refactoring and code cleanup

nixin_farm_ssr/src/controllers/home.rs

@@ -48,6 +48,21 @@ pub struct RegisterFormParams {
     pub password: Option<String>,
 }
 
+/// build a response that will cause a redirect without full 
+/// page reload using httpx
+///
+/// # Errors
+///
+/// When there is an issue with rendering the view.
+fn httpx_redirect(url: &str) -> Result<Response> {
+        let mut headers = HeaderMap::new();
+        //ToDo: modifiy below to avoid using ugly unwrap
+        headers.insert("HX-Location", url.parse().unwrap());
+
+        Ok(headers.into_response())
+}
+
+
 #[debug_handler]
 pub async fn home(
     auth: auth_no_error::JWTWithUserOpt<users::Model>,
@@ -128,11 +143,7 @@ pub async fn do_register(
     let res = AuthMailer::send_welcome(&ctx, &user).await;
     match res {
         Ok(()) => {
-            let mut headers = HeaderMap::new();
+            return httpx_redirect("/");
-            //ToDo: modifiy below to avoid using ugly unwrap
-            headers.insert("HX-Location", "/".parse().unwrap());
-
-            return Ok(headers.into_response());
         }
         Err(err) => {
             return views::home::error(&v,&format!("failed to send welcome email: {}",err.to_string()));
@@ -184,15 +195,8 @@ pub async fn do_login(
                     return Ok((jar, views::home::error(&v,"Login failed: invalid email or password")));
                 };
 
-                // We do not really need to return the index view in the response body
+                // Notes about old code we have tested before : 
-                // because the HX-Location header will trigger htmx to fetch it from 
+                // We tried returning the JWT token both in an authorisation header
-                // the client.
-                // We are doing it here only to test if it allows degrading gracefully
-                // on java script disabled clients.
-                // See do_register() for an implementation of htmx redirect with
-                // an empty body
-
-                // Also we tried returning the JWT token both in an authorisation header
                 // But only the cookie version is working. Web browsers do not seem to be 
                 // able to get the token from the header to send it back.
                 // Anyway, using a cookie, with attributes Secure, HttpOnly and 
@@ -200,24 +204,18 @@ pub async fn do_login(
                 // to avoid XSS and CSRF attacks
                 // ToDo: manage reset token
 
-                //ToDo: modifiy below to avoid using ugly unwraps
+                //This is how we could set the token cookie without using the CookieJar 
-
-                let mut headers = HeaderMap::new();
-                //headers.insert(header::AUTHORIZATION, HeaderValue::from_str(&format!("Bearer {}", token)).unwrap());
-                headers.insert("HX-Location", "/".parse().unwrap());
-                //This is how to set the token cookie without using the CookieJar :
                 //headers.insert(header::SET_COOKIE, HeaderValue::from_str(&format!("token={}; Secure; HttpOnly; SameSite=Strict", token)).unwrap());
+                // - not tested but should work
+                // - if used instead of CookieJar maybe it should be moved to the httpx_redirect() function?
                 
-                let index_view = views::home::index(&v,&user).unwrap();
-
                 let mut cookie = Cookie::new("token", token);
                 cookie.set_secure(true);
                 cookie.set_http_only(true);
                 cookie.set_same_site(SameSite::Strict);
 
-                Ok((
+                Ok((jar.add(cookie),
-                jar.add(cookie),
+                    httpx_redirect("/"),))
-                Ok((headers, index_view).into_response()),))
         }
         _ => {
             return Ok((jar, views::home::error(&v,"Login failed: you need to provide an email and a password")));
@@ -230,10 +228,10 @@ pub async fn do_login(
 pub async fn logout(
     State(_ctx): State<AppContext>,
     jar: CookieJar)
-    -> Result<(CookieJar, Redirect), StatusCode> {
+    -> Result<(CookieJar, impl IntoResponse), StatusCode> {
 
-    println!("Cookie jar: {:?}",jar);
+    Ok((jar.remove(Cookie::from("token")),
-    Ok((jar.remove(Cookie::from("token")), Redirect::to("/"),))
+        httpx_redirect("/"),))
 }
 
 #[debug_handler]