working route for generating invite links

return value may need to change slightly however

server/src/invites.rs

@@ -1,24 +1,30 @@
 // Module handles creating invites for potentially new users
+use diesel::{self, prelude::*};
 use rand::random;
 use chrono::{Duration, Utc};
-
+use crate::DBConn;
-#[derive(Debug)]
+use crate::models::Invite;
-struct Invite {
+use crate::schema;
-    hash: u64,
-    uses: i32,
-    expire: i64, // comes from a date time object ngl famalam
-}
 
 #[get("/generate")]
-pub fn generate_invite() -> String {
+pub fn generate_invite(conn: DBConn) -> Result<String, String> {
     let dt = Utc::now() + Duration::minutes(30);
     let invite = Invite {
-        hash: random::<u64>(),
+        id: random::<u64>(),
-        uses: 1,
+        uses: Some(1),
-        expire: dt.timestamp(),
+        expires: dt.timestamp() as u64
     };
+    let id = invite.id;
+    // Insert our newly made invite into the invites table
+    let _new_invite = diesel::insert_into(schema::invites::table)
+        .values(invite)
+        .execute(&conn.0)
+        .map_err(|err| -> String {
+            println!("Could not insert new invite into table so it was not created {:?}", err);
+            "Failure to create new invite".into()
+        })?;
     // Insert the new invite into our database
-    format!("freechat.io/invite/{}", invite.hash)
+    Ok(format!("freechat.io/invite/{}", id))
 }
 
 #[get("/<hash>")]