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Overview:

This Movie Search Site is designed to make it easy for users to find information on any film they are interested in. Whether a user is searching for a specific title or exploring popular movies, the site delivers detailed information on each film, including plot summaries, release dates, ratings, and more. The site uses APIs to fetch data from external movie databases, ensuring that users always have access to up-to-date information.

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Key Features:

1. Movie Search Functionality:
   • Users can search for any movie by entering a title in the search bar. The site fetches data from external APIs, returning movie results with posters, titles, and release years. This makes it easy for users to discover movies quickly​.
2. Detailed Movie Information:
   • Each movie has a dedicated detail page that provides users with comprehensive information, including the movie’s plot, release date, rating, director, actors, genre, and runtime.
3. Popular Movie Listings:
   • In addition to search results, the homepage displays a list of the latest popular movies. Users can browse through these trending films, with each movie card showing its poster, release date, and rating.
4. Responsive Design:
   • The site uses Bootstrap to ensure a responsive layout, making it fully accessible and user-friendly across devices, including desktops, tablets, and smartphones​.
5. AWS Integration for Scalability:
   • AWS Elastic Beanstalk is used to host and manage the site’s deployment. Elastic Beanstalk automatically handles infrastructure provisioning, load balancing, and scaling, allowing the site to grow as traffic increases.
6. CI/CD Pipeline:
   • With AWS CodePipeline, the project implements continuous integration and deployment, allowing updates to be pushed automatically from GitHub to production.

Tech Stack:

1. Backend: Flask (Python)
   • Flask is used to handle the back-end logic, managing the search functionality, API requests, and routing for the movie detail pages.
2. APIs: OMDb API and TMDb API
   • The site integrates with OMDb and TMDb to fetch real-time movie data. These APIs provide a wealth of information, including posters, ratings, release dates, and more, ensuring users always receive accurate and up-to-date results.
3. Frontend: HTML, CSS, Bootstrap
   • The front end of the site is built with HTML and CSS for structure and design, and Bootstrap ensures the site is responsive and user-friendly. The clean layout is intuitive and helps users easily find what they’re looking for.
4. AWS Elastic Beanstalk:
   • AWS Elastic Beanstalk automates the deployment of the application, handling everything from infrastructure setup to load balancing and scaling. This managed service allows developers to focus on coding without worrying about the underlying infrastructure. As the application grows, Elastic Beanstalk automatically scales resources to meet demand.
5. AWS CodePipeline:
   • CodePipeline is integrated into the project to enable a CI/CD workflow. Each time a developer pushes changes to the code repository, CodePipeline triggers an automated build, test, and deployment process.

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• GitHub