TMDB Movie Browser - Roku Channel

A simple Roku channel that displays popular movies from The Movie Database (TMDB) using sgrouter for navigation and promises-based API calls.

Features

• Browse popular movies from TMDB
• View movie details
• Router-based scene navigation
• Simple promise-like API integration

Setup

1. Get a free API key from themoviedb.org
2. Replace YOUR_TMDB_API_KEY_HERE in source/scenes/MainScene.brs with your actual API key
3. Package the channel and deploy to your Roku device

Project Structure

roku-tmdb-test/
├── manifest                    # Channel configuration
├── source/
│   ├── main.brs               # Entry point
│   ├── router.brs             # sgrouter implementation
│   ├── scenes/
│   │   ├── MainScene.xml      # Main scene UI
│   │   └── MainScene.brs      # Main scene logic
│   └── api/
│       └── tmdbAPI.brs        # TMDB API integration
└── README.md                   # This file

Dependencies

• Roku SceneGraph SDK
• sgrouter for routing
• TMDB API

Installation

Use the Roku Developer Portal to sideload this channel to your Roku device.

API Functions

getTMDBPopularMovies(apiKey, pageNum)

Fetches popular movies from TMDB.

getTMDBMovieDetails(apiKey, movieId)

Fetches detailed information about a specific movie.

searchTMDBMovies(apiKey, query)

Searches for movies by title.

License

MIT