Omdb.wrapper

Python wrapper class for Omdb movie database API

Features

Builds configured via Travis CI/CD
Git hooks configured with Pre-Commit
Streamlined API calls to organise data for Movie searches
Batches Movie searches into search history
Provides Movie search history sorted by Metacritic rating, alphabetically by title, or by year
Provides Actor, Director, Genre, Country, Language, and Production Studio searches in search history
Provides typechecking and error handling for user inputs
Help documentation implemented for information on valid types and inputs on functions

Prerequisites

Ensure you are running Python 3.7.1

$ python3 --version # returns 'Python 3.7.1'

Use pipenv to install all required pip3 packages from Pipfile and create virtual environment

$ pipenv install

Use pipenv to access functions

$ pipenv shell

Set up git hooks for pre-commit checks notated in .pre-commit-config.yaml

$ pre-commit install

Usage

Run the main functions

from omdb_wrapper import omdb_wrapper

api_key = 'xxxxxxxx'
# instantialises jeopardy_parser object
test_wrapper = omdb_wrapper(api_key)

# creates dictionary of results from omdb api request from a movie title and appends to search history
test_wrapper.build_dict_from_api(test_wrapper.create_movie_search_url('title', 'Toy Story'))

# sort search history dictionary by year and return list
test_wrapper.sort_movies('year', 'new_to_old')

# return list of movie titles from search history dictionary with provided search type and query
test_wrapper.search_movies('actor', 'chris pratt')

Run the unit tests

$ pytest -v

Contact Info

self.name = 'Isaac Sheikh'
self.email = 'sheikhisaac@gmail.com'
self.phone = '571-315-1881'

Potential Next Steps

Add additional tests to allow committing against pre-commit hooks if requirements change
Update pre-commit yaml file to account for future improvements

sheikhrachel / Omdb.wrapper