🎬Movix — React Movie App

Movix is a modern, responsive React app that displays movies fetched from an external API with the help of Appwrite as the backend service. Users can explore trending, popular, and upcoming movies in a clean, dynamic UI.

🔗 Live Demo: https://your-deployed-site-link.com

🚀 Features 🎞️ Fetches and displays real-time movie data using Appwrite 🔍 Search and filter through movies ⚡ Fast, responsive UI built with React + Tailwind CSS 🧠 Uses Appwrite for backend API management and secure fetching 💾 Optional favorite/watchlist feature

🧰 Tech Stack Category Tools / Libraries Frontend React.js Backend Appwrite Styling Tailwind CSS API Source Appwrite Functions / Movie API (e.g. TMDB) Deployment Vercel

⚙️ Getting Started 1️⃣ Clone the repository git clone https://github.com/keliaa1/movix.git cd movix

2️⃣ Install dependencies npm install

3️⃣ Add environment variables

Create a .env file in your project root:

VITE_APPWRITE_ENDPOINT=https://cloud.appwrite.io/v1 VITE_APPWRITE_PROJECT_ID=your_project_id VITE_APPWRITE_API_KEY=your_api_key VITE_MOVIE_API_URL=https://api.themoviedb.org/3 VITE_MOVIE_API_KEY=your_movie_api_key

4️⃣ Run locally npm run dev

Then open http://localhost:5173/ in your browser.

🧠 How It Works

The app connects to Appwrite which handles API calls and securely fetches movie data from an external source (like TMDB). This keeps your API keys safe and allows backend logic control.

Example:

import { Client, Functions } from "appwrite";

const client = new Client() .setEndpoint(import.meta.env.VITE_APPWRITE_ENDPOINT) .setProject(import.meta.env.VITE_APPWRITE_PROJECT_ID);

const functions = new Functions(client);

export const getMovies = async () => { const response = await functions.createExecution('fetchMovies'); return JSON.parse(response.response); };

📸 Preview Home Page Movie Details

💡 Future Improvements 🔐 User authentication (login/signup with Appwrite Auth) 💬 Reviews and ratings 🔁 Pagination or infinite scroll 🧾 Personalized recommendations 👩‍💻 Author

Kelia Simbi Frontend Developer 📫 simbikelia@gmail.com

🪪 License Licensed under the MIT License — free to use and modify.