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OMDb-Discord-Bot

Discord bot for retrieving movie/series information from the Open Movie Databse (OMDb). Search by title or IMDb ID (e.g. tt0133093).

The bot provides the following information (if available):

Prerequisites

A Discord account, privilege to invite the bot to a server (e.g. your Discord server).
Python installed.

Clone the repo.

$ git clone https://github.com/jet76/OMDb-Discord-Bot.git

Install the requirements.
```
$ pip install -r requirements.txt
```
Visit OMDb API and request an API key. After you receive your OMDb API Key, copy-paste it into .env and save the file.
Proceed to the Discord Developer Portal and create a new Application.
- In the application's settings, click 'Bot' then 'Add Bot' to create a bot user.
- Locate the 'Build-A-Bot' section and click the 'COPY' button underneath 'TOKEN' then paste the bot token into .env and save the file.
- In the aplication's settings, click 'OAuth2, then under 'Scopes' check the box for 'bot' and click the 'Copy' button to copy the authorization url.
- Open your web browser, proceed to the authorization url, and authorize the bot. The bot should now show as a (offline) member of the server.
Run the bot.
```
$ python3 ombd_bot
```
The console should display
```
Logged in as
YOUR BOT NAME
YOUR BOT ID
```
The bot should also appear as online in the Discord server.
Use the !omdb command to search for movies/series by title e.g. !omdb The Matrix or IMDb ID e.g. !omdb tt0133093.

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