AirBnB Clone

This project is comprised of multiple components that make up the overall application.

To date, we have explored the backend file storage component. Using Python, we have created a file storage engine which allows us to create, handle, store and manipulate data from and for our users. It forms the base for what is still to come. We specify a base model with public attributes and methods which we use in our other classes. We serialize the data and store it in a JSON file, deserializing it from JSON to recreate the instance based on the ID.

Tying it all together we have created a command line interface for testing and debugging that allows us to create, view, update and destroy any points of data.

Usage:

To use the command interpreter follow the instructions below.

• Starting the interpreter is as simple as running the file from the directory in which it is stored (or point to the directory in which it is stored).
  • $ ./console.py
• There are multiple commands one can use with the interpreter. You can view all of the available commands by using $ help. If you need more information about a particular command, you can use $ help {command}.
  • create - Creates a new instance of BaseModel, saves it to the JSON file and prints the id. Example: $ create BaseModel
  • show - Prints the string representation of an instance based on the class name and id. Example: $ show BaseModel 1234-1234-1234
  • destroy - Deletes an instance based on the class name and id (save the change into the JSON file). Example: $ destroy BaseModel 1234-1234-1234
  • all - Prints all string representation of all instances based or not on the class name. Ex: $ all BaseModel or $ all
  • update - Updates an instance based on the class name and id by adding or updating attribute (save the change into the JSON file). Example: $ update BaseModel 1234-1234-1234 email '[email protected]'
  • 'quit- Exits the console application when prompted by the user. Example:$ quit`