The OMDb API is a RESTful web service to obtain movie information, all content and images on the site are contributed and maintained by its users. See https://www.omdbapi.com/#usage for usage.
Questions tagged [omdbapi]
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Encoding special characters for passing to a URL
I am trying to learn Python, so I thought I would start by trying to query IMDB to check my movie collection against IMDB; which was going well
What I am stuck on is how to handle special characters in names, and encode the name to something a URL…
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OMDb API Rotten Tomatoes
I believe this may just be a bug in the OMDb API. But I am hoping that someone can point out the errors in my ways.
I am trying to include the Rotten Tomatoes Ratings in a output. But no matter what options I try I don't get anything.
curl…
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How to match fetch data to images called from a different fetch?
Would like to be able to click the images and display data from a second fetch call using the imdbID that matches the clicked poster.
I'm trying to print movie posters to the page - the movie posters will then be clickable - on click they will…
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How do I fix 401 error when using OMDB API?
EDIT: I have added the response from OMDB
{Response: "False", Error: "Invalid API key!"}
Error: "Invalid API key!"
Response: "False"
I am new to web development and I am trying to build a chrome extension that displays imdb scores on netflix. I am…
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Get input value with react hooks to search on oMdb api
I want to do a movie search with the oMdb api using React Hooks.
The result is not as expected. I seem to break some React Hooks rule that I don't understand.
Here is the code.
HOOK TO SEARCH
The Hook inside of a store.
(If I use searchMovies('star…
Isaac Martí
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OMDb Api doesn't show any result - Kotlin, Android Studio
I followed everything carefully, step by step, but I can't find what the problem is.
Whenever I fill in the name of the movie I intend to search by, the app crashes and it says this:
java.lang.NullPointerException: response.body() must not be…
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Deserialize with JSON
I downloaded a JSON string from OMDb API, now I want to deserialize to a list of objects but I get the error code:
Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializationException: "Cannot deserialize the
current JSON object (e.g. {"name":"value"}) into…
Sese1997
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Movie Genre Data Pulled into Google Sheets
I want the genres associated with a list of movies in Google Sheets. I am attempting to pull this info via the importxml formula with the OMDB API. However I keep getting an error.
Here is a sample sheet for reference.
I have a key for the API but…
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30 movies per page on OMDb api in React
I am trying to combine pages to increase the items to 20, 30 since OMDb has only 10 per page.
I need to get all the "imdbID" from pages 1,2 and 3.
The API shows this result:
```
"Search": [
{
"Title": "Home",
"Year": "2009",
"imdbID":…
Ina
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How can I get the value of an input field and use it in URL in React
I have to complete this project and I'm having a hard time understanding how the hooks work. I'm completely new to React and I was wondering how I could grab the value of my Input field so I could use it and modify the URL of the API (omdb) I'm…
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'NoneType' object is not subscriptable'
I am trying to make a website that allows a user to create their own "to-watch" list and also can randomly select a title from the created list, showing the movie's plot, genre, and IMDb rating using an API. I've encountered a "NoneType' object is…
ddinh9978
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OMDBAPI returns only 10 movies
I am trying to get all movies but the API only returns first 10 movies. Any help would be appreciated.
async getResults(page = 1) {
const apiKey = '#######';
const proxy = 'http://cors-anywhere.herokuapp.com/';
try {
while (page…
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My code gives me an error: 'list index out of range'
Sometimes when I run the code it gives me the correct output, other times it says "List index out of range" and other times it just continues following code. I found the code on:…
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Error: Mixed Content, While Deploying React app on Github
I ran into a small problem while deploying a react app on GitHub pages. The app works perfectly fine on a live server. But, when I push the code on gitHub and test it. This error occurs:
Mixed Content: the page at '' was loaded over HTTPS,…
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data isn't pulling through from omdbapi.com
I've connected to the omdbapi website to try to pull through the relevant information about a film that is search for in the form I've created. The poster image isn't displaying and the title is coming up as undefined. I've console.log the data…
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