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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.

General Use

First clone this repository.

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

/AirBnB_clone$ ./console.py

When this command is run the following prompt should appear:

(hbnb)

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)

Alternative Syntax

Users are able to issue a number of console command using an alternative syntax:

Usage: <class_name>.([[name_arg value_arg]|[kwargs]])

Advanced syntax is implemented for the following commands:

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

• count - Return number of object instances by class

• show - Shows an object based on class and UUID

• destroy - Destroys an object based on class and UUID

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