Hi everyone,
I ran across an unusual error and couldn’t figure it out even when I checked the walkthrough video and some forum samples.
As far as I understand it cannot identify the movie parameter for getMovieInfo() and later at showRandomMovie() where we call for the former function.
I literally have no idea, after hours it seems like it must be working by now.
Please, let me know if you have any ideas. The code is attached
const tmdbKey = "2997223a0c999f35593076ba6f5994c0";
const tmdbBaseUrl = "https://api.themoviedb.org/3";
const playBtn = document.getElementById("playBtn");
// Populate a drop-down menu with genres
const getGenres = async () => {
const genreRequestEndpoint = "/genre/movie/list";
const requestParams = `?api_key=${tmdbKey}`;
const urlToFetch = `${tmdbBaseUrl}${genreRequestEndpoint}${requestParams}`;
try {
const response = await fetch(urlToFetch);
if (response.ok) {
const jsonResponse = await response.json();
const genres = jsonResponse.genres;
return genres;
}
} catch (error) {
console.log(error);
}
};
// getGenres();
// Get a random movies list
const getMovies = async () => {
const selectedGenre = getSelectedGenre();
const discoverMovieEndpoint = "/discover/movie";
const requestParams = `?api_key=${tmdbKey}&with_genres=${selectedGenre}`;
const urlToFetch = `${tmdbBaseUrl}${discoverMovieEndpoint}${requestParams}`;
try {
const response = await fetch(urlToFetch);
if (response.ok) {
const jsonResponse = await response.json();
const movies = jsonResponse.results;
return movies;
}
} catch (error) {
console.log(error);
}
};
// getMovies();
// Get movie info
const getMovieInfo = async (movie) => {
const movieId = movie.id;
const movieEndpoint = `/movie/${movieId}`;
const requestParams = `?api_key=${tmdbKey}`;
const urlToFetch = `${tmdbBaseUrl}${movieEndpoint}${requestParams}`;
try {
const response = await fetch(urlToFetch);
if (response.ok) {
const movieInfo = await response.json();
return movieInfo;
}
} catch (error) {
console.log(error);
}
};
// Get a list of movies and ultimately display the info of a random movie from the list
const showRandomMovie = async () => {
const movieInfo = document.getElementById("movieInfo");
if (movieInfo.childNodes.length > 0) {
clearCurrentMovie();
}
const movies = await getMovies;
const randomMovie = getRandomMovie(movies);
const info = await getMovieInfo(randomMovie);
displayMovie(info);
};
getGenres().then(populateGenreDropdown);
playBtn.onclick = showRandomMovie;