added better error handling to movie search

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Edward Tirado Jr 2025-06-30 15:35:39 -05:00
parent b25f5c66e1
commit 9dce0f1ec4

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@ -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)