mvw 0.4.3

CLI commands to catalogue all your movie reviews

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Fastfetch inspired movie reviews Catalogue your own movie review inside your terminal. pipx install mvw

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╚═══╝    F: Psst.. his name is MOAI (nice to meet u)                                     

Interactive

Default usage where you will get to experience the full experience of MVW. You will get to search, rate, review and also save your review. Every reviews will be saved in your local machine!

List

You will get to see every past reviews that you had done in a simple interface supported by iterfzf) which uses the "Fuzzy Search"

Config

Everything that you can see in the config list can be configurable. From the poster_width, theme, your name, and even worldwide-boxoffice feature

Theme

NOTE: Most modern browser supports nerdfont icons in svg, you just need to choose nerdfont as default in the settings. You can see svg below if it is supported.

• Gruvbox (The Default Theme)

• Catppuccin

• Nord

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Features

Features	Notes
Auto fetch movie data	Uses OMDb API behind the hood to fetch movie data fast
Search movies	Just give the movie title or imdbid to fetch the movie (no more EXACT)
Menu	List every accessible feature when selected after mvw list
Change poster	Change the default poster after fetch
Pixelated poster	Unique way to view the poster (fully intentional)
Transparent support	Transparent background from png or webp are supported
Configurable poster size	Can change the poster width
Review history	All review are saved in a database
Autocomplete	Provided by the Typer library
Themes	Gruvbox, Catppuccin, Nord
Save Review	The review can be saved in svg format with the theme
Worldwide Boxoffice	Use webscrap tech to find the global box office
Half-star Rating	Support 0.5 star rating
Review Editor	Use default editor to edit review
Caching Poster	No need to download the poster everytime fetching
Easy update	When searching same movie, will use past review
Reset Config	Default to the factory setting with single command
Moai help	Fun gimmick to help you in the process (can be hide dont worry)

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Motivation

I have a deep interest in TUI/CLI and also movie in general. I also have a vault in Obsidian where I catalogue movies that I watch but you know how it goes.. (Legend says that it was still there waiting for me :D) At first, as someone like me whose personality (TUI + Movie) will obviously create a movie player that does everything (find, torrent, play, and done) which has already been done so many times. So instead I just want to make something different and that's where I (finally) remember about my Obsidian movie catalogue. Then the code begins..

And also, I just want to learn new things :)

Can check my personal blog for more info -> here

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Installation

Method	Command
pipx (recommended)	pipx install mvw
uv	uv tool install mvw
pip	pip install mvw

NOTE: This CLI require a nerdfont to have the icon fully showed --> This repo seems legit way to install nerdfont but its up to you how to install, google it, you got this! --> Also, If you are on Windows, don't forget to set nerdfont as default font in the settings.

Usage

mvw

CLI

# Configure
mvw config -h

# All configure settings
mvw config --api-key "OMDB API key"       # Required
mvw config --name "Name"                  # Optional
mvw config --poster-width 30
mvw config --theme "gruvbox"
mvw config --moai                         # Toggle
mvw config --review                       # Toggle
mvw config --worldwide-boxoffice          # Toggle
mvw config --hide-key                     # Toggle
mvw config --reset                        # Toggle

# List all reviewed movies
mvw list

# Change the poster
mvw poster --id "ttxxxxxx" "poster_path"
mvd poster --title "Inception" "poster_path"

# Preview the reviewed movies
mvw preview --id "ttxxxxxx"
mvd preview --title "Inception"

# Delete the reviewed movies
mvw delete --id "ttxxxxxx"
mvd delete --title "Inception"

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Configuration

Settings are automatically configured using mvw config

FAQ

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╚═══╝     F: Just for fun i guess

Why does the poster pixelated?

During the early build of the project, I could not figure out a way to pipe a kitty image into the iterfzf preview section. It took a long time to process so I try another method which is using rich_pixel library which supports rich and also works on every OS. As of now, thats what I could think of to solve it. TLDR: you can think it as the intended style

Why do I need to register an API key?

Short answer: It's easier for me to implement and it's very fast!

Long answer: During the early build, I tried to use an API from TMDb, however I found that the registering process are quite intimidating. Then, I found OMDb (which is almost the same as TMDb but easier API key registration). Later down the road, I also tried a no-API-key path Cinemagoer. However, I couldn't (as of now) make it work yet. Naybe in the future, another non-API option will arise?!

Who is MOAI?

It is just a console.print that I decided to add a face. I choose Moai because, the emoji 🗿 is just too perfect and one of my friends has used it during the phonk era (a lot). The emoji name is also MOAI so I thought why not just MO(AI) it. Same to LLM in Ollama, just too good to not use.

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Inspiration

mvw is built with Typer + iterfzf and inspired by:

• fastfetch - Visual system information Display.

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License

GPL-3.0