Refactor code to use API struct deserialization

The deserialization errors have been fixed in 0.18.1

src/helper.rs

@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 use lemmy_api_common::{
-    community::GetCommunity,
+    community::{GetCommunity, GetCommunityResponse},
     lemmy_db_schema::newtypes::CommunityId,
     person::{Login, LoginResponse},
     sensitive::Sensitive,
 };
 use reqwest::Client;
-use serde_json::Value;
 use std::fmt;
 
 static API_VERSION: i32 = 3;
@@ -31,17 +30,13 @@ pub fn api_url(suffix: &str) -> String {
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
-pub enum WordleError {
+struct LoginFailedError;
-    ParseFailed,
-    LoginFailed,
-    NoNewPostId,
-}
 
-impl std::error::Error for WordleError {}
+impl std::error::Error for LoginFailedError {}
 
-impl fmt::Display for WordleError {
+impl fmt::Display for LoginFailedError {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
-        write!(f, "Oh no, something bad went down")
+            write!(f, "Login failed.")
     }
 }
 
@@ -59,19 +54,8 @@ pub async fn get_community_id(
         .query(&params)
         .send()
         .await?;
-    let text = response.text().await?;
+    let data = response.json::<GetCommunityResponse>().await?;
-
+    Ok(data.community_view.community.id)
-    // Deserializing from GetCommunityResponse would fail with missing field `followers_url` in Community
-    let data = serde_json::from_str::<Value>(text.as_str())?;
-
-    if let Some(id) = data["community_view"]["community"]
-        .get("id")
-        .and_then(|v| v.as_i64())
-    {
-        return Ok(CommunityId(i32::try_from(id)?));
-    }
-
-    Err(Box::new(WordleError::ParseFailed))
 }
 
 pub async fn lemmy_login(client: &Client) -> Result<Sensitive<String>, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
@@ -95,5 +79,5 @@ pub async fn lemmy_login(client: &Client) -> Result<Sensitive<String>, Box<dyn s
         return Ok(jwt);
     }
 
-    Err(Box::new(WordleError::LoginFailed))
+    Err(Box::new(LoginFailedError))
 }

src/main.rs

@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 use chrono::{Datelike, Month, Utc};
-use lemmy_api_common::post::CreatePost;
+use lemmy_api_common::{post::{CreatePost, PostResponse}, sensitive::Sensitive, lemmy_db_schema::newtypes::PostId};
 use reqwest::{Client, Url};
 use serde::Deserialize;
-use serde_json::Value;
 
 mod helper;
-use crate::helper::{get_community_id, lemmy_community, lemmy_login, WordleError};
+use crate::helper::{get_community_id, lemmy_community, lemmy_login};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Default)]
 struct WordleData {
@@ -21,21 +20,16 @@ async fn get_current_nyt_wordle_data() -> Result<WordleData, Box<dyn std::error:
             .await?;
     // Did it work?
     response.error_for_status_ref()?;
-    let text = response.text().await?;
+    let data = response.json::<WordleData>().await?;
-    let data: WordleData = serde_json::from_str(&text)?;
     println!("{:?}", data);
     Ok(data)
 }
 
-async fn post_to_lemmy(data: &WordleData) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+async fn post_to_lemmy(data: &WordleData, client: &Client, auth: Sensitive<String>) -> Result<PostId, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     println!("Posting to lemmy: {:?}", data);
 
-    let client = Client::new();
-
-    let auth = lemmy_login(&client).await?;
-
     // Get the community id
-    let community_id = get_community_id(&client, lemmy_community()).await?;
+    let community_id = get_community_id(client, lemmy_community()).await?;
 
     let now = Utc::now();
 
@@ -71,22 +65,19 @@ async fn post_to_lemmy(data: &WordleData) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Erro
         .json(&params)
         .send()
         .await?;
-    let data = response.json::<Value>().await?;
+    let data = response.json::<PostResponse>().await?;
-
+    Ok(data.post_view.post.id)
-    // Again, deserializing using the api struct did not work due to missing fields
-    if let Some(new_id) = data["post_view"]["post"].get("id") {
-        println!("New post id: {}", new_id);
-    } else {
-        return Err(Box::new(WordleError::NoNewPostId));
-    }
-    Ok(())
 }
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     println!("A wordle a day keeps the doctor away!");
+
+    let client = Client::new();
+    let auth = lemmy_login(&client).await?;
     let data = get_current_nyt_wordle_data().await?;
-    post_to_lemmy(&data).await?;
+    let id = post_to_lemmy(&data, &client, auth).await?;
+    println!("New post ID: {}", id);
 
     Ok(())
 }