add io error variant and blob writer function

peach-web/src/error.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 //! Custom error type representing all possible error variants for peach-web.
 
+use std::io::Error as IoError;
+
 use golgi::GolgiError;
 use peach_lib::error::PeachError;
 use peach_lib::{serde_json, serde_yaml};
@@ -12,6 +14,7 @@ pub enum PeachWebError {
     FailedToRegisterDynDomain(String),
     Golgi(GolgiError),
     HomeDir,
+    Io(IoError),
     Json(JsonError),
     OsString,
     PeachLib { source: PeachError, msg: String },
@@ -24,6 +27,7 @@ impl std::error::Error for PeachWebError {
             PeachWebError::FailedToRegisterDynDomain(_) => None,
             PeachWebError::Golgi(ref source) => Some(source),
             PeachWebError::HomeDir => None,
+            PeachWebError::Io(ref source) => Some(source),
             PeachWebError::Json(ref source) => Some(source),
             PeachWebError::OsString => None,
             PeachWebError::PeachLib { ref source, .. } => Some(source),
@@ -43,6 +47,7 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for PeachWebError {
                 f,
                 "Filesystem error: failed to determine home directory path"
             ),
+            PeachWebError::Io(ref source) => write!(f, "IO error: {}", source),
             PeachWebError::Json(ref source) => write!(f, "Serde JSON error: {}", source),
             PeachWebError::OsString => write!(
                 f,
@@ -60,6 +65,12 @@ impl From<GolgiError> for PeachWebError {
     }
 }
 
+impl From<IoError> for PeachWebError {
+    fn from(err: IoError) -> PeachWebError {
+        PeachWebError::Io(err)
+    }
+}
+
 impl From<JsonError> for PeachWebError {
     fn from(err: JsonError) -> PeachWebError {
         PeachWebError::Json(err)

peach-web/src/utils.rs

@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
 pub mod monitor;
 
+use std::io::prelude::*;
+use std::{fs, fs::File};
+
 use dirs;
+use golgi::blobs;
 use log::info;
 use peach_lib::sbot::SbotConfig;
-use rocket::response::{Redirect, Responder};
+use rocket::{
-use rocket::serde::Serialize;
+    fs::TempFile,
+    response::{Redirect, Responder},
+    serde::Serialize,
+};
 use rocket_dyn_templates::Template;
+use temporary::Directory;
 
 use crate::{error::PeachWebError, THEME};
 
@@ -32,6 +40,41 @@ pub fn get_go_ssb_path() -> Result<String, PeachWebError> {
     Ok(go_ssb_path)
 }
 
+// take the path to a file, add it to the blobstore and return the blob id
+pub async fn write_blob_to_store(file: &mut TempFile<'_>) -> Result<String, PeachWebError> {
+    // create temporary directory and path
+    let temp_dir = Directory::new("blob")?;
+    // we performed a `file.name().is_some()` check before calling `write_blob_to_store`
+    // so it should be safe to do a simple unwrap here
+    let filename = file.name().expect("retrieving filename from uploaded file");
+    let temp_path = temp_dir.join(filename);
+
+    // write file to temporary path
+    file.persist_to(&temp_path).await?;
+
+    // open the file and read it into a buffer
+    let mut file = File::open(&temp_path)?;
+    let mut buffer = Vec::new();
+    file.read_to_end(&mut buffer)?;
+
+    // hash the bytes representing the file
+    let (hex_hash, blob_id) = blobs::hash_blob(&buffer)?;
+
+    // define the blobstore path and blob filename
+    let (blob_dir, blob_filename) = hex_hash.split_at(2);
+    let go_ssb_path = get_go_ssb_path()?;
+    let blobstore_sub_dir = format!("{}/blobs/sha256/{}", go_ssb_path, blob_dir);
+
+    // create the blobstore sub-directory
+    fs::create_dir_all(&blobstore_sub_dir)?;
+
+    // copy the file to the blobstore
+    let blob_path = format!("{}/{}", blobstore_sub_dir, blob_filename);
+    fs::copy(temp_path, blob_path)?;
+
+    Ok(blob_id)
+}
+
 // THEME FUNCTIONS
 
 #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone)]