What is MovieMoose?

MovieMoose is an open-source extension for Chrome. Find out more about your favourite movies, TV shows and actors whilst streaming on Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon Prime Video, or wherever and whenever you want! MovieMoose is powered by the TMDB API.

Languages and Frameworks

MovieMoose is a Manifest V3 Chrome extension built using TypeScript and Svelte.

How to Run Locally

.env file

1. MovieMoose uses version 3 of the TMDB API to retrieve metadata on movies, TV shows and actors. To be able to query the API you will need a bearer token. Instructions on how to do this can be found at https://developers.themoviedb.org/3/getting-started/authentication#bearer-token.

2. Create a new .env file within ./service-worker containing:

TMDB_API_AUTH_TOKEN="YOUR_BEARER_TOKEN"

Please note: The .env file has been added to .gitignore to be ignored in commits.

Build the Extension

1. Within a terminal, run cd ./movie-moose so you are within the extension directory
2. Run npm install within popup and service-worker to install the dependencies
3. Run make to build the extension

Install the Extension

You should now be able to see the directory ./dist that was created when you ran make.

1. Within Chrome, navigate to chrome://extensions/ and in the top right, enable Developer mode.
2. On the top left, click Load unpacked and select ./movie-moose/dist.

MovieMoose should now be installed!