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JavaScript

Trying to retrieve information from the OMDb API

Hi there,

After completing the AJAX Basics course, Dave recommended to reinforce my learning by trying to retrieve information from the OMDb API (http://www.omdbapi.com/). Here is my code:

index.php

    <form>
      <label for="search">Type a search term</label>
      <input type="search" name="search" id="search">
      <input type="submit" value="Search" id="submit">
    </form>

    <div id="details">

    </div>
$('form').submit(function (e) {
    e.preventDefault();

    var searchInput = $('#search');
    var searchTerm = searchInput.val();
    var submitButton = $('#submit');

    submitButton.prop('disabled', true).val("Loading");
    searchInput.prop('disabled', true);

     // the AJAX part
     var movieAPI = "http://www.omdbapi.com/?";
     var movieOptions = {
         s: searchTerm
     };
     function displayMovies(data) {
         if($.isEmptyObject(data)) {
             $('#details').html('<p>' + searchTerm + 'is not a valid search term! </p>');
             submitButton.prop('disabled', false).val("Search");
       searchInput.prop('disabled', false);
         } else {
             var listHTML = '<ul>';
             $.each(data.search, function(i,movie) {
                 listHTML += '<p>' + movie.Title + '</p>'
             }); // end each
             listHTML += '</ul>';
             $('#details').html(listHTML);
             submitButton.prop('disabled', false).val("Search");
       searchInput.prop('disabled', false);
         }
     }
     $.getJSON(movieAPI, movieOptions, displayMovies);
 }); // end click

When I submit the form, the GET request is successful. However nothing is displayed in the div? Where am I going wrong in my logic?

Thanks, James.

2 Answers

Glad you learned the lesson on case-sensitivity! Can't tell you how many times I was stumped with my code when I was first learning..ha!

Change the <p> tags to <li> in the loop.

Turns out JavaScript is unforgiving with case-sensitivity. Turns out it was because 'search' should be 'Search'!