COZYBNB

Wecome to CozyBnB! This is a clone of the website AirBnB that provides the user many features from the original.

Check it out here => https://cozybnb.herokuapp.com/#/ #

TECHNOLOGIES USED

Starting with the backend, I used Ruby on Rails along with PostGresQL DB, jBuilder DSL to sculpt and limit the json sent up to the frontend. I used React and Redux to deliver the user interface and manage state respectively on the frontend. Mapbox API was used for marking locations. #

FEATURES

User Authentication- users can login and sign up. Respective error messages will be displayed to the user. Demo user is also available to use.
Listings can be created & deleted by logged in users. Users are also able to add 5 pictures to the listing through AWS integration in the backend.
Users can make bookings once they are logged in. They can also view and cancel their bookings using the Trips tab
Logged in users can also write, edit and delete their reviews
Users can search for listings through a keyword search of the city.

CHALLENGES MET

Search By Location

A lot of problems I encountered occured were while creating the search bar and search function. None of the listings were displaying when searching for a particular location. I ended up manipulating my listings controller to add conditionals to check whether searchParams present, created a method to query using searchParams insteade of the ID of homes. I set my state to include the key of city and value of searchParams and called the route for my Homes Index.

SCREENSHOTS

Splash Page

Different Cities Seeded

Listing Show Page

Seeded Reviews on Listing

CODE SNIPPET

ListingsController.rb

Searching for a listing by its city was complicated and was done by adding data to the backend containing the search params. Searching a city in the search bar would fetch the listings in that city (searchParams)

    def index 
        if !params[:searchParams]   
            # debugger  
            @homes = Home.all    
        elsif params[:searchParams][:city]
            # debugger
            @homes = Home.where(city: params[:searchParams][:city])

        end
        render :index
    end

FUTURE IMPLEMENTATION

Users will be able to add more information regarding their reviews. (More optional data will be available)
More information about users will be available

cheemaz1 / CozyBnB

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