Random (Netflix) Episode

A React website that generates and links a random Netflix episode of the series of your choice, thereby eliminating indecision paralysis.

How to try it

The app is now live and you can use it at: randomnetflix.com

Technologies

React.js, JSX, JavaScript, MovieDB API

Milestones

• Feb 19: Choose idea
• Feb 20: Wireframes
• Feb 25: Episode component
• Feb 26: Watch + New Episode button
• Mar 1: Stretch goal: integrate with MovieDB and pull episode data like Img
• Mar 3: Launched live: https://random-ep.herokuapp.com/
• Stretch goal 2: re-factor to support other shows and add an index page
• Stretch goal 3: launch other shows to production

Available Scripts

• yarn or yarn install to install all requires dependencies locally
• yarn start: Runs the app in the development mode.
  • Open http://localhost:3000 to view it in the browser.
• yarn build: Builds the app for production to the build folder.
  
  • It correctly bundles React in production mode and optimizes the build for the best performance.
  • The build is minified and the filenames include the hashes.
    
  • Your app is ready to be deployed!
  • See the section about deployment for more information.

Required ENV variables

• REACT_APP_MOVIEDB_KEY: To use the MovieDB API

Credits

• The concept for finding the URL for the episode on netflix was inspired by blog article
• This project was bootstrapped with Create React App

Other shows to add (by request)

• The Office
• How I met your mother
• Gilmore Girls
• Parks and Rec