Movie Search API

Introduction

The Movie Search project provide an API for searching movies. It offers a functionality to search for movies and retrieve detailed information about them.

Components

• API: Handles HTTP requests and interacts with other services.
• Elasticsearch: Contains information about top 1000 imdb movies.
• Redis: Caches requested data.
• RapidAPI: Integrates with rapidapi's movie search api.

Prerequisites

Ensure you have the following dependencies installed:

• Docker
• Kubernetes (for deployment)

Setup

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/TheFeij/Movie-Search-API
   

2. Navigate to the project directory:

   cd Movie_Search_API
   

3. Start Docker containers:

   docker-compose up
   

4. Deploy Kubernetes resources:

   kubectl apply -f kubernetes/
   

Usage

• Access the API at http://localhost:8080 when using docker compose.
• When deployed with Kubernetes, access the API using the Kubernetes cluster IP and port 30000.
• Use the /search endpoint to search for movies.

Example Queries:

1. Search your queries:
   • Endpoint: /search?query=avatar
   • This query will return movies and series related to "avatar"

Development

• To run tests, use make test.
• Check individual component directories for specific test instructions.
• To generate and view the Go documentation, run make godoc and access it at http://localhost:6060.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to open issues or pull requests.