.gitignore

@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 .DS_Store
 /.idea
 /artifacts
-/*.tar.gz
+/release.tar.gz

Cargo.lock

@@ -1355,7 +1355,7 @@ checksum = "9f746c4065a8fa3fe23974dd82f15431cc8d40779821001404d10d2e79ca7d79"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pbe"
-version = "0.3.1"
+version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "actix-files",
  "actix-web",

Cargo.toml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "pbe"
 description = "Personal Blog Engine. Gered's umpteenth take on a custom blog."
-version = "0.3.1"
+version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
@@ -22,14 +22,4 @@ syntect = "5.0.0"
 tera = "1.19.0"
 thiserror = "1.0.40"
 tokio = "1"
-url = "2.4.0"
-
-[build-dependencies]
-chrono = "0.4.26"
-
-[profile.release]
-# settings that are mainly intended to reduce the size of the release binary while keeping the release binary tuned
-# for performance. these alone reduce the binary size by over 50%, which is good enough in my opinion ...
-strip = true
-lto = true
-codegen-units = 1
+url = "2.4.0"

README.md

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ pbe /path/to/example-site
 
 The argument provided to `pbe` is the **root site path**. If not specified, the current working directory is used.
 
-Once started up successfully, you can access this site in your browser at http://localhost:8080/.
+Once started up successfully, you can access this site in your browser at [http://localhost:8080/].
 
 ## Overview
 
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ This is the main configuration file which controls how the website is accessed a
 
 | Key                 | Required? | Description                                                                                                                                                                |
 |---------------------|-----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| `bind_addr`         | Yes       | The IP address of the network interface to bind the HTTP server on. Usual values would be something like `0.0.0.0` or `127.0.0.1`.                                         |
+| `bind_addr`         | Yes       | The hostname/IP to bind the HTTP server on. Usual values would be something like `0.0.0.0` or `127.0.0.1`.                                                                 |
 | `bind_port`         | Yes       | The port to bind the HTTP server on. For example, `8080`.                                                                                                                  |
 | `static_files_path` | Yes       | The **relative** path to the directory containing all public web accessible files, e.g. CSS files, images, etc.                                                            |
 | `templates_path`    | Yes       | The **relative** path to the directory containing all HTML templates.                                                                                                      |
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ top-level `pages` key. Each page can contain the following:
 |------------------|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 | `file_path`      | Yes       | The path (relative to `pages_path` found in `server.yml`) to the HTML, Markdown or plain text content for this page.                                                                                                                                                      |
 | `title`          | Yes       | The title of the page. This is what will be visible on the website itself.                                                                                                                                                                                                |
-| `url`            | Yes       | The URL this page can be accessed at. This is just the path component of the URL, e.g. `/my-page`.                                                                                                                                                                        |
+| `url`            | Yes       | The URL this page can be accessed at. This is just the path component of the URL, e.g. `/my-page/`.                                                                                                                                                                       |
 | `alternate_urls` | No        | A list of alternate URLs this page can be accessed at. If provided, each of these URLs will result in a redirect response to the main page URL. This is provided mainly as an aide in transitioning from another website which may have served content at different URLs. |
 
 An example file may look like the following:
@@ -132,13 +132,13 @@ pages:
 
   - file_path: about.md
     title: About This Site
-    url: /about
+    url: /about/
 
   - file_path: joke.md
     title: Joke
-    url: /joke
+    url: /joke/
     alternate_urls:
-      - /trying-to-be-funny
+      - /trying-to-be-funny/
 ```
 
 ### `posts.yml`
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ rss:
 #### Post URLs
 
 Post URLs are automatically derived from a combination of the `date` and `slug` defined for each post using the format
-`/year/month/day/slug`.
+`/year/month/day/slug/`.
 
 For example for the post
 
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ date: 2023-03-20 18:01
 slug: lorem-ipsum
 ```
 
-The URL would end up being `/2023/03/20/lorem-ipsum`.
+The URL would end up being `/2023/03/20/lorem-ipsum/` (note the trailing slash).
 
 ## Writing Content
 
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ Displays any single page at the individual page's URL. Normally this would displ
 
 ### `tag.html`
 
-Displays posts for a given tag, at the tag's URL `/tag/{tag-name}`. Normally this would display the tag and then all 
+Displays posts for a given tag, at the tag's URL `/tag/{tag-name}/`. Normally this would display the tag and then all 
 the posts in a list format.
 
 | Key     | Type     | Description                                                              |
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ the posts in a list format.
 
 ### `archive.html`
 
-Displays all posts, at the archive URL `/archive`. Normally this would be a simple list of all posts showing their 
+Displays all posts, at the archive URL `/archive/`. Normally this would be a simple list of all posts showing their 
 titles, dates, and tags. 
 
 ### `latest_post.html`
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ Contains all information about a single post.
 
 | Field          | Type       | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                |
 |----------------|------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| `url`          | `string`   | The post's URL, e.g. `/2023/06/30/hello-world`                                                                                                                                                             |
+| `url`          | `string`   | The post's URL, e.g. `/2023/06/30/hello-world/`                                                                                                                                                            |
 | `title`        | `string`   | The post's title, as defined in `posts.yml`.                                                                                                                                                               |
 | `date`         | `int`      | The date/time of the post, as defined in `posts.yml`, converted to seconds since Jan 1, 1970. You can use [Tera's `date` filter](https://tera.netlify.app/docs/#date) to display this in a formatted way.  |
 | `tags`         | `string[]` | The post's tags, as defined in `posts.yml`. This may be an empty list if no tags were specified for the post.                                                                                              |
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ Contains all information about a single page.
 
 | Field          | Type     | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                |
 |----------------|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| `url`          | `string` | The page's URL, as defined in `pages.yml`, e.g. `/my-page`                                                                                                                                                 |
+| `url`          | `string` | The page's URL, as defined in `pages.yml`, e.g. `/my-page/`                                                                                                                                                |
 | `title`        | `string` | The page's title, as defined in `pages.yml`.                                                                                                                                                               |
 | `content_html` | `string` | The page's content, rendered as HTML. Most of the time, you'd want to display this in your template using [Tera's `safe` filter](https://tera.netlify.app/docs/#safe) to ensure HTML tags are not escaped. |
 

build.rs

@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-use std::process::Command;
-
-fn main() {
-	let git_output = Command::new("git").args(&["rev-parse", "--short", "HEAD"]).output().unwrap();
-	let git_hash = String::from_utf8(git_output.stdout).unwrap();
-	println!("cargo:rustc-env=GIT_HASH={git_hash}");
-
-	let build_ts = chrono::Utc::now();
-	println!("cargo:rustc-env=BUILD_TS={build_ts:?}");
-}

example-site/pages.yml

@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ pages:
 
   - file_path: about.md
     title: About This Site
-    url: /about
+    url: /about/
 
   - file_path: joke.md
     title: Joke
-    url: /joke
+    url: /joke/
     alternate_urls:
-      - /trying-to-be-funny
+      - /trying-to-be-funny/

example-site/templates/archive.html

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 			<a href="{{ post.url }}">{{ post.title }}</a>
 			<span class="tags">
 				{%- for tag in post.tags -%}
-				<span><a href="/tag/{{ tag }}">{{ tag }}</a></span>
+				<span><a href="/tag/{{ tag }}/">{{ tag }}</a></span>
 				{%- endfor -%}
 			</span>
 		</td>

example-site/templates/base.html

@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 		<h2>My Site</h2>
 		<nav>
 			<a href="/">Home</a> |
-			<a href="/archive">Archive</a> |
-			<a href="/about">About</a>
+			<a href="/archive/">Archive</a> |
+			<a href="/about/">About</a>
 		</nav>
 	</header>
 	<main>

example-site/templates/partials/post.html

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 			{{ post.date | date(format="%B %e, %Y") }} —
 			<span class="tags">
 				{%- for tag in post.tags -%}
-				<span><a href="/tag/{{ tag }}">{{ tag }}</a></span>
+				<span><a href="/tag/{{ tag }}/">{{ tag }}</a></span>
 				{%- endfor -%}
 			</span>
 		</div>

generate-release-artifacts.sh

@@ -1,24 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 cd "$(dirname "$0")"
 
-package_version=$(cargo pkgid | cut -d# -f2 | cut -d: -f2)
-current_target=$(rustc -vV | sed -n 's|host: ||p')
-
-package_filename="pbe-v${package_version}-${current_target}.tar.gz"
-
-rm -f ./artifacts/bin/pbe
-rm -f ./artifacts/bin/syntax_to_css
-
-cargo clean
 cargo install --path . --root ./artifacts/
 cargo install --path ./syntax_to_css/ --root ./artifacts/
 
-tar -cvf $package_filename \
-    README.md \
-    LICENSE \
-    example-site \
-    -C ./artifacts/bin \
-    pbe \
-    syntax_to_css
+cd ./artifacts/bin
+tar -cvf ../../release.tar.gz ./pbe ./syntax_to_css
 
-echo "Packaged release as ${package_filename}"

src/config.rs

@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::BufReader;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
-use crate::util::drop_trailing_slash;
-
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, serde::Deserialize)]
 pub struct Server {
 	pub bind_addr: String,
@@ -96,22 +94,11 @@ pub fn load_content(
 	let mut pages: Pages = load_config(pages_path)?;
 	for page in pages.pages.iter_mut() {
 		page.file_path = [&server_config.pages_path, &page.file_path].iter().collect();
-		drop_trailing_slash(&mut page.url);
-		if let Some(alternate_urls) = &mut page.alternate_urls {
-			for alternate_url in alternate_urls.iter_mut() {
-				drop_trailing_slash(alternate_url);
-			}
-		}
 	}
 	log::info!("Loading posts config from {:?}", posts_path);
 	let mut posts: Posts = load_config(posts_path)?;
 	for post in posts.posts.iter_mut() {
 		post.file_path = [&server_config.posts_path, &post.file_path].iter().collect();
-		if let Some(alternate_urls) = &mut post.alternate_urls {
-			for alternate_url in alternate_urls.iter_mut() {
-				drop_trailing_slash(alternate_url);
-			}
-		}
 	}
 	Ok((pages, posts))
 }

src/main.rs

@@ -2,16 +2,54 @@ use std::env;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
 use actix_files::Files;
-use actix_web::{web, App, HttpServer};
+use actix_web::web::Redirect;
+use actix_web::{web, App, Either, HttpRequest, HttpResponse, HttpServer, Responder};
 use anyhow::Context;
 
 mod config;
 mod markdown;
-mod routes;
 mod site;
 mod util;
 mod watcher;
 
+fn not_found() -> HttpResponse {
+	HttpResponse::NotFound().body("not found")
+}
+
+#[actix_web::get("/")]
+async fn latest_posts(data: web::Data<site::SiteService>) -> impl Responder {
+	log::debug!("GET / -> latest_posts()");
+	data.serve_latest_post()
+}
+
+#[actix_web::get("/tag/{tag}/")]
+async fn latest_posts_by_tag(path: web::Path<(String,)>, data: web::Data<site::SiteService>) -> impl Responder {
+	let tag = path.into_inner().0;
+	log::debug!("GET /tag/{0}/ -> latest_posts_by_tag(), tag = {0}", tag);
+	data.serve_posts_by_tag(&tag)
+}
+
+#[actix_web::get("/archive/")]
+async fn posts_archive(data: web::Data<site::SiteService>) -> impl Responder {
+	log::debug!("GET /archive/ -> posts_archive()");
+	data.serve_posts_archive()
+}
+
+#[actix_web::get("/rss/")]
+async fn rss_feed(data: web::Data<site::SiteService>) -> impl Responder {
+	log::debug!("GET /rss/ -> rss_feed()");
+	data.serve_rss_feed()
+}
+
+async fn site_content(req: HttpRequest, data: web::Data<site::SiteService>) -> Either<HttpResponse, Redirect> {
+	log::debug!("GET {} -> fallback to site_content()", req.path());
+	if let Some(response) = data.serve_content_by_url(&req) {
+		response
+	} else {
+		Either::Left(not_found())
+	}
+}
+
 fn spawn_watcher(
 	watch_paths: Vec<PathBuf>,
 	pages_config_path: PathBuf,
@@ -74,12 +112,6 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 	.map_err(|err| anyhow::anyhow!(err))?;
 
 	println!("PBE - Personal Blog Engine - https://github.com/gered/pbe");
-	println!(
-		"Build version {0}, git hash {1}, built at {2}",
-		env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"),
-		env!("GIT_HASH"),
-		env!("BUILD_TS")
-	);
 
 	// manually handling args because
 	// 1) i have very simple needs
@@ -138,13 +170,12 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 		HttpServer::new(move || {
 			App::new() //
 				.app_data(data.clone())
-				.wrap(actix_web::middleware::NormalizePath::trim())
-				.service(routes::latest_posts)
-				.service(routes::latest_posts_by_tag)
-				.service(routes::posts_archive)
-				.service(routes::rss_feed)
+				.service(latest_posts)
+				.service(latest_posts_by_tag)
+				.service(posts_archive)
+				.service(rss_feed)
 				.service(Files::new("/", &server_config.static_files_path))
-				.default_service(web::get().to(routes::site_content))
+				.default_service(web::get().to(site_content))
 		})
 		.bind((server_config.bind_addr.clone(), server_config.bind_port))
 		.with_context(|| format!("Binding HTTP server on {}:{}", server_config.bind_addr, server_config.bind_port))?

src/markdown.rs

@@ -107,9 +107,7 @@ impl MarkdownRenderer {
 	}
 
 	pub fn render_to_html(&self, s: &str) -> Result<String, MarkdownError> {
-		let mut options = pulldown_cmark::Options::all();
-		options.set(pulldown_cmark::Options::ENABLE_SMART_PUNCTUATION, false);
-		let parser = Parser::new_ext(s, options);
+		let parser = Parser::new_ext(s, pulldown_cmark::Options::all());
 		let events = self.highlight_codeblocks(parser)?;
 		let mut output = String::new();
 		pulldown_cmark::html::push_html(&mut output, events);

src/routes.rs

@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-use actix_web::web::Redirect;
-use actix_web::{web, Either, HttpRequest, HttpResponse, Responder};
-
-use crate::site;
-
-fn not_found() -> HttpResponse {
-	HttpResponse::NotFound().body("not found")
-}
-
-#[actix_web::route("/", method = "GET", method = "HEAD")]
-pub async fn latest_posts(data: web::Data<site::SiteService>) -> impl Responder {
-	log::debug!("GET / -> latest_posts()");
-	data.serve_latest_post()
-}
-
-#[actix_web::route("/tag/{tag}", method = "GET", method = "HEAD")]
-pub async fn latest_posts_by_tag(path: web::Path<(String,)>, data: web::Data<site::SiteService>) -> impl Responder {
-	let tag = path.into_inner().0;
-	log::debug!("GET /tag/{0} -> latest_posts_by_tag(), tag = {0}", tag);
-	data.serve_posts_by_tag(&tag)
-}
-
-#[actix_web::route("/archive", method = "GET", method = "HEAD")]
-pub async fn posts_archive(data: web::Data<site::SiteService>) -> impl Responder {
-	log::debug!("GET /archive -> posts_archive()");
-	data.serve_posts_archive()
-}
-
-#[actix_web::route("/rss", method = "GET", method = "HEAD")]
-pub async fn rss_feed(data: web::Data<site::SiteService>) -> impl Responder {
-	log::debug!("GET /rss -> rss_feed()");
-	data.serve_rss_feed()
-}
-
-pub async fn site_content(
-	req: HttpRequest,
-	data: web::Data<site::SiteService>,
-) -> Result<Either<HttpResponse, Redirect>, site::SiteError> {
-	log::debug!("GET {} -> fallback to site_content()", req.path());
-	if let Some(response) = data.serve_content_by_url(&req)? {
-		Ok(response)
-	} else {
-		Ok(Either::Left(not_found()))
-	}
-}

src/site.rs

@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@ use std::ops::Deref;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::sync::RwLock;
 
-use actix_web::body::BoxBody;
-use actix_web::http::header::ContentType;
-use actix_web::http::StatusCode;
 use actix_web::web::Redirect;
 use actix_web::{Either, HttpRequest, HttpResponse};
 use chrono::{Datelike, TimeZone};
@@ -65,16 +62,6 @@ pub enum SiteError {
 	TeraError(#[from] tera::Error),
 }
 
-impl actix_web::error::ResponseError for SiteError {
-	fn error_response(&self) -> HttpResponse<BoxBody> {
-		log::error!("Error response: {:?}", self);
-		let status_code = self.status_code();
-		HttpResponse::build(status_code) //
-			.content_type(ContentType::plaintext())
-			.body(format!("{status_code}\n\n{:#?}", self))
-	}
-}
-
 pub struct AlternateUrlMappings {
 	mapping: HashMap<UriPath, UriPath>,
 }
@@ -142,13 +129,7 @@ pub struct Post {
 
 impl Post {
 	pub fn try_from(value: config::Post, content_renderer: &ContentRenderer) -> Result<Self, SiteError> {
-		let url = format!(
-			"/{:04}/{:02}/{:02}/{}", //
-			value.date.year(),
-			value.date.month(),
-			value.date.day(),
-			value.slug
-		);
+		let url = format!("/{:04}/{:02}/{:02}/{}", value.date.year(), value.date.month(), value.date.day(), value.slug);
 		let content_html = content_renderer.render(&value.file_path)?;
 		let tags = value.tags.map_or_else(|| Vec::new(), |x| x.clone());
 		Ok(Post {
@@ -366,37 +347,34 @@ impl SiteService {
 		Ok(())
 	}
 
-	pub fn serve_latest_post(&self) -> Result<HttpResponse, SiteError> {
+	pub fn serve_latest_post(&self) -> HttpResponse {
 		let content = self.content.read().expect("SiteContent read lock failed"); // TODO: better error handling
 		let post = content.get_latest_post();
 		let mut context = tera::Context::new();
 		if let Some(post) = post {
 			context.insert("post", post);
 		}
-		let response_body = content.template_renderer.render("latest_post.html", &context)?;
-		Ok(HttpResponse::Ok().content_type(ContentType::html()).body(response_body))
+		HttpResponse::Ok().body(content.template_renderer.render("latest_post.html", &context).unwrap())
 	}
 
-	pub fn serve_posts_by_tag(&self, tag: &Tag) -> Result<HttpResponse, SiteError> {
+	pub fn serve_posts_by_tag(&self, tag: &Tag) -> HttpResponse {
 		let content = self.content.read().expect("SiteContent read lock failed"); // TODO: better error handling
 		let posts = content.get_posts_with_tag_ordered_by_date(tag);
 		let mut context = tera::Context::new();
 		context.insert("tag", tag);
 		context.insert("posts", &posts);
-		let response_body = content.template_renderer.render("tag.html", &context)?;
-		Ok(HttpResponse::Ok().content_type(ContentType::html()).body(response_body))
+		HttpResponse::Ok().body(content.template_renderer.render("tag.html", &context).unwrap())
 	}
 
-	pub fn serve_posts_archive(&self) -> Result<HttpResponse, SiteError> {
+	pub fn serve_posts_archive(&self) -> HttpResponse {
 		let content = self.content.read().expect("SiteContent read lock failed"); // TODO: better error handling
 		let posts = content.get_posts_ordered_by_date();
 		let mut context = tera::Context::new();
 		context.insert("posts", &posts);
-		let response_body = content.template_renderer.render("archive.html", &context)?;
-		Ok(HttpResponse::Ok().content_type(ContentType::html()).body(response_body))
+		HttpResponse::Ok().body(content.template_renderer.render("archive.html", &context).unwrap())
 	}
 
-	pub fn serve_rss_feed(&self) -> Result<HttpResponse, SiteError> {
+	pub fn serve_rss_feed(&self) -> HttpResponse {
 		let content = self.content.read().expect("SiteContent read lock failed"); // TODO: better error handling
 		let base_url = url::Url::parse(&content.rss.url).unwrap();
 		let posts = content.get_posts_ordered_by_date();
@@ -419,11 +397,10 @@ impl SiteService {
 				})
 				.collect::<Vec<rss::Item>>(),
 		);
-		let response_body = channel.to_string();
-		Ok(HttpResponse::Ok().content_type("application/rss+xml").body(response_body))
+		HttpResponse::Ok().content_type("application/rss+xml").body(channel.to_string())
 	}
 
-	pub fn serve_content_by_url(&self, req: &HttpRequest) -> Result<Option<Either<HttpResponse, Redirect>>, SiteError> {
+	pub fn serve_content_by_url(&self, req: &HttpRequest) -> Option<Either<HttpResponse, Redirect>> {
 		let content = self.content.read().expect("SiteContent read lock failed"); // TODO: better error handling
 		let url = String::from(req.path());
 		match content.get_content_at(&url) {
@@ -431,23 +408,23 @@ impl SiteService {
 				log::debug!("Found page content at {}", req.path());
 				let mut context = tera::Context::new();
 				context.insert("page", page);
-				let rendered = content.template_renderer.render("page.html", &context)?;
-				Ok(Some(Either::Left(HttpResponse::Ok().content_type(ContentType::html()).body(rendered))))
+				let rendered = content.template_renderer.render("page.html", &context).unwrap();
+				Some(Either::Left(HttpResponse::Ok().body(rendered)))
 			}
 			Some(Content::Post(post)) => {
 				log::debug!("Found post content at {}", req.path());
 				let mut context = tera::Context::new();
 				context.insert("post", post);
-				let rendered = content.template_renderer.render("post.html", &context)?;
-				Ok(Some(Either::Left(HttpResponse::Ok().content_type(ContentType::html()).body(rendered))))
+				let rendered = content.template_renderer.render("post.html", &context).unwrap();
+				Some(Either::Left(HttpResponse::Ok().body(rendered)))
 			}
 			Some(Content::Redirect(url)) => {
 				log::debug!("Found redirect at {}", req.path());
-				Ok(Some(Either::Right(Redirect::to(url).using_status_code(StatusCode::MOVED_PERMANENTLY))))
+				Some(Either::Right(Redirect::to(url).permanent()))
 			}
 			None => {
 				log::debug!("No matching content at {}", req.path());
-				Ok(None)
+				None
 			}
 		}
 	}

src/util.rs

@@ -28,9 +28,3 @@ pub fn serialize_naivedatetime_to_i64<S: serde::Serializer>(
 ) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error> {
 	serializer.serialize_i64(value.timestamp())
 }
-
-pub fn drop_trailing_slash(s: &mut String) {
-	if s.ends_with("/") {
-		s.pop();
-	}
-}