Make a request() utility

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spikecodes 2020-11-18 18:50:59 -08:00
parent f455e2095d
commit 0054557c86
8 changed files with 105 additions and 64 deletions

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@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use chrono::{TimeZone, Utc};
#[path = "utils.rs"]
mod utils;
pub use utils::{val, Flair, Params, Post, Subreddit};
pub use utils::{val, Flair, Params, Post, Subreddit, request};
// STRUCTS
#[derive(Template)]
@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ struct SubredditTemplate {
}
async fn render(sub_name: String, sort: String) -> Result<HttpResponse> {
let mut sub: Subreddit = subreddit(&sub_name).await;
let posts: Vec<Post> = posts(sub_name, &sort).await;
let mut sub: Subreddit = subreddit(&sub_name).await?;
let posts: Vec<Post> = posts(sub_name, &sort).await?;
sub.icon = if sub.icon != "" {
format!(r#"<img class="subreddit_icon" src="{}">"#, sub.icon)
@ -41,35 +41,37 @@ async fn page(web::Path(sub): web::Path<String>, params: web::Query<Params>) ->
}
// SUBREDDIT
async fn subreddit(sub: &String) -> Subreddit {
// Make a GET request to the Reddit's JSON API for the metadata of this subreddit
async fn subreddit(sub: &String) -> Result<Subreddit> {
// Build the Reddit JSON API url
let url: String = format!("https://www.reddit.com/r/{}/about.json", sub);
let resp: String = reqwest::get(&url).await.unwrap().text().await.unwrap();
// Parse the response from Reddit as JSON
let data: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(resp.as_str()).expect("Failed to parse JSON");
// Send a request to the url, receive JSON in response
let res = request(url).await;
let icon: String = String::from(data["data"]["community_icon"].as_str().unwrap()); //val(&data, "community_icon");
let icon: String = String::from(res["data"]["community_icon"].as_str().unwrap()); //val(&data, "community_icon");
let icon_split: std::str::Split<&str> = icon.split("?");
let icon_parts: Vec<&str> = icon_split.collect();
Subreddit {
name: val(&data, "display_name").await,
title: val(&data, "title").await,
description: val(&data, "public_description").await,
let sub = Subreddit {
name: val(&res, "display_name").await,
title: val(&res, "title").await,
description: val(&res, "public_description").await,
icon: String::from(icon_parts[0]),
}
};
Ok(sub)
}
// POSTS
pub async fn posts(sub: String, sort: &String) -> Vec<Post> {
// Make a GET request to the Reddit's JSON API for the content of this subreddit
pub async fn posts(sub: String, sort: &String) -> Result<Vec<Post>> {
// Build the Reddit JSON API url
let url: String = format!("https://www.reddit.com/r/{}/{}.json", sub, sort);
let resp: String = reqwest::get(&url).await.unwrap().text().await.unwrap();
// Parse the response from Reddit as JSON
let popular: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(resp.as_str()).expect("Failed to parse JSON");
let post_list = popular["data"]["children"].as_array().unwrap();
// Send a request to the url, receive JSON in response
let res = request(url).await;
// Fetch the list of posts from the JSON response
let post_list = res["data"]["children"].as_array().unwrap();
let mut posts: Vec<Post> = Vec::new();
@ -101,5 +103,5 @@ pub async fn posts(sub: String, sort: &String) -> Vec<Post> {
),
});
}
posts
Ok(posts)
}