Python movie API tutorial

export AMODB_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"

python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install requests

import os
import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://api.amodb.dev/3/search/movie",
    params={"query": "fight club", "language": "en-US"},
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['AMODB_KEY']}"},
    timeout=10,
)
print(res.status_code, res.json()["results"][0]["id"])

params = {"language": "en-US", "append_to_response": "credits,ratings"}
movie = session.get(f"{BASE}/movie/{movie_id}", params=params, timeout=10).json()
imdb = (movie.get("ratings") or {}).get("imdb")

for attempt in range(3):
    res = session.get(url, params=params, timeout=10)
    if res.status_code != 429 or attempt == 2:
        break
    time.sleep(min(int(res.headers.get("Retry-After", "1")), 30))

import hashlib
import json
import os
import sys
import time
from pathlib import Path

import requests

BASE = "https://api.amodb.dev/3"
POSTER = "https://img.amodb.dev/t/p/w342"
CACHE_DIR = Path.home() / ".cache" / "amodb-movie-cli"
SEARCH_TTL = 10 * 60
DETAILS_TTL = 6 * 60 * 60


class ApiError(Exception):
    pass


def error_message(res):
    try:
        return res.json()["status_message"]
    except (ValueError, KeyError):
        return res.reason


def get(session, path, params, ttl):
    CACHE_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
    stamp = f"{path}?{json.dumps(params, sort_keys=True)}"
    cache_file = CACHE_DIR / (hashlib.sha256(stamp.encode()).hexdigest() + ".json")
    if cache_file.exists() and time.time() - cache_file.stat().st_mtime < ttl:
        return json.loads(cache_file.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))

    for attempt in range(3):
        try:
            res = session.get(BASE + path, params=params, timeout=10)
        except requests.RequestException as exc:
            raise ApiError(f"network error: {exc}") from exc
        if res.status_code != 429 or attempt == 2:
            break
        time.sleep(min(int(res.headers.get("Retry-After", "1")), 30))

    if res.status_code == 401:
        raise ApiError("401: the key is invalid or suspended. Check AMODB_KEY.")
    if res.status_code != 200:
        raise ApiError(f"{res.status_code}: {error_message(res)}")
    cache_file.write_text(res.text, encoding="utf-8")
    return res.json()


def search_movie(session, title):
    data = get(session, "/search/movie", {"query": title, "language": "en-US"}, SEARCH_TTL)
    if not data["results"]:
        raise ApiError(f"no movie found for {title!r}")
    return data["results"][0]["id"]


def movie_details(session, movie_id):
    params = {"language": "en-US", "append_to_response": "credits,ratings"}
    return get(session, f"/movie/{movie_id}", params, DETAILS_TTL)


def print_card(movie):
    year = (movie.get("release_date") or "")[:4] or "unknown year"
    genres = ", ".join(g["name"] for g in movie["genres"])
    cast = ", ".join(p["name"] for p in movie["credits"]["cast"][:3])
    imdb = (movie.get("ratings") or {}).get("imdb")
    print(f"{movie['title']} ({year}), {movie.get('runtime') or '?'} min")
    print(f"Genres: {genres or 'none listed'}")
    print(f"Cast: {cast or 'none listed'}")
    print(f"IMDb: {imdb['value']} ({imdb['votes']} votes)" if imdb else "IMDb: not known")
    if movie.get("poster_path"):
        print(f"Poster: {POSTER}{movie['poster_path']}")
    print(movie.get("overview") or "No overview in this language.")


def main():
    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
        sys.exit('Usage: python movie.py "fight club"')
    key = os.environ.get("AMODB_KEY")
    if not key:
        sys.exit("Set AMODB_KEY first.")
    session = requests.Session()
    session.headers["Authorization"] = f"Bearer {key}"
    try:
        movie_id = search_movie(session, " ".join(sys.argv[1:]))
        print_card(movie_details(session, movie_id))
    except ApiError as exc:
        sys.exit(f"error: {exc}")


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()