def get(self):
p = PageFormView() # create an instance of PageFormView
#input format is 'type', 'name/value', 'placeholder'
p.inputs = [['text', 'search', 'Find a Movie'], ['submit', 'Search']] # create the form inputs
self.response.write(p.compile_view()) # compile the initial page load
if self.request.GET: # if the GET method is called
if 'search' in self.request.GET: # check the url for a 'search' parameter
try: # if search was found, try the following
mm = MovieModel() # create an instance of MovieModel
mm.search = self.request.GET['search'] # set the MovieModel search attribute the the search value
mm.get_list() # call the get_list method from MovieModel
mv = MovieView() # create an instance of MovieView
mv.mdo = mm.dos # set the MovieView mdo (movie data object) to the value of MovieModel dos (data objects)
self.response.write(mv.list_content) # write the results of calling the MovieView list_content method
except: # otherwise
if not self.request.GET['search']: # if a value for search is not found in the url
self.response.write(p.error1) # tell the user they can't submit blanks
else: # otherwise
self.response.write(p.error2) # tell the user that their search was unsuccessful
elif 'i' in self.request.GET: # otherwise, if the parameter 'i' is found in the url
try: # try the following
mm = MovieModel() # create an instance of MovieModel
mm.id = self.request.GET['i'] # set the MovieModel id to the value of the url parameter 'i'
mm.get_movie() # call the MovieModel get_movie method
mv = MovieView() # create an instance of MovieView
mv.md = mm.movie_data # set the MovieView md (movie data) to the MovieModel movie_data
self.response.write(mv.movie_content) # write the MovieView movie_content to the page
except: # otherwise
self.response.write(p.error2) # tell the user that their search was unsuccessful
else: # otherwise
self.response.write(p.error2) # tell the user that their search was unsuccessful
