ready to ready toml in ./configs/ for website at least

server/src/main.rs

@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ fn rocket() -> rocket::Rocket {
 }
 
 fn main() {
-        rocket().launch();
+    website::init();
+    rocket().launch();
 }
 
 // Integrating some basic tests just for this module

server/src/website.rs

@@ -3,59 +3,98 @@
 use rocket_contrib::templates::Template;
 use rocket::response::NamedFile;
 use std::path::Path;
+use std::fs::File;
+use serde_derive::Deserialize;
 
 // Purely for backend purposes
-#[derive(Serialize)]
-struct PageAttrs {
-    og_title: &'static str,
-    og_type: &'static str,
-    og_desc: &'static str,
-    og_url: &'static str,
-    og_image: &'static str,
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
+pub struct WebsiteConfig {
+    url: Option<String>, // default is freechat.io - clean url of domain
+    favicon: Option<String>, // uri path to the favicon i.e. /media/static/favicon.png
+    motto: Option<String>,
 
-    // General settings
-    favicon: &'static str, // path to the favicon
-
-    // Branding things
-    brand_url: &'static str, // default is freechat.io - clean url of domain
-    brand_motto: &'static str,
-    brand_quip: &'static str
+    opengraph: Option<OpenGraph>
 }
 
 
-fn context() -> PageAttrs {
-    PageAttrs {
-        og_title: "Freechat",
-        og_type: "Decentralized Chat",
-        og_desc: "Privacy and Freedom Respecting Chat Platform",
-        og_url: "freechat.io",
-        og_image: "https://images.pexels.com/photos/146071/pexels-photo-146071.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=2&h=750&w=1260",// recall this is meant to be a path to the favicon
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
+struct OpenGraph {
+    title: Option<String>,
+    og_type: Option<String>, // prefixing this because type is a keyword in rust smh
+    url: Option<String>,
+    description: Option<String>,
+    image: Option<String>,
+}
 
-        favicon: "/static/media/favicon.png",
-        brand_url: "freechat.io",
-        brand_motto: "Freedom respecting chat platform",
-        brand_quip: "Join an instance",
+pub static mut CTX: WebsiteConfig = WebsiteConfig {
+    url: None,
+    favicon: None,
+    motto: None,
+
+    opengraph: None,
+};
+// Pages themselves
+
+pub fn init() {
+    // Sets up ctx so before the rest of the dispatchers are called
+    let default_path = "configs/website.toml";
+    let default_config = r#"
+        url="freechat.io"
+        favicon="/static/media/favicon.png"
+        motto="Freely chat with freechat!"
+
+        # NOTE: discord/slack/linked(especially) love caching things so make sure you
+        # write something that yo're proud of the first time lest u doom yourself to have the
+        # wrong things cahced for a few months
+
+
+        # Used to help sites embed some information about your site
+        # Especially when the server's site is linked in another freechat/slack/discord server
+
+        [opengraph]
+        title="Freechat"
+        # again this has a prefix because `type` is a keyword in rust so just yea
+        og_type="Decentralized chat"
+        url="freechat.io"
+        description="Free and open chat platform"
+        image="/static/media/logo.png"
+    "#;
+
+    if let Ok(mut cfg_file) = File::open(default_path) {
+        // here we take the file and parse it as toml
+        unsafe {
+            println!("config found ok{:?}", &CTX);
+        }
+    }
+    else {
+        let config: WebsiteConfig = toml::from_str(default_config).unwrap();
+        unsafe {
+            CTX.url = config.url;
+            CTX.favicon = config.favicon;
+            CTX.motto = config.motto;
+        }
     }
 }
 
-// Pages themselves
-
 #[get("/")]
 pub fn homepage() -> Template {
-    let ctx = context();
-    Template::render("index", &ctx)
+    unsafe {
+        Template::render("index", &CTX)
+    }
 }
 
 #[get("/about")]
 pub fn about_page() -> Template {
-    let ctx = context();
-    Template::render("about", &ctx)
+    unsafe {
+        Template::render("about", &CTX)
+    }
 }
 
 #[get("/servers")]
 pub fn server_info() -> Template {
-    let ctx = context();
-    Template::render("servers", &ctx)
+    unsafe {
+        Template::render("servers", &CTX)
+    }
 }
 
 #[get("/static/css/<file>")]