Description.txt

Welcome to The Boredless Tourist, an online application giving you the power to find the parts of the city that fit the pace of your life. 
We at The Boredless Tourist run a recommendation engine using Python. 
We first evaluate what a person’s interests are and then give them recommendations in their area to venues, restaurants, and historical destinations that we think they’ll be engaged by. 

TheBoredlessTourist.py

destinations = ["Paris, France", "Shanghai, China", "Los Angeles, USA", "São Paulo, Brazil", "Cairo, Egypt"]

test_traveler = ['Erin Wilkes', 'Shanghai, China', ['historical site', 'art']]

def get_destination_index(destination):
  destination_index = destinations.index(destination)
  return destination_index

print(get_destination_index("Los Angeles, USA"))
print(get_destination_index("Paris, France"))

def get_traveler_location(traveler):
  # find the destination string 
  traveler_destination = traveler[1]
  # check the traveler's destination with the list of places
  traveler_destination_index = get_destination_index(traveler_destination)
  return traveler_destination_index 

test_destination_index = get_traveler_location(test_traveler)
print(test_destination_index)

# attractions = [[], [], [], []] or
attractions = [[] for destination in destinations]
print(attractions)

#add an attraction for every destination
def add_attraction(destination, attraction):
  try:
    destination_index = get_destination_index(destination)
    attractions_for_destination = attractions[destination_index].append(attraction)
  except ValueError:
    print("Error caught!")
    # don't need to return anything, this exits function
    return 

add_attraction("Los Angeles, USA", ["Venice Beach", ["beach"]])
add_attraction("Paris, France", ["the Louvre", ["art", "museum"]])
add_attraction("Paris, France", ["Arc de Triomphe", ["historical site", "monument"]])
add_attraction("Shanghai, China", ["Yu Garden", ["garden", "historcical site"]])
add_attraction("Shanghai, China", ["Yuz Museum", ["art", "museum"]])
add_attraction("Shanghai, China", ["Oriental Pearl Tower", ["skyscraper", "viewing deck"]])
add_attraction("Los Angeles, USA", ["LACMA", ["art", "museum"]])
add_attraction("São Paulo, Brazil", ["São Paulo Zoo", ["zoo"]])
add_attraction("São Paulo, Brazil", ["Pátio do Colégio", ["historical site"]])
add_attraction("Cairo, Egypt", ["Pyramids of Giza", ["monument", "historical site"]])
add_attraction("Cairo, Egypt", ["Egyptian Museum", ["museum"]])
print(attractions)

def find_attractions(destination, interests):
  destination_index = get_destination_index(destination)
  attractions_in_city = attractions[destination_index]
  print(attractions_in_city)
  attractions_with_interest = []
# create a for loop to view each attraction in a specified city 
  for attraction in attractions_in_city:
    possible_attraction = attraction
    # attraction[0] is the city & country 
    attraction_tags = attraction[1]
    # check if specific attraction matches an interest 
    for interest in interests:
      if interest in attraction_tags:
         # only want the name of the attraction 
        attractions_with_interest.append(possible_attraction[0])
  return attractions_with_interest
  
la_arts = find_attractions("Los Angeles, USA", ['art'])
print(la_arts)

def get_attractions_for_traveler(traveler):
  traveler_destination = traveler[1] 
  traveler_interests = traveler[2] 
  traveler_attractions = find_attractions(traveler_destination, traveler_interests)

  interests_string = "Hi " + traveler[0] + ". we think you'll like these places around " + traveler_destination + ":" 
  
  for i in range(len(traveler_attractions)):
    # if last attraction in list, use a period
    if traveler_attractions[-1] == traveler_attractions[i]:
      interests_string += " the " + traveler_attractions[i] + "."
    # else, use a comma 
    else:
      interests_string += " the " + traveler_attractions[i] + ", "
  return interests_string


smills_france = get_attractions_for_traveler(['Dereck Smill', 'Paris, France', ['monument']])
print(smills_france)