A Flask app that generates random movie recommendations, with details listed for each title, that a user can swipe through and watch with the click of a button.

📸YouTube Tutorial: https://youtu.be/HZHOhf8EXXc

Since I now have a lot more free time on my hands, I’ve been perusing Netflix more than usual. Despite their vast library, I can never find something to watch, and I don't think I'm alone. So, I wanted to make something that generates completely random recommendations, but still gives the user some information about the title before they watch. So, if someone is stuck in a movie rut, this app can help them branch out and try something new! 🎞

1. Install Flask

   $ pip install flask

2. (Option) Install virtualenv to manage dependencies (only needed for Python 2 uesrs):

   $ pip install virtualenv # only needed for Python 2

3. Obtain an API Key for OMDB, and add to a config.py file using the following format:

   api_key = "YOUR_KEY"
   

   If you are ever adding your own code to GitHub, make sure this config.py file is listed under a .gitignore file so it doesn't accidently get published to GitHub!

4. Download the CSV linked in this Kaggle dataset and name the file catalog.csv. This will store the bulk of our data.

$ python main.py

Once the Flask app is running, navigate to the localhost link provided:

* Running on http://127.0.0.1:5000/ (Press CTRL+C to quit)

• Open Movie Database - Movie data API to fetch movie poster links and IMDB scores
• Kaggle Netflix Dataset - Comprehensive dataset with many Netflix movies/tv shows and their metadata
• Flask Starter Code - A place to get started with Flask code

• Flask Starter Guide - A great starter guide on how to learn Flask
• Flask Tutorial - A more in-depth tutorial on Flask
• About .gitignore and config giles - A step-by-step guide on how to hide your API keys

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details.