Airbnb Backend API

This repository contains a Rust backend API built with Actix-web and Diesel ORM for an Airbnb-like reservation system. It uses PostgreSQL as the database.

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Features so far

• User signup/signin (under /users)
• Listing creation and retrieval (under /listings)
• Reservation creation with conflict detection (under /reservations)
• PostgreSQL database connection with Diesel
• Dockerized with multi-stage Dockerfile for Rust + PostgreSQL
• Basic error handling and idempotency support for reservations

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Running the API (Without docker)

1. Clone this repository

git clone https://github.com/mithesh06/airbnb_backend_clone.git
cd airbnb

2. Setup the DB as required

3. Run the program

cargo run

Running the API (With docker)

1. Clone this repository

git clone https://github.com/mithesh06/airbnb_backend_clone.git
cd airbnb

2. set up docker

docker compose up -d

Testing

• Run tests to see if everyhting works as intended

cargo test

API Endpoints

Users

POST /users/signup - Signup a new user

POST /users/signin - Signin existing user

Listings

POST /listings/ - Create a new listing

GET /listings/{id} - Get listing by ID

Reservations

POST /reservations/ - Create a reservation (handles conflicts and calculates amount)