Deserialize TypedSsbMessageValue

examples/ssb-client.rs

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use kuska_ssb::api::dto::content::{SubsetQuery, TypedMessage, Post};
 
 use golgi::error::GolgiError;
 use golgi::sbot::Sbot;
+use golgi::utils::{SsbMessageValue, TypedSsbMessageValue};
 
 async fn run() -> Result<(), GolgiError> {
     let mut sbot_client = Sbot::init(None, None).await?;
@@ -14,13 +15,12 @@ async fn run() -> Result<(), GolgiError> {
     let author = "@L/z54cbc8V1kL1/MiBhpEKuN3QJkSoZYNaukny3ghIs=.ed25519".to_string();
 
     println!("Calling create_history");
-    let hist_response = sbot_client.create_history_stream(author).await?;
+    let messages : Vec<SsbMessageValue> = sbot_client.create_history_stream(author).await?;
-    println!("hist: {:?}", hist_response);
+    println!("hist: {:?}", messages);
 
-    let posts: Vec<Post> = hist_response.iter().flat_map(|msg| msg.into_post()).collect();
+    for message in messages {
-
+        let t: TypedSsbMessageValue = message.into_typed_message_value()?;
-    for post in posts {
+        println!("t: {:?}", t);
-        println!("post: {:?}", post);
     }
 
     Ok(())

src/error.rs

@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ pub enum GolgiError {
     Sbot(String),
     /// JSON serialization or deserialization error.
     SerdeJson(JsonError),
+    /// Error decoding typed ssb message from content.
+    ContentTypeDecode(String),
 }
 
 impl std::error::Error for GolgiError {
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ impl std::error::Error for GolgiError {
             GolgiError::Rpc(ref err) => Some(err),
             GolgiError::Sbot(_) => None,
             GolgiError::SerdeJson(ref err) => Some(err),
+            GolgiError::ContentTypeDecode(ref err) => None,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -67,6 +70,7 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for GolgiError {
             GolgiError::Sbot(ref err) => write!(f, "Sbot returned an error response: {}", err),
             GolgiError::SerdeJson(_) => write!(f, "Failed to serialize JSON slice"),
             //GolgiError::WhoAmI(ref err) => write!(f, "{}", err),
+            GolgiError::ContentTypeDecode(ref err) => write!(f, "Failed to decode typed message from ssb message content: {}", err),
         }
     }
 }

src/lib.rs

@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@
 
 pub mod error;
 pub mod sbot;
-mod utils;
+pub mod utils;
 
 pub use crate::error::GolgiError;

src/utils.rs

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ use serde::{Serialize, Deserialize};
 use kuska_ssb::api::dto::WhoAmIOut;
 use kuska_ssb::feed::{Feed, Message};
 use kuska_ssb::rpc::{RecvMsg, RequestNo, RpcReader};
-use kuska_ssb::api::dto::content::{Post, Vote};
 use kuska_ssb::api::dto::content::TypedMessage;
 
 use ssb_legacy_msg_data::LegacyF64;
@@ -36,37 +35,58 @@ impl SsbMessageValue {
         msg_type
     }
 
-    pub fn into_post(self) -> Result<Post, GolgiError> {
+    pub fn into_typed_message(self) -> Result<TypedMessage, GolgiError> {
-        let p: Post = serde_json::from_value(self.content)?;
+        let t: TypedMessage = serde_json::from_value(self.content)?;
-        Ok(p)
+        Ok(t)
     }
 
-    pub fn into_vote(self) -> Result<Vote, GolgiError> {
+    pub fn into_typed_message_value(self) -> Result<TypedSsbMessageValue, GolgiError> {
-        let p: Vote = serde_json::from_value(self.content)?;
+        let typed_message: TypedMessage = get_typed_message_from_value(self.content.clone())?;
-        Ok(p)
+        let typed_message_value = TypedSsbMessageValue {
+            previous: self.previous,
+            author: self.author,
+            sequence: self.sequence,
+            timestamp: self.timestamp,
+            hash: self.hash,
+            content: self.content,
+            typed_message,
+            signature: self.signature,
+        };
+        Ok(typed_message_value)
     }
+}
 
-    // NOTE: this doesnt work, because the arms return two different types
+
-    // but maybe there is a way to do type inheritance?
+/// Function to parse a TypedMessage from an ssb message content field.
-    // this SO post says you dont deserialize directly into enum variants
+/// TypedMessage has a tag field, named "type", which instructs serde to choose which variant
-    // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/59460464/how-do-i-use-serde-to-deserialize-into-a-specific-enum-variant
+/// to attempt to deserialize by looking at the value of the type field.
-//    pub fn into_typed_message(self) -> Result<TypedMessage, GolgiError> {
+///
-//       let msg_type = self.get_message_type();
+/// See documentation here: https://serde.rs/enum-representations.html#internally-tagged
-//       let msg = match msg_type {
+///
-//            "post" => {
+/// # Arguments
-//                let p: Post = serde_json::from_value(self.content)?;
+///
-//                p
+/// * `value` - A serde value to be parsed into a TypedMessage.
-//            },
+pub fn get_typed_message_from_value(value: Value) -> Result<TypedMessage, GolgiError> {
-//            "vote" => {
+    let message_type = value.get("type").ok_or(GolgiError::ContentTypeDecode("no type field in content".to_string()))?;
-//                let p: Vote = serde_json::from_value(self.content)?;
+    let message_type_str = message_type.as_str().ok_or(GolgiError::ContentTypeDecode("invalid type field in content".to_string()))?;
-//                p
+    let to_return: TypedMessage = serde_json::from_value(value)?;
-//            },
+    Ok(to_return)
-//            _ => {
+}
-//                Err(GolgiError::Sbot("No type included in message content".to_string()))
+
-//            }
+/// Data type representing the `value` of a message object (`KVT`),
-//       };
+/// with an additional field typed_message which contains a TypedMessage object
-//       Ok(msg)
+/// made by deserializing the content field.
-//    }
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct TypedSsbMessageValue {
+    pub previous: Option<Multihash>,
+    pub author: String,
+    pub sequence: u64,
+    pub timestamp: LegacyF64,
+    pub hash: String,
+    pub content: Value,
+    pub typed_message: TypedMessage,
+    pub signature: String,
 }
 
 /// Data type representing the `value` of a message object (`KVT`). More information concerning the