Description

IMDb (an initialism for Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including personal biographies, plot summaries, ratings, and fan and critical reviews.

Key Features

• Movie Search: Quickly search for movies by title or category.
• Movie Discovery: Explore new movies based on popular genres, ratings, and recommendations.
• Reviews: Leave reviews for movies you’ve watched and see what other users think.
• Movie Ratings: Rate movies using a 1 to 10-star system.
• Categories: Movies are organized into categories such as action, comedy, drama, horror, science fiction, and more.
• User-Friendly Interface: An easy-to-use design for a pleasant experience on all devices.
• See Other User Reviews: Check out what other users have said about movies with their detailed reviews and ratings.

Technologies Used

• Frontend: Angular
• Backend: Laravel (PHP)
• Database: MySQL
• Authentication: Laravel Sanctum
• Movie API: The Movie Database (TMDb)
• WebSockets: Pusher
• Testing:
  • Unit Testing: PHPUnit
  • Integration Testing: PHPUnit
  • End-to-end Testing: Playwright
  • Performance Testing: k6

Prerequisites

• PHP
• Composer
• XAMPP
• ZIP Extension for XAMPP (activated from php.ini)
• Node.js
• Angular CLI
• MySQL

Backend Setup

git clone https://github.com/7uddy/IMDB.git
cd IMDB
cd backend
composer install

Configure the .env file

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=imdb
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=

TMDB_API_KEY=your_tmdb_api_key
BROADCAST_CONNECTION=pusher
BROADCAST_DRIVER=pusher
PUSHER_APP_ID=your_id
PUSHER_APP_KEY=your_key
PUSHER_APP_SECRET=your_secret
PUSHER_APP_CLUSTER=your_cluster

Run migrations

php artisan migrate

Change authentication

The authentication need to be updated to check Bearer token from requests by default. For this, handle function from Authenticate (from Backend\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Auth\Middleware\Authenticate.php) has to be overwritten like this:

public function handle($request, Closure $next, ...$guards)
    {
        if($jwt=$request->cookie('jwt')){
            $request->headers->set('Authorization', 'Bearer '.$jwt);
        }
        $this->authenticate($request, $guards);

        return $next($request);
    }

Start the Laravel server

php artisan serve

Frontend Setup

cd frontend
npm install
ng serve

System Architectural Diagram

Photos with Desktop layout

Photos with Mobile layout