psithanant / wd-ajax-hero

Making Ajax calls to the OMDb API and update the DOM

Ajax Hero

In this exercise, you're tasked with extending a web application to make Ajax calls to the OMDb API and update the DOM. To get started, fork and clone this repository.

Search

The web application should allow the user to browse movies by search keywords.

More specifically, you'll need to extend the existing JavaScript with the following behavior.

• Listen for submissions on the search form. Remember to prevent the default action.
• Validate the user input is not blank.
• Clear the previous search results.
• Send an HTTP request to the OMDB API search endpoint.
• Handle the HTTP response by pushing a new, well-formed movie object into the global movies array.
• Render the movies array to the page by calling the renderMovies() function with no arguments.

Each well-formed movie object in the movies array must have the following key-value pairs.

Key	Value
id	The movie's unique imdb ID number.
poster	The URL to the movie's poster image
title	The title of the movie.
year	The year of the movie's release.

Bonus

The web application should also allow the user to view a movie's full plot by clicking on the "Plot Synopsis".

While the application is handling the first HTTP response, you'll need to extend your JavaScript with the following behavior.

• Use the movie's unique imdb ID to send an HTTP request to the OMDB API id endpoint.
• Handle the HTTP response by pushing a new, well-formed JavaScript object into the global movies array.
• Render the movies array to the page by calling the renderMovies() function with no arguments.

Each well-formed movie object in the movies array must have the following additional key-value pairs.

Key	Value
plot	The movie's full plot