Broken code please help I'm dumb

Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "pogchat"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.3.0"
 authors = ["Erin Nova <erin@the-system.eu.org>"]
 edition = "2018"
 
@@ -15,3 +15,9 @@ uuid = { version = "0.8.1", features = ["serde", "v4"] }
 log = "0.4.0"
 env_logger = "0.8.4"
 chrono = { version = "0.4.11", features = ["serde"] }
+serde_derive = "1.0"
+
+[dependencies.rocket_contrib]
+version = "0.4.10"
+default-features = false
+features = ["json"]

README.md

@@ -29,3 +29,6 @@ Whenever user sends a message, client will send message & token and backend will
 - [ ] Basic messaging system
 - [ ] Token generation & storage
 - [x] Pronouns
+- [ ] Change pronouns
+- [ ] User management (banning, etc.)
+- [ ] Blacklist words from chat/names

src/auth.rs

@@ -20,99 +20,7 @@ pub fn index() -> &'static str {
 
     `GET /api/about/pronouns/<name>` Get the pronouns of a user"
 }
-/*
-// The output is wrapped in a Result to allow matching on errors
-// Returns an Iterator to the Reader of the lines of the file.
-fn read_lines<P>(filename: P) -> io::Result<io::Lines<io::BufReader<File>>>
-where P: AsRef<Path>, {
-    let file = File::open(filename)?;
-    Ok(io::BufReader::new(file).lines())
-}
 
-// Function to read json from file into the vector
-fn read_json() -> Vec<User> {
-    // Create path to file
-    let path = Path::new("users.json");
-    let display = path.display();
-
-    let mut users: Vec<User> = Vec::new(); // Create an empty vector of users
-
-    // Read through the lines and append them to the array
-    if let Ok(lines) = read_lines(&path) {
-        for line in lines {
-            if let Ok(user) = line {
-                info!("read {} from json file {}", display, &user);
-                // Parse line from file into a data structure
-                let user: User = serde_json::from_str(&user).unwrap();
-                users.push(user);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    return users;
-}
-
-// Function to append the last value of the users vector to the file
-fn append_json(users_list: &Vec<User>)  -> Result<()> {
-    // Create a file to write to
-    let path = Path::new("users.json");
-    let display = path.display();
-
-    let mut file = match OpenOptions::new()
-    .write(true)
-    .create(true)
-    .append(true)
-    .open(&path){
-        Err(why) => panic!("couldn't create {}: {}", display, why),
-        Ok(file) => file,
-    };
-
-    // Serialize the last user value
-    let users_json = serde_json::to_string(&users_list[users_list.len()-1])?;
-
-    // Write to the file
-    match file.write_all(users_json.as_bytes()) {
-        Err(why) => panic!("couldn't write to {}: {}", display, why),
-        Ok(_) => info!("succesfully wrote to {}", display),
-    };
-    // Add newline
-    match file.write_all("\n".as_bytes()) {
-        Err(why) => panic!("couldn't write to {}: {}", display, why),
-        Ok(_) => info!("succesfully wrote to {}", display),
-    };
-    Ok(())
-}
-
-// Function to write whole vector of users to file
-fn write_json(users_list: &Vec<User>) -> Result<()> {
-    // Create a file to write to
-    let path = Path::new("users.json");
-    let display = path.display();
-
-    let mut file = match OpenOptions::new()
-    .write(true)
-    .create(true)
-    .open(&path){
-        Err(why) => panic!("couldn't create {}: {}", display, why),
-        Ok(file) => file,
-    };
-    
-    let mut users_json = String::new();
-    for i in 0..users_list.len() {
-        // Serialize the users
-        users_json += &serde_json::to_string(&users_list[i])?;
-        if i <= users_list.len()-2 { // don't append newline if it's the last element
-            users_json += "\n";
-        }
-    }
-
-    // Write to the file
-    match file.write_all(users_json.as_bytes()) {
-        Err(why) => panic!("couldn't write to {}: {}", display, why),
-        Ok(_) => info!("succesfully wrote to {}", display),
-    };
-    Ok(())
-}
-*/
 // Post request to register a user and pin
 #[post("/api/register/<name>/<pin>/<pronouns>")]
 pub fn register_user(name: &str, pin: i32, pronouns: &str) -> String {

src/chat.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/* Contains Rocket code for chat/message functionality */
+extern crate log;
+extern crate rocket_contrib;
+use crate::message::Message;
+extern crate serde_derive;
+use rocket_contrib::json::{Json, JsonValue};
+use rocket::{data::FromData, response::Responder};
+
+#[post("/api/message/send", format = "json", data = "<message>")]
+pub fn send_message(message: Json<Message>) -> JsonValue {
+    json!({
+        "status": "ok",
+        "reason": "bruh"
+    })
+}

src/main.rs

@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
-#[macro_use]
-extern crate log;
+#[macro_use] extern crate log;
 #[macro_use] extern crate rocket;
+#[macro_use] extern crate rocket_contrib;
+
 use rocket::fairing::AdHoc;
 
 mod auth;
 mod user;
 mod message;
 mod file_io;
+mod chat;
 
 #[launch]
 fn rocket() -> _ {
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ fn rocket() -> _ {
     rocket::build()
         .mount(
             "/",
-            routes![auth::index, auth::get_user, auth::register_user, auth::check_pin, auth::change, auth::get_user_name, auth::get_user_pronouns],
+            routes![auth::index, auth::get_user, auth::register_user, auth::check_pin, auth::change, auth::get_user_name, auth::get_user_pronouns, chat::send_message],
         )
         .attach(cors_fairing)
 }

src/message.rs

@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 use uuid::Uuid;
 use chrono::prelude::*;
 use crate::user::User;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-#[derive(Clone)]
+#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize)]
 pub struct Message {
+    /*
     pub id: Uuid,
     pub user: User,
     pub body: String,
-    pub created_at: DateTime<Utc>,
+    pub created_at: DateTime<Utc>, */
+    id: u8,
+    body: String,
 }