From 9dce0f1ec4cfc30188df0fea7a2ab28d78ef43d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Edward Tirado Jr." <ed@etdevelopment.net>
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2025 15:35:39 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] added better error handling to movie search

---
 movie_db/views.py | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/movie_db/views.py b/movie_db/views.py
index 602e418..d46540f 100644
--- a/movie_db/views.py
+++ b/movie_db/views.py
@@ -3,10 +3,24 @@ from movie_db.db_providers.omdb import OMDb
 
 
 def omdb_search(request):
+    print("ENTERING MOVIE SEARCH")
     query = request.GET.get("q")
     if not query:
         return JsonResponse({"Error": "Missing query"}, status=400)
 
     search_type = request.GET.get("type")
     omdb = OMDb()
-    return JsonResponse(omdb.search(query, {"type": search_type}), safe=False)
+
+    results = omdb.search(query, {"type": search_type})
+    if "error" in results:
+        return parse_error(results)
+
+    return JsonResponse(results, safe=False)
+
+
+def parse_error(results):
+    error_json = results["error"]
+    if "Error" in error_json and error_json["Error"] == "Movie not found!":
+        return JsonResponse({}, status=404)
+    else:
+        return JsonResponse("Error while searching for movie.", status=500)
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