calls to create_new_user no longer require a connection to be copied

server/src/users.rs

@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@
 use chrono::Utc;
+use std::env;
 use rocket_contrib::json::{Json, JsonValue};
-use crate::rand_utils::new_key;
-use crate::models::{User, USER_ONLINE, USER_OFFLINE};
-use crate::{DBConn, schema};
 use diesel::{self, prelude::*};
 use diesel::result::Error;
 
-pub fn create_new_user(conn: DBConn, new_name: String) -> User {
+use crate::rand_utils::new_key;
+use crate::models::{User, USER_ONLINE, USER_OFFLINE};
+use crate::{DBConn, schema};
+
+pub fn create_new_user(new_name: String) -> User {
     /*
      * Should only eveer be called under good circumstances
     */
     use schema::users::dsl::*;
     use crate::models::InsertableUser;
 
+    let conn = MysqlConnection::establish(&env::var("DATABASE_URL").unwrap()).unwrap();
     let ins = InsertableUser {
         name: new_name,
         secret: new_key(),
@@ -20,13 +23,13 @@ pub fn create_new_user(conn: DBConn, new_name: String) -> User {
         status: USER_ONLINE,
     };
     // insert the nwe user data then return usable user data to the client
-    diesel::insert_into(users)
+    let _inserted_user = diesel::insert_into(users)
         .values(&ins)
-        .execute(&conn.0);
+        .execute(&conn);
 
     let new_user_data : Result<User, diesel::result::Error> = users
         .filter(id.eq(ins.date))
-        .first(&conn.0);
+        .first(&conn);
 
     new_user_data.unwrap()
 }