Integrate The Movie Database API in JavaScript

Gain insights into using the TMDB API for retrieving movie/TV data, exploring production details, and discovering its integration into a React app for dynamic content display.

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24 Lessons

Certificate of Completion

Gain insights into using the TMDB API for retrieving movie/TV data, exploring production details, and discovering its integration into a React app for dynamic content display.

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Course Overview

The Movie Database (TMDB) is a popular crowdsourced database for movies and TV shows. TMDB’s API enables us to incorporate functions, that are usually reserved for leading movie-related websites, into our application. This course is a hands-on guide on using the TMDB API to retrieve data related to movies and television shows. You’ll look up essential production data, such as title, release date, cast, and crew, and associated media files (trailer videos and stills). You’ll also pull reviews and associat...Show More

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Api Integration

React.js

What You'll Learn

The ability to find any item on TMDB using TMDB API's search, find, and discover methods

An understanding of how to get a list of recommended and similar movies or TV shows using TMDB API

The ability to get the trending, top-rated, and popular movies or TV shows using TMDB API

A working knowledge of how to fetch information about the cast and crew of movies or TV shows

Hands-on experience integrating TMDB endpoints into a React application

What You'll Learn

The ability to find any item on TMDB using TMDB API's search, find, and discover methods

Course Content

Introduction

Get familiar with integrating the TMDB API, from setup to accessing movie data.

About the Course

Introduction to The Movie Database API

Set Up the Credentials

Movies

Walk through retrieving movie details, cast, images, reviews, ratings, and recommendations.

Primary Movie Details Movie Cast and Crew Movie Images and Videos Movie Suggestions Hit Movies Latest and Upcoming Movies

TV Shows

Go hands-on with retrieving, recommending, and accessing comprehensive details for TV shows.

Primary TV Show Details TV Show Cast, Images and Videos TV Show Suggestions Hit TV Shows Latest and Upcoming TV Shows

People

Apply your skills to fetch detailed information and access trending and latest persons in TMDB.

Person Details Famous Persons

Finding Movies or TV Data

Map out the steps for finding and filtering movies or TV data using TMDB methods.

Find and Search Methods Discover Method: Movies Discover Method: TV

APIs Integration in React

1 Lesson

Tackle API integration in React for movie exploration and optimized data retrieval.

Conclusion

1 Lesson

Build on foundational knowledge of integrating The Movie Database API into web applications.

Appendix

3 Lessons

Get familiar with TMDB API configurations, useful IDs, and input/output details for seamless integration.

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