implement a method for post type

src/db.rs

@@ -73,6 +73,29 @@ pub struct Post {
     pub subject: Option<String>,
 }
 
+impl Post {
+    /// Create a new instance of the Post struct. A default value of `false` is
+    /// set for `read`.
+    pub fn new(
+        key: String,
+        text: String,
+        date: String,
+        sequence: u64,
+        timestamp: i64,
+        subject: Option<String>,
+    ) -> Post {
+        Post {
+            key,
+            text,
+            date,
+            sequence,
+            timestamp,
+            subject,
+            read: false,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// An instance of the key-value database and relevant trees.
 #[allow(dead_code)]
 #[derive(Clone)]

src/sbot.rs

@@ -183,24 +183,24 @@ pub async fn get_root_posts(
                     let content = msg.value.content.to_owned();
                     if let Value::Object(content_map) = content {
                         if !content_map.contains_key("root") {
+                            latest_sequence = msg.value.sequence;
+
+                            let text = content_map.get_key_value("text").unwrap().1.to_string();
                             let timestamp = msg.value.timestamp.round() as i64 / 1000;
                             let datetime = NaiveDateTime::from_timestamp(timestamp, 0);
                             let date = datetime.format("%d %b %Y").to_string();
-
-                            let text = content_map.get_key_value("text").unwrap().1.to_string();
                             let subject = text.get(0..52).map(|s| s.to_string());
 
-                            latest_sequence = msg.value.sequence;
-
-                            posts.push(Post {
-                                key: msg.key.to_owned(),
+                            let post = Post::new(
+                                msg.key.to_owned(),
                                 text,
-                                timestamp,
                                 date,
-                                sequence: msg.value.sequence,
-                                read: false,
+                                msg.value.sequence,
+                                timestamp,
                                 subject,
-                            })
+                            );
+
+                            posts.push(post)
                         }
                     }
                 }