lib/ruby-tmdb/tmdb.rb in ruby-tmdb-0.1.1 vs lib/ruby-tmdb/tmdb.rb in ruby-tmdb-0.1.2

@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@
   def self.base_api_url
     "http://api.themoviedb.org/2.1/"
   end
   
   def self.api_call(method, data, language = "en")
+    raise ArgumentError, "Tmdb.api_key must be set before using the API" if(Tmdb.api_key.nil? || Tmdb.api_key.empty?)
     url = Tmdb.base_api_url + method + '/' + language + '/yaml/' + Tmdb.api_key + '/' + CGI::escape(data.to_s)
     response = Tmdb.get_url(url)
     if(response.code.to_i != 200)
       return nil
     end
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