Adding a "+" to a " " in node.js for a movie api

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I know this will be a simple question. I am new coding and still have a lot to learn. I am running a movie API with node. As you know API's searches cannot have spaces " " and need a plus sign "+" in order to search a string. Example when I search Die Hard on the terminal it comes back as a movie called Die and does not recognize "Hard". If I search it as Die+Hard I will get the movie I am looking for. How do I add that plus sign without having the user write the plus sign in the search? Thank you for your help.

var axios = require("axios");

movieName = (process.argv[2]);


var queryUrl = "http://www.omdbapi.com/?t=" + movieName + "&y=&plot=short&apikey=...";

Possible duplicate of [Fastest method to replace all instances of a character in a string](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2116558/fastest-method-to-replace-all-instances-of-a-character-in-a-string) — CertainPerformance, Feb 17 '19 at 00:47

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 17 '19 at 00:52

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To replace all instances of a space in a string (let's call it str) with +:

str.replace(/ /g, "+");

To replace all instances of any whitespace characters with a +:

str.replace(/\s/g, "+");

For more information, see the MDN docs on String.prototype.replace().

answered Feb 17 '19 at 00:52

Trott

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That was my first guess with it but it did not work. – logan k Feb 17 '19 at 01:13
Ahem. `console.log('hey look at these spaces turned into + instead'.replace(/ /g, '+'));` – Trott Feb 17 '19 at 02:25

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 17 '19 at 04:57

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var movieName = process.argv.slice(2).join("+");

this took care of it. Thank you for the help.

answered Feb 17 '19 at 04:57

logan k

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Adding a "+" to a " " in node.js for a movie api

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