InstaFlix - 'Tinder/Instagram' for Netflix 🍿

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.

Installation

1. Install Requirements

   $ pip3 install -r requirements.txt (Python 3)

2. Obtain an API Key for OMDB, Google, and Facebook. Set the keys as an environment variable Using the following format for macOS and Linux Distributions:

   export KEY=value
   export GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID
   export GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET=GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET
   export FB_CLIENT_ID=FB_CLIENT_ID
   export FB_CLIENT_SECRETD=FB_CLIENT_SECRET
   export api_key=api_key
   
   

   and add them with the following format KEY = environ.get("value")

   If you are ever adding your own code to GitHub and choose to use a .env file, make sure it's listed under a .gitignore file. Therefore, it doesn't accidently get published to GitHub!=

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

Usage

To launch the app:

$ python application.py or python3 application.py

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

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

Special Thanks

• Harshi Starter Code - She originally came up with the idea, I added more features.
• 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
• Facebook API - Documentation on how to setup Facebook Login API
• Google API - Documentation on how to setup Google Login API

Learn More

• 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 files - A step-by-step guide on how to hide your API keys

License

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

Agile Board

• InstaFlix Trello Agile Board

Features Added

• Google Authentication
• Facebook Authentication
• Database to keep track of users
• Social profile icon on dashboard

Future Features Currently Working On

• Watch trailers
• Allow adding friends
• Show movies your friends both liked. To watch together.
• Filter movies by category
• Add liked moves to be saved to database for future reference
• Allow updating of profile picture
• Dockerize this project