diff --git a/models/engine/db_storage.py b/models/engine/db_storage.py
index b8e7d291e6f..e01ad3e71dc 100755
--- a/models/engine/db_storage.py
+++ b/models/engine/db_storage.py
@@ -74,3 +74,28 @@ def reload(self):
     def close(self):
         """call remove() method on the private session attribute"""
         self.__session.remove()
+
+
+    def get(self, cls, id):
+        """" a method to retrieve one object """
+        if cls not in classes.values():
+            return None
+        cls_value = models.storage.all(cls)
+        for value in cls_value.values():
+            if (value.id == id):
+                return value
+
+        return None
+
+    def count(self, cls=None):
+        """ a method t count the number of object in storage """
+        object_no = classes.values()
+
+        if not cls:
+            i = 0;
+            for clas in object_no:
+                i += len(models.storage.all(clas).values())
+        else:
+            i = len(models.storage.all(cls).values())
+
+        return i
diff --git a/models/engine/file_storage.py b/models/engine/file_storage.py
index c8cb8c1764d..19b65b7149e 100755
--- a/models/engine/file_storage.py
+++ b/models/engine/file_storage.py
@@ -65,6 +65,28 @@ def delete(self, obj=None):
             if key in self.__objects:
                 del self.__objects[key]
 
-    def close(self):
-        """call reload() method for deserializing the JSON file to objects"""
-        self.reload()
+ 
+    def get(self, cls, id):
+        """" a method to retrieve one object """
+        if cls not in classes.values():
+            return None
+        cls_value = models.storage.all(cls)
+        for value in cls_value.values():
+            if (value.id == id):
+                return value
+
+        return None
+
+    def count(self, cls=None):
+        """ a method t count the number of object in storage """
+        object_no = classes.values()
+
+        if not cls:
+            i = 0;
+            for clas in object_no:
+                i += len(models.storage.all(clas).values())
+        else:
+            i = len(models.storage.all(cls).values())
+
+        return i
+
diff --git a/tests/test_models/test_engine/test_db_storage.py b/tests/test_models/test_engine/test_db_storage.py
index 766e625b5af..df010c64478 100755
--- a/tests/test_models/test_engine/test_db_storage.py
+++ b/tests/test_models/test_engine/test_db_storage.py
@@ -86,3 +86,24 @@ def test_new(self):
     @unittest.skipIf(models.storage_t != 'db', "not testing db storage")
     def test_save(self):
         """Test that save properly saves objects to file.json"""
+
+    def test_get_db(self):
+        """ Tests method for obtaining an instance db storage"""
+        dic = {"name": "Calabar"}
+        instance = State(**dic)
+        storage.new(instance)
+        storage.save()
+        get_instance = storage.get(State, instance.id)
+        self.assertEqual(get_instance, instance)
+
+    def test_count(self):
+        """ Tests count method db storage """
+        dic = {"name": "Lagos"}
+        state = State(**dic)
+        storage.new(state)
+        dic = {"name": "Abuja", "state_id": state.id}
+        city = City(**dic)
+        storage.new(city)
+        storage.save()
+        c = storage.count()
+        self.assertEqual(len(storage.all()), c)
diff --git a/tests/test_models/test_engine/test_file_storage.py b/tests/test_models/test_engine/test_file_storage.py
index 1474a34fec0..d9a24294c4c 100755
--- a/tests/test_models/test_engine/test_file_storage.py
+++ b/tests/test_models/test_engine/test_file_storage.py
@@ -113,3 +113,12 @@ def test_save(self):
         with open("file.json", "r") as f:
             js = f.read()
         self.assertEqual(json.loads(string), json.loads(js))
+
+
+    def test_filestorage_count_cls(self):
+        '''
+            Tests the count method with class name
+        '''
+        all_obj = models.storage.all('State')
+        count_all_obj = models.storage.count('State')
+        self.assertEqual(len(all_obj), count_all_obj)