API EXAMPLE - Fetch Your Top 5 Favorite Movies with Joomla! 4.x Web Services and OMDb Movie Api

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Hello Super Joomlers!

Today we are trying OMDb Movie Api. Mashing up Joomla! Web Services with OMDb The Open Movie Database Api
Fetch your favorite movies and turn them into a Joomla! article. Don't forget to delete the articles when you see the demo working as expected.
Our intention here is not to scrape the whole internet but to showcase what is possible with Joomla! Web Services mashup.
You can now do all that using a single self-contained php script in about 300loc.

Here is the screenshot of the result:

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  • About the author:

    Hi! Alex here,

    Joomla Developer since 2009, focused on Web Services since 2017,

    first in Joomla! 3 with jBackend and com_api

    More recently Web Services in Joomla! 4.x core.

    I like paperback format books, challenging projects and defensive cybersecurity "Blue Team".

    That's all for now. Have a delightful day.