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Robert Torres
Robert Torres
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Posted by Robert Torres
Robert Torres
2,736 Points

Anyone know how I would get a random movie search on a button click for Omdb Api? Using Jquery

Just trying to get random movies from omdb api every time I click the button.

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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,007 Points

The OMDB API doesn't have a "random" function.

Every request is required to contain at least one of these three items: a title, an IMDB movie ID, or a search term. I suppose you could keep your own list of one of these three things and randomly pick one to show, but your "randomness" would be limited to the items you had previously chosen for your list.

You might send Brian a suggestion to add such a feature (perhaps along with a donation!).

By the way, due to increasingly heavy traffic, OMDB will be going private soon. But at least for now, a patron level of just $1/month will keep you connected. See the OMDB Patreon page for details.