* Simplifying backend api by... alot

api/src/main.rs

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+#![feature(decl_macro)]
+#[macro_use] extern crate rocket;
+use std::env;
+
+mod video;
+
+fn main() {
+    // emoji's crash my terminal
+    env::set_var("ROCKET_CLI_COLORS", "off");
+    /*
+     * Some of the target vars that we look for
+     * CLIP_DIR
+     */
+    let _ = rocket::ignite()
+        .mount("/api", routes![video::list_categories])
+        .launch();
+}

api/src/video.rs

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+use rocket_contrib::json;
+use rocket_contrib::json::JsonValue;
+use std::env;
+use std::fs;
+
+
+#[get("/categories")]
+pub fn list_categories() -> JsonValue {
+    let dir = match env::var("CLIPS_DIR") {
+        Ok(val) => val,
+        Err(e) => "/media/clips/".to_string()
+    };
+    println!("Directory to search: {}", dir);
+
+    // Fucking hell this is going to be dumb
+    let mut cats: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
+    for file in fs::read_dir(dir).unwrap() {
+        match file {
+            Ok(file) => {
+                match file.file_name().into_string() {
+                    Ok(s) => cats.push(s),
+                    _ => {}
+                }
+            },
+            Err(_) => continue
+        }
+    }
+
+    json!({"categories": cats})
+}