse(data) to turn that data back into an object.

• The movie api returns an array of movies inside the Search Key.

• Example Search URL

• Example Movie Detail URL

• Make sure you call res.render inside the callback function of the request.

##Bonuses

• 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
• Add the ability for users to add movies to a favorites list, and save that list as a JSON file

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2. All software code is licensed under GNU GPLv3. For commercial use or alternative licensing, please contact [email protected].