Refactor comment serialization/deserialization

Cargo.lock

@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "num-integer",
  "num-traits",
+ "serde",
  "time 0.1.44",
  "winapi",
 ]

Cargo.toml

@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1"
 validator = { version = "0.15.0", features = ["derive"] }
 md5 = "0.7.0"
-chrono = "0.4.19"
+chrono = { version = "0.4.19", features = ["serde"] }

src/comment.rs

@@ -1,54 +1,31 @@
-use chrono::NaiveDateTime;
-use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use chrono::serde::ts_seconds_option;
+use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize, Serializer};
 use validator::Validate;
 
 // Master comment type that is stored in database
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Validate)]
 pub struct Comment {
-    pub author: Option<String>, // None/null is Anonymous
-    pub email: Option<String>,
-    pub text: String,
-    pub timestamp: Option<NaiveDateTime>,
-}
-
-impl Comment {
-    pub fn send(&self) -> CommentSend {
-        CommentSend {
-            author: self.author.clone(),
-            gravatar: match self.email.clone() {
-                Some(email) => Some(format!("{:x}", md5::compute(email.to_lowercase()))),
-                None => None,
-            },
-            text: self.text.clone(),
-            timestamp: self.timestamp.unwrap().timestamp(),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-// Comment type for API responses
-#[derive(Serialize)]
-pub struct CommentSend {
-    pub author: Option<String>,
-    pub gravatar: Option<String>,
-    pub text: String,
-    pub timestamp: i64,
-}
-
-// Comment type received containing new comment data
-#[derive(Deserialize, Validate)]
-pub struct CommentReceive {
-    pub author: Option<String>,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub author: Option<String>, // None is Anonymous
+    #[serde(rename(serialize = "gravatar"))]
+    #[serde(serialize_with = "serialize_gravatar")]
     #[validate(email)]
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub email: Option<String>,
+    #[validate(length(min = 1))]
     pub text: String,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    #[serde(with = "ts_seconds_option")]
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub timestamp: Option<DateTime<Utc>>,
 }
 
-impl CommentReceive {
-    pub fn to_master(&self) -> Comment {
-        Comment {
-            author: self.author.clone(),
-            email: self.email.clone(),
-            text: self.text.clone(),
-            timestamp: None,
-        }
+fn serialize_gravatar<S>(email: &Option<String>, s: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+where S: Serializer,
+{
+    match email {              
+        Some(email) => s.serialize_some(&format!("{:x}", md5::compute(email.to_lowercase()))),   
+        None => s.serialize_none(),
     }
 }

src/database.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-use crate::comment::{Comment, CommentSend};
-use chrono::NaiveDateTime;
+use crate::Comment;
 use rusqlite::{params, Connection, Result};
 
 pub struct Database {
@@ -25,20 +24,15 @@ impl Database {
         Ok(Self { conn })
     }
 
-    pub fn get_send_comments(&self) -> Result<Vec<CommentSend>> {
+    pub fn get_comments(&self) -> Result<Vec<Comment>> {
         self.conn
             .prepare("SELECT author, email, text, timestamp FROM comment ORDER BY timestamp DESC")?
             .query_map([], |row| {
-                let timestamp: NaiveDateTime = row.get(3)?;
-                let timestamp = timestamp.timestamp();
-                Ok(CommentSend {
+                Ok(Comment {
                     author: row.get(0)?,
-                    gravatar: match row.get::<usize, Option<String>>(1)? {
-                        Some(email) => Some(format!("{:x}", md5::compute(email.to_lowercase()))),
-                        None => None,
-                    },
+                    email: row.get(1)?,
                     text: row.get(2)?,
-                    timestamp: timestamp,
+                    timestamp: row.get(3)?,
                 })
             })?
             .collect()

src/main.rs

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ async fn get_comments(data: web::Data<AppState>) -> impl Responder {
         Ok(db) => db,
         Err(_) => return HttpResponse::InternalServerError().into(),
     };
-    HttpResponse::Ok().json(&db.get_send_comments().unwrap())
+    HttpResponse::Ok().json(&db.get_comments().unwrap())
 }
 
 #[post("/")]
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ async fn post_comment(data: web::Data<AppState>, bytes: web::Bytes) -> impl Resp
                 Ok(db) => db,
                 Err(_) => return HttpResponse::InternalServerError(),
             };
-            let comment: CommentReceive = match serde_json::from_str(&text) {
+            let comment: Comment = match serde_json::from_str(&text) {
                 Ok(comment) => comment,
                 Err(_) => return HttpResponse::BadRequest(),
             };
             if comment.validate().is_err() {
                 return HttpResponse::BadRequest();
             }
-            db.create_comment(&comment.to_master()).unwrap();
+            db.create_comment(&comment).unwrap();
             HttpResponse::Ok()
         }
         Err(_) => HttpResponse::BadRequest().into(),