User Guide
This tool allows you to search for award winners from Academy Awards, Golden Globe Awards, BAFTA Awards, and Emmy Awards. It fetches data from Wikipedia and TMDB to provide winner details, including posters, overviews, and ratings.
Inputs:
- Award Type: Select the award type (Academy, Golden Globe, BAFTA, Emmy).
- Year: Choose the year from the dropdown.
- Category: Select a specific category or "All Major Categories" to see winners across all defined major categories for the year.
- Search Button: Click to fetch results or press Enter in selects.
Features:
- Click Title: Opens the title's IMDb page.
- Printer Icon: Prints a formatted report of the results.
- X Icon: Redirects to the index page (index.html).
- Ratings: Displays IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes ratings.
- Watch Trailer: Plays the official trailer in a modal popup (from YouTube via TMDB).
- Where To Watch: Opens a modal with streaming/buy options (from Watchmode API).
- 🔊 Icon: Uses browser text-to-speech to read aloud the overview or biography. Click or press Enter/Space on the icon.
Tips & Troubleshooting:
- Use the "All Major Categories" for a comprehensive view of the year's winners.
- If no results, the category might not have a winner that year or data is unavailable.
- Results are limited to English content.
- If errors occur, check your internet or try again—API rate limits may apply.
- For best performance, use a modern browser like Chrome or Firefox.
For more on APIs used: TMDB, OMDB, Watchmode.