Using requests & GraphQL

kjcioffi / django-showtime-plus

Showtime+ is a streamlined platform designed to provide just enough information about movies currently in theaters, all in one place.

https://www.showtime-plus.com/

Mozilla Public License 2.0

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Closed ryaustin closed 3 months ago

ryaustin commented 3 months ago

To access the imdb api, you need to craft graphQL queries as the API does not accept the typical rest queries commonly found on the web.

[ ] Read the following article to learn how to use graphQL using the requests library in python: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/get-and-post-requests-in-graphql-api-using-python-requests/

kjcioffi commented 3 months ago

I realized the IMDb API has a $150k price tag.

kjcioffi commented 3 months ago

While I could access it with a one-month free trial, I have decided to pivot to a different API, one hosted by https://www.themoviedb.org/

ryaustin commented 3 months ago

Dang! That's a lot of mullah. Your first pivot on this project. 👍

kjcioffi commented 3 months ago

Yes! It would've been nice to use IMDb, I was excited to learn GraphQL 😎