Add flash messages

examples/actix_example/Cargo.toml

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ futures = { version = "^0.3" }
 futures-util = { version = "^0.3" }
 actix-http = "2"
 actix-web = "3"
+actix-flash = "0.2"
 actix-files = "0.5"
 tera = "1.8.0"
 dotenv = "0.15"

examples/actix_example/src/main.rs

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use listenfd::ListenFd;
 use sea_orm::entity::*;
 use sea_orm::query::*;
 use sea_orm::EntityTrait;
-use serde::Deserialize;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::env;
 use tera::Tera;
 
@@ -34,8 +34,18 @@ pub struct Params {
     posts_per_page: Option<usize>,
 }
 
+#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize, Debug, Clone)]
+struct FlashData {
+    kind: String,
+    message: String,
+}
+
 #[get("/")]
-async fn list(req: HttpRequest, data: web::Data<AppState>) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
+async fn list(
+    req: HttpRequest,
+    data: web::Data<AppState>,
+    opt_flash: Option<actix_flash::Message<FlashData>>,
+) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
     let template = &data.templates;
     let conn = sea_orm::Database::connect(&data.db_url).await.unwrap();
 
@@ -47,6 +57,15 @@ async fn list(req: HttpRequest, data: web::Data<AppState>) -> Result<HttpRespons
     let paginator = Post::find().paginate(&conn, posts_per_page);
     let num_pages = paginator.num_pages().await.ok().unwrap();
 
+    let mut flash_message = String::new();
+    let mut flash_kind = String::new();
+
+    if let Some(flash) = opt_flash {
+        let flash_inner = flash.into_inner();
+        flash_message = flash_inner.message.to_owned();
+        flash_kind = flash_inner.kind.to_owned();
+    }
+
     let posts = paginator
         .fetch_page(page)
         .await
@@ -56,6 +75,8 @@ async fn list(req: HttpRequest, data: web::Data<AppState>) -> Result<HttpRespons
     ctx.insert("page", &page);
     ctx.insert("posts_per_page", &posts_per_page);
     ctx.insert("num_pages", &num_pages);
+    ctx.insert("flash_message", &flash_message);
+    ctx.insert("flash_kind", &flash_kind);
 
     let body = template
         .render("index.html.tera", &ctx)
@@ -77,7 +98,7 @@ async fn new(data: web::Data<AppState>) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
 async fn create(
     data: web::Data<AppState>,
     post_form: web::Form<post::Model>,
-) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
+) -> actix_flash::Response<HttpResponse, FlashData> {
     let conn = sea_orm::Database::connect(&data.db_url).await.unwrap();
 
     let form = post_form.into_inner();
@@ -91,7 +112,12 @@ async fn create(
     .await
     .expect("could not insert post");
 
-    Ok(HttpResponse::Found().header("location", "/").finish())
+    let flash = FlashData {
+        kind: "success".to_owned(),
+        message: "Post successfully added.".to_owned(),
+    };
+
+    actix_flash::Response::with_redirect(flash.clone(), "/")
 }
 
 #[get("/{id}")]
@@ -119,7 +145,7 @@ async fn update(
     data: web::Data<AppState>,
     id: web::Path<i32>,
     post_form: web::Form<post::Model>,
-) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
+) -> actix_flash::Response<HttpResponse, FlashData> {
     let conn = sea_orm::Database::connect(&data.db_url).await.unwrap();
     let form = post_form.into_inner();
 
@@ -132,11 +158,19 @@ async fn update(
     .await
     .expect("could not edit post");
 
-    Ok(HttpResponse::Found().header("location", "/").finish())
+    let flash = FlashData {
+        kind: "success".to_owned(),
+        message: "Post successfully updated.".to_owned(),
+    };
+
+    actix_flash::Response::with_redirect(flash.clone(), "/")
 }
 
 #[post("/delete/{id}")]
-async fn delete(data: web::Data<AppState>, id: web::Path<i32>) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
+async fn delete(
+    data: web::Data<AppState>,
+    id: web::Path<i32>,
+) -> actix_flash::Response<HttpResponse, FlashData> {
     let conn = sea_orm::Database::connect(&data.db_url).await.unwrap();
 
     let post: post::ActiveModel = Post::find_by_id(id.into_inner())
@@ -148,8 +182,12 @@ async fn delete(data: web::Data<AppState>, id: web::Path<i32>) -> Result<HttpRes
 
     post.delete(&conn).await.unwrap();
 
-    // Flash::success(Redirect::to("/"), "Post successfully deleted.")
+    let flash = FlashData {
-    Ok(HttpResponse::Found().header("location", "/").finish())
+        kind: "success".to_owned(),
+        message: "Post successfully deleted.".to_owned(),
+    };
+
+    actix_flash::Response::with_redirect(flash.clone(), "/")
 }
 
 #[actix_web::main]
@@ -177,6 +215,7 @@ async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
                 templates: templates,
             })
             .wrap(middleware::Logger::default()) // enable logger
+            .wrap(actix_flash::Flash::default())
             .configure(init)
             .service(fs::Files::new("/static", "./static").show_files_listing())
     });

examples/actix_example/templates/index.html.tera

@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 <div class="container">
   <p><!--Nothing to see here --></p>
   <h1>Posts</h1>
-  {# {% if flash %}
+  {% if flash_message %}
-  <small class="field-{{ flash.0 }}-flash">
+  <small class="field-{{ flash_kind }}-flash">
-    {{ flash.1 }}
+    {{ flash_message }}
   </small>
-  {% endif %} #}
+  {% endif %}
   <table>
     <tbody>
       <thead>