Pick-a-PlexThe Pinnacle Cinema

ExperienceChris Callahan & Randall Reed, Jr.

Flatiron School PresentsAugust 19th, 2014

The Problem● Too many

theaters!● Too many

showtimes!● Too much time to

choose!

APIs“JSON is the lingua franca of the Internet”

Integrating the YouTube API$( '.movie-title' ).on( 'click', function() {

var title = $( this ).text().split( ' ' ).join( '+' );

var that = $( this );

if ( !$( this ).has( 'a' ).length ) {

$.get( 'https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/search?part=snippet' +

'&order=rating&q=' + title + '+Official+Trailer&type=video' +

'&videoDefinition=high&videoEmbeddable=true' +

'&key=<%= ENV["YOUTUBE_API_KEY"] %>', function( data ) {

var slug = data.items[0].id.videoId;

that.append( '<br><a class="iframe" target="_blank"' +

'href="//www.youtube.com/embed/' + slug +

'">Want to see the trailer?</a>' );

});

}});

Performance Enhancements

● Raw SQL query to retrieve all data

sql = <<-SQL SELECT theaters.name, theaters.id, theaters.rating, movies.title, movies.tomatometer,

movies.description, showtimes.time, showtimes.fandango_url, showtimes.three_d FROM theaters JOIN ( SELECT showtimes.theater_id, movies.tomatometer FROM showtimes JOIN movies ON movies.id = showtimes.movie_id WHERE showtimes.theater_id = "#{self.id}" AND showtimes.time > "#{current_time}" GROUP BY showtimes.theater_id, movies.tomatometer ORDER BY movies.tomatometer DESC LIMIT 1 OFFSET 2 ) third_tomatometer ON theaters.id = third_tomatometer.theater_id JOIN showtimes ON showtimes.theater_id = theaters.id JOIN movies ON movies.tomatometer >= third_tomatometer.tomatometer AND movies.id = showtimes.movie_id WHERE showtimes.time > "#{current_time}" ORDER BY movies.tomatometer DESC, movies.title, showtimes.timeSQL ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute(sql)

Performance Enhancements

● Raw SQL query to retrieve all data

● Rake tasks to delete old showtimes and call Rotten Tomatoes API

Performance Enhancements

● Raw SQL query to retrieve all data

● Rake tasks to delete old showtimes and call Rotten Tomatoes API

● Check zip code before loading showtimes

Zip Code Searchclass RequestsController < ApplicationController

def create

# ...

matching_requests = Request.where("zip_code = ? AND created_at > ?",

@request.zip_code, today)

if matching_requests.empty?

@request.save

@request.make_theaters

else

@request = matching_requests.first

end

# ...

end

end

DEMO

Going Forward

● More robust theater rating data

● API caching

● Additional movie info

Thank You@randallocalypse @_c_cal