HBNB

HBNB - The Console

This repository contains the initial stage of a student project to build a clone of the AirBnB website. This stage implements a backend interface, or console, to manage program data. Console commands allow the user to create, update, and destroy objects, as well as manage file storage. Using a system of JSON serialization/deserialization, storage is persistent between sessions.

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General Use

1. First clone this repository.

2. Once the repository is cloned locate the "console.py" file and run it as follows:

/AirBnB_clone$ ./console.py

4. When this command is run the following prompt should appear:

(hbnb)

5. This prompt designates you are in the "HBnB" console. There are a variety of commands available within the console program.

Commands

* create - Creates an instance based on given class

* destroy - Destroys an object based on class and UUID

* show - Shows an object based on class and UUID

* all - Shows all objects the program has access to, or all objects of a given class

* update - Updates existing attributes an object based on class name and UUID

* quit - Exits the program (EOF will as well)

Examples

Primary Command Syntax

Example 0: Create an object

Usage: create <class_name>

(hbnb) create BaseModel

(hbnb) create BaseModel
3aa5babc-efb6-4041-bfe9-3cc9727588f8
(hbnb)                   

Example 1: Show an object

Usage: show <class_name> <_id>

(hbnb) show BaseModel 3aa5babc-efb6-4041-bfe9-3cc9727588f8
[BaseModel] (3aa5babc-efb6-4041-bfe9-3cc9727588f8) {'id': '3aa5babc-efb6-4041-bfe9-3cc9727588f8', 'created_at': datetime.datetime(2020, 2, 18, 14, 21, 12, 96959), 
'updated_at': datetime.datetime(2020, 2, 18, 14, 21, 12, 96971)}
(hbnb)  

Example 2: Destroy an object

Usage: destroy <class_name> <_id>

(hbnb) destroy BaseModel 3aa5babc-efb6-4041-bfe9-3cc9727588f8
(hbnb) show BaseModel 3aa5babc-efb6-4041-bfe9-3cc9727588f8
** no instance found **
(hbnb)   

Example 3: Update an object

Usage: update <class_name> <_id>

(hbnb) update BaseModel b405fc64-9724-498f-b405-e4071c3d857f first_name "person"
(hbnb) show BaseModel b405fc64-9724-498f-b405-e4071c3d857f
[BaseModel] (b405fc64-9724-498f-b405-e4071c3d857f) {'id': 'b405fc64-9724-498f-b405-e4071c3d857f', 'created_at': datetime.datetime(2020, 2, 18, 14, 33, 45, 729889), 
'updated_at': datetime.datetime(2020, 2, 18, 14, 33, 45, 729907), 'first_name': 'person'}
(hbnb)

Authors

Lionel Mwangi - LinkedIn