RentalWheels Data Generator

🚗 Backend Data Population Tool for RentalWheels Android App This project is a sophisticated backend data generation tool designed to populate a Firebase Firestore database with realistic car rental data for the RentalWheels Android application. It showcases advanced backend development skills, including data modeling, API integration, and cloud storage management.

🌟 Key Features

• Dynamic Data Generation: Creates realistic car, category, and deal data using advanced algorithms.
• Firebase Integration: Seamlessly populates Firestore collections and uploads images to Firebase Storage.
• AI-Powered Image Generation: Utilizes Google's Gemini AI to generate unique car images.
• Flexible Configuration: Command-line interface for customizable data generation.
• Robust Error Handling: Comprehensive logging and error management system.
• Data Validation: Ensures data integrity before uploading to Firestore.
• Dry Run Mode: Test data generation without affecting the production database.

🛠️ Technologies Used

• Node.js
• Firebase Admin SDK
• Google Generative AI (Gemini)
• Sharp (for image processing)
• Winston (for logging)
• Commander.js (for CLI)

📊 Data Models

• Cars: Detailed vehicle information including brand, model, features, and AI-generated images.
• Categories: Rental categories with custom uploaded images.
• Deals: Dynamic deal generation based on car data.

🚀 Getting Started

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/rentalwheels-data-generator.git

Install dependencies:

npm install

Set up your Firebase project and download the service account key.

Create a .env file with your Google AI API key:

API_KEY=your_google_ai_api_key_here

Run the script:

node index.js --random-cars 100 --populate-cars --populate-categories --populate-deals

Add --dry-run to test without writing to the database.

🔧 Configuration Options

• --random-cars <number>: Number of random cars to generate
• --random-deals <number>: Number of random deals to generate
• --populate-cars: Populate cars collection
• --populate-categories: Populate categories collection
• --populate-deals: Populate deals collection
• --cleanup <collection>: Cleanup a specific collection
• --export <collection>: Export a specific collection to JSON
• --dry-run: Run without writing to Firestore

📈 Future Enhancements

• Implement more sophisticated pricing models
• Add geographic distribution of vehicles
• Develop a user profile generation system
• Create a RESTful API for data access

🤝 Contributing

Contributions, issues, and feature requests are welcome! Feel free to check issues page.

📜 License Distributed under the AGPL-3.0 License. See LICENSE for more information.

📞 Contact

• Sam - @smuchai10
• Project Link: https://github.com/muchaisam/rentalwheels-data-generator

Developed with ❤️ for RentalWheels Android App