Searching Hotel Room Project in Django

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Hotel Search App in Django

First, create the virtual environment by running the following command :

virtualenv env 

and then enter in virtual env

.\env\Scripts\activate.ps1

and then install Django and create the Django project by using the Django command

pip install django 
django-admin startproject hotel_search 
cd hotel_search

then we create the app

python manage.py startapp home

File Structure

File Structure

Then we need to register app in setttings.

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    "django.contrib.admin",
    "django.contrib.auth",
    "django.contrib.contenttypes",
    "django.contrib.sessions",
    "django.contrib.messages",
    "django.contrib.staticfiles",
    "home",
]

model.py: This code defines a Django model named ‘Hotel’ with fields for the hotel’s name, price, description, and timestamps for creation and updates. The __str__ method returns the hotel’s name for a human-readable representation.

Python3

from django.db import models
 
class GFG(models.Model):
    hotel_name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
    hotel_price = models.IntegerField()
    hotel_description = models.TextField()
    created_at = models.DateField(auto_now_add =True)
    updated_at = models.DateField(auto_now  =True)
     
    def __str__(self) -> str:
        return self.hotel_name

views.py: This code defines two view functions:

• home(request): This function renders the ‘home.html’ template when the home page is accessed.
• get_hotel(request): This function handles requests for hotel data. It retrieves hotel objects from the database, allows sorting by price (ascending or descending), and filters by price based on the ‘amount’ parameter in the GET request. It then converts the hotel information into JSON format and returns it as a JSON response.
• Comments have been added to explain each part of the code and its functionality.

Python3

# views.py
from django.shortcuts import render
from .models import *
from django.http import JsonResponse
 
# Create your views here.
def home(request):
    return render(request, 'home.html')
 
 
def get_hotel(request):
    try:
        Ans_objs = GFG.objects.all()
        if request.GET.get('sort_by'):
            sort_by_value = request.GET.get('sort_by')
            if sort_by_value == 'asc':
                Ans_objs = Ans_objs.order_by('hotel_price')
            elif sort_by_value == 'dsc':
                Ans_objs = Ans_objs.order_by('-hotel_price')
 
            if request.GET.get('amount'):
                amount = request.GET.get('amount')
                Ans_objs = Ans_objs.filter(hotel_price__lte=amount)
 
        payload = []
        for Ans_obj in Ans_objs:
            payload.append({
                'name': Ans_obj.hotel_name,
                'price': Ans_obj.hotel_price,
                'description': Ans_obj.hotel_description,
            })
        return JsonResponse(payload, safe=False)
 
    except Exception as e:
        print(e)
 
    return JsonResponse({'message': 'Something went wrong !'})

admin.py: Then we register out app in admin.py file.

• It imports the necessary modules.
• It defines a custom admin class, HotelAdmin, to specify how the Hotel model is displayed in the admin interface. It chooses which fields to display in the list view.
• It registers the Hotel model with the custom admin class, connecting it to the admin interface so that you can manage hotel records easily.

Python3

from django.contrib import admin
from .models import *
 
# Register your models here.
class GFGAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    list_display = ['hotel_name', 'hotel_price', 
                    'hotel_description']
 
admin.site.register(GFG, GFGAdmin)

Project/urls.py: Then we map the project url with app url by adding include method for map the urls.py file of our app

Python

from django.contrib import admin
from django.urls import path, include
 
urlpatterns = [
    path('', include('home.urls')),
    path("admin/", admin.site.urls),
]

App/urls.py: Then we write a connect all files by creating the urls in app’s urls.py file.

Python3

from .views import *
from django.urls import path, include
 
urlpatterns = [
    path('', home),
    path('api/get_GFG/', get_hotel),
]

Templates Folder

In template folder we create the home.html file through which we create the representation of our project so let’s start

• This is an HTML page that uses Vue.js for interactivity and Bootstrap for styling.
• It displays a list of hotels and provides controls for sorting and filtering hotels by price.
• The JavaScript code within the <script> tags initializes a Vue.js app (var app = new Vue) that fetches hotel data from an API based on sorting and price filtering.
• The data-binding syntax [[hotel.hotel_name]] and event listeners like @change=”sortBy” are used to connect Vue.js to the HTML elements.
• The page loads Bootstrap CSS and JavaScript for styling and functionality.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
 
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
    <title>Bootstrap demo</title>
    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vue/dist/vue.js"></script>
    <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.3.2/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"
        integrity="sha384-T3c6CoIi6uLrA9TneNEoa7RxnatzjcDSCmG1MXxSR1GAsXEV/Dwwykc2MPK8M2HN" crossorigin="anonymous">
</head>
<style>
    .text-center {
        margin-top: -6%;
        font-weight: bold;
        color: green;
    }
 
    h4 {
        color: red;
    }
</style>
 
<body>
    <div id="app" class="container mt-5 pt-5">
        <h1 class="text-center">GeeksforGeeks </h1>
        <h4>Search/Sort Hotel By Price :- </h4>
        <br>
        <div class="row">
            <div class="col-md-4">
                <label for=""><strong>Sort By</strong></label>
                <select class="form-control" v-model="selectedSort" @change="sortBy">
                    <option value="asc">ASC</option>
                    <option value="dsc">DSC</option>
                </select>
            </div>
            <div class="col-md-4">
                <label for="customRange3" class="form-label"><strong>Select Price</strong></label>
                <input type="range" class="form-range" @change="priceChange($event)" min="1000" max="10000" step="100"
                    id="customRange3">
            </div>
        </div>
        <div class="row mt-5 pt-5">
            <div class="col-md-4" v-for="hotel in hotels">
                <div class="card shadow-lg" style="width: 18rem;">
                    <div class="card-body">
                        <h5 class="card-title">[[hotel.name]]</h5>
                        <p class="card-text">[[(hotel.description).substr(0, 30)]]</p>
                        <a href="#" class="btn btn-primary">Rs. [[hotel.price]]</a>
                    </div>
 
                </div>
                <br>
            </div>
 
        </div>
    </div>
 
    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vue/dist/vue.js"></script>
    <script>
        var app = new Vue({
            delimiters: ['[[', ']]'],
            el: '#app',
            data: {
                message: 'Hello Django Hotel App!',
                hotels: [],
                selectedSort: 'asc', // Default sorting option
            },
            methods: {
                getGFG(sort = '', amount = '') {
                    console.log(sort, amount);
                    fetch(`/api/get_GFG/?sort_by=${sort}&amount=${amount}`)
                        .then(response => response.json())
                        .then(result => {
                            console.log(result);
                            this.hotels = result;
                        });
                },
                sortBy(e) {
                    this.getGFG(sort = this.selectedSort);
                },
                priceChange(e) {
                    this.getGFG(' ', amount = e.target.value, ' ');
                },
 
            },
            created() {
                this.getGFG();
                console.log("Page loaded");
            }
        });
    </script>
    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.3.2/dist/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js"
        integrity="sha384-C6RzsynM9kWDrMNeT87bh95OGNyZPhcTNXj1NW7RuBCsyN/o0jlpcV8Qyq46cDfL"
        crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
</body>
 
</html>

Then we need to do migrations for which we run the following commands

python manage.py makemigrations
python manage.py migrate 

Then we need to create superuser by run the command

python manage.py createsuperuser 

Process of adding data in Backend, and then go to 127.0.0.1:8000/admin and create and fill the hotel details

Output

Home.html

Conclusion

In conclusion, the hotel search app in Django is a web application that allows users to search and sort hotels by price. It utilizes Django for the backend, Vue.js for front-end interactivity, and Bootstrap for styling. Users can filter and sort hotels based on their preferences, and the app retrieves and displays hotel data dynamically. This app demonstrates how to build a simple yet functional hotel search and sorting feature in a Django-based web application.