ballerinax/themoviedb Ballerina library

Overview

The The Movie Database (TMDB) API v3 connector(https://www.themoviedb.org/documentation/api) OpenAPI specification.

The Movie Database (TMDB) API provide data about movies and tv shows around the world.

Key Features

• Programmatic access to create and manage resources via REST API
• Manage user accounts and profiles
• Secure authentication with API key or OAuth support

Prerequisites

Before using this connector in your Ballerina application, complete the following:

• Create TMDB Account
• Obtaining tokens
  1. Log into TMDB Account
  2. Click the Settings
  3. Click the API tab in the left sidebar
  4. Click Create or click here on the API page

Quickstart

Step 1: Import connector

Import the ballerinax/themoviedb module into the Ballerina project.

import ballerinax/themoviedb;

Step 2: Create a new connector instance

themoviedb:ApiKeysConfig config = {
        apiKey : "<your appid>"
}

themoviedb:Client myclient = check new themoviedb:Client(config);

Step 3: Invoke connector operation

1. You can get list of upcoming movies as follows with getUpcomingMovies method. Successful creation returns the created GetUpcomingMoviesResponse and the error cases returns an error object.

   themoviedb:GetUpcomingMoviesResponse result = check myclient->getUpcomingMovies();

2. Use bal run command to compile and run the Ballerina program.