Update app.py

app.py

@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ similarity_matrix = cosine_similarity(embeddings)
 # Fetch movie poster
 # ---------------------------
 
-import os
 
 def fetch_poster(movie_title):
 
@@ -80,27 +79,31 @@ def fetch_poster(movie_title):
     if not api_key:
         return None
 
-    movie_title = movie_title.replace(" ", "%20")
-
     url = f"https://api.themoviedb.org/3/search/movie?api_key={api_key}&query={movie_title}"
 
     try:
-        response = requests.get(url)
+        response = requests.get(url, timeout=5)
+
+        if response.status_code != 200:
+            return None
+
         data = response.json()
 
-        # Safe check
-        if "results" in data and len(data["results"]) > 0:
+        # Safe validation
+        results = data.get("results", [])
 
-            poster_path = data["results"][0].get("poster_path")
+        if len(results) == 0:
+            return None
 
-            if poster_path:
-                return "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/" + poster_path
+        poster_path = results[0].get("poster_path")
 
-        return None
+        if not poster_path:
+            return None
 
-    except:
-        return None
+        return f"https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/{poster_path}"
 
+    except Exception as e:
+        return None
 
 # ---------------------------
 # Recommendation function