Optimize use of .unwrap()

src/post.rs

@@ -26,15 +26,9 @@ pub async fn item(req: HttpRequest) -> Result<HttpResponse> {
 	dbg!(&id);
 	
 	// Send a request to the url, receive JSON in response
-	let req = request(&path).await;
+	match request(&path).await {
-
-	// If the Reddit API returns an error, exit and send error page to user
-	if req.is_err() {
-		error(req.err().unwrap().to_string()).await
-	} else {
 		// Otherwise, grab the JSON output from the request
-		let res = req.unwrap();
+		Ok(res) => {
-
 			// Parse the JSON into Post and Comment structs
 			let post = parse_post(&res[0]).await.unwrap();
 			let comments = parse_comments(&res[1]).await.unwrap();
@@ -42,6 +36,9 @@ pub async fn item(req: HttpRequest) -> Result<HttpResponse> {
 			// Use the Post and Comment structs to generate a website to show users
 			let s = PostTemplate { comments, post, sort }.render().unwrap();
 			Ok(HttpResponse::Ok().content_type("text/html").body(s))
+		},
+		// If the Reddit API returns an error, exit and send error page to user
+		Err(msg) => error(msg.to_string()).await
 	}
 }
 

src/search.rs

@@ -26,22 +26,19 @@ pub async fn find(req: HttpRequest) -> Result<HttpResponse> {
 	};
 	let sub = req.match_info().get("sub").unwrap_or("").to_string();
 
-	let posts = fetch_posts(&path, String::new()).await;
+	match fetch_posts(&path, String::new()).await {
-
+		Ok(posts) => {
-	if posts.is_err() {
-		error(posts.err().unwrap().to_string()).await
-	} else {
-		let items = posts.unwrap();
-
 			let s = SearchTemplate {
-			posts: items.0,
+				posts: posts.0,
 				query: q,
 				sub,
 				sort: (sort, param(&path, "t")),
-			ends: (param(&path, "after"), items.1),
+				ends: (param(&path, "after"), posts.1),
 			}
 			.render()
 			.unwrap();
 			Ok(HttpResponse::Ok().content_type("text/html").body(s))
+		},
+		Err(msg) => error(msg.to_string()).await
 	}
 }

src/subreddit.rs

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 use crate::utils::{error, fetch_posts, format_num, format_url, param, request, val, Post, Subreddit};
 use actix_web::{HttpRequest, HttpResponse, Result};
 use askama::Template;
-use std::convert::TryInto;
 
 // STRUCTS
 #[derive(Template)]
@@ -22,20 +21,15 @@ pub async fn page(req: HttpRequest) -> Result<HttpResponse> {
 	let sort = req.match_info().get("sort").unwrap_or("hot").to_string();
 
 	let sub_result = if !&sub.contains('+') && sub != "popular" {
-		subreddit(&sub).await
+		subreddit(&sub).await.unwrap_or_default()
 	} else {
-		Ok(Subreddit::default())
+		Subreddit::default()
 	};
-	let posts = fetch_posts(&path, String::new()).await;
-
-	if posts.is_err() {
-		error(posts.err().unwrap().to_string()).await
-	} else {
-		let sub = sub_result.unwrap_or_default();
-		let items = posts.unwrap();
 
+	match fetch_posts(&path, String::new()).await {
+		Ok(items) => {
 			let s = SubredditTemplate {
-			sub,
+				sub: sub_result,
 				posts: items.0,
 				sort: (sort, param(&path, "t")),
 				ends: (param(&path, "after"), items.1),
@@ -43,28 +37,29 @@ pub async fn page(req: HttpRequest) -> Result<HttpResponse> {
 			.render()
 			.unwrap();
 			Ok(HttpResponse::Ok().content_type("text/html").body(s))
+		},
+		Err(msg) => error(msg.to_string()).await
 	}
 }
 
 // SUBREDDIT
 async fn subreddit(sub: &str) -> Result<Subreddit, &'static str> {
 	// Build the Reddit JSON API url
-	let url: String = format!("r/{}/about.json?raw_json=1", sub);
+	let path: String = format!("r/{}/about.json?raw_json=1", sub);
 
-	// Send a request to the url, receive JSON in response
+	let res;
-	let req = request(&url).await;
 
+	// Send a request to the url
+	match request(&path).await {
+		// If success, receive JSON in response
+		Ok(response) => { res = response; },
 		// If the Reddit API returns an error, exit this function
-	if req.is_err() {
+		Err(msg) => return Err(msg)
-		return Err(req.err().unwrap());
 	}
 
-	// Otherwise, grab the JSON output from the request
-	let res = req.unwrap();
-
 	// Metadata regarding the subreddit
-	let members = res["data"]["subscribers"].as_u64().unwrap_or(0);
+	let members: i64 = res["data"]["subscribers"].as_u64().unwrap_or_default() as i64;
-	let active = res["data"]["accounts_active"].as_u64().unwrap_or(0);
+	let active: i64 = res["data"]["accounts_active"].as_u64().unwrap_or_default() as i64;
 
 	// Fetch subreddit icon either from the community_icon or icon_img value
 	let community_icon: &str = res["data"]["community_icon"].as_str().unwrap_or("").split('?').collect::<Vec<&str>>()[0];
@@ -76,8 +71,8 @@ async fn subreddit(sub: &str) -> Result<Subreddit, &'static str> {
 		description: val(&res, "public_description"),
 		info: val(&res, "description_html").replace("\\", ""),
 		icon: format_url(icon).await,
-		members: format_num(members.try_into().unwrap_or(0)),
+		members: format_num(members),
-		active: format_num(active.try_into().unwrap_or(0)),
+		active: format_num(active),
 	};
 
 	Ok(sub)

src/user.rs

@@ -26,21 +26,20 @@ pub async fn profile(req: HttpRequest) -> Result<HttpResponse> {
 	let user = user(&username).await;
 	let posts = fetch_posts(&path, "Comment".to_string()).await;
 	
-	// If there is an error show error page
+	match posts {
-	if user.is_err() || posts.is_err() {
+		Ok(items) => {
-		error(user.err().unwrap().to_string()).await
-	} else {
-		let posts_unwrapped = posts.unwrap();
-
 			let s = UserTemplate {
 				user: user.unwrap(),
-			posts: posts_unwrapped.0,
+				posts: items.0,
 				sort: (sort, param(&path, "t")),
-			ends: (param(&path, "after"), posts_unwrapped.1),
+				ends: (param(&path, "after"), items.1),
 			}
 			.render()
 			.unwrap();
 			Ok(HttpResponse::Ok().content_type("text/html").body(s))
+		},
+		// If there is an error show error page
+		Err(msg) => error(msg.to_string()).await
 	}
 }
 
@@ -49,17 +48,16 @@ async fn user(name: &str) -> Result<User, &'static str> {
 	// Build the Reddit JSON API path
 	let path: String = format!("user/{}/about.json", name);
 
-	// Send a request to the url, receive JSON in response
+	let res;
-	let req = request(&path).await;
 
+	// Send a request to the url
+	match request(&path).await {
+		// If success, receive JSON in response
+		Ok(response) => { res = response; },
 		// If the Reddit API returns an error, exit this function
-	if req.is_err() {
+		Err(msg) => return Err(msg)
-		return Err(req.err().unwrap());
 	}
 
-	// Otherwise, grab the JSON output from the request
-	let res = req.unwrap();
-
 	// Grab creation date as unix timestamp
 	let created: i64 = res["data"]["created"].as_f64().unwrap().round() as i64;
 

src/utils.rs

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 use actix_web::{http::StatusCode, HttpResponse, Result};
 use askama::Template;
 use chrono::{TimeZone, Utc};
-use serde_json::{from_str, Value};
+use serde_json::{from_str};
 use url::Url;
 // use surf::{client, get, middleware::Redirect};
 
@@ -135,24 +135,27 @@ pub fn val(j: &serde_json::Value, k: &str) -> String {
 
 // nested_val() function used to parse JSON from Reddit APIs
 pub fn nested_val(j: &serde_json::Value, n: &str, k: &str) -> String {
-	String::from(j["data"][n][k].as_str().unwrap())
+	String::from(j["data"][n][k].as_str().unwrap_or_default())
 }
 
 // Fetch posts of a user or subreddit
 pub async fn fetch_posts(path: &str, fallback_title: String) -> Result<(Vec<Post>, String), &'static str> {
-	// Send a request to the url, receive JSON in response
+	let res;
-	let req = request(path).await;
+	let post_list;
 
+	// Send a request to the url
+	match request(&path).await {
+		// If success, receive JSON in response
+		Ok(response) => { res = response; },
 		// If the Reddit API returns an error, exit this function
-	if req.is_err() {
+		Err(msg) => return Err(msg)
-		return Err(req.err().unwrap());
 	}
 
-	// Otherwise, grab the JSON output from the request
-	let res = req.unwrap();
-
 	// Fetch the list of posts from the JSON response
-	let post_list = res["data"]["children"].as_array().unwrap();
+	match res["data"]["children"].as_array() {
+		Some(list) => { post_list = list },
+		None => { return Err("No posts found") }
+	}
 
 	let mut posts: Vec<Post> = Vec::new();
 
@@ -162,8 +165,8 @@ pub async fn fetch_posts(path: &str, fallback_title: String) -> Result<(Vec<Post
 		} else {
 			String::new()
 		};
-		let unix_time: i64 = post["data"]["created_utc"].as_f64().unwrap().round() as i64;
+		let unix_time: i64 = post["data"]["created_utc"].as_f64().unwrap_or_default().round() as i64;
-		let score = post["data"]["score"].as_i64().unwrap();
+		let score = post["data"]["score"].as_i64().unwrap_or_default();
 		let title = val(post, "title");
 
 		posts.push(Post {
@@ -206,7 +209,7 @@ pub async fn fetch_posts(path: &str, fallback_title: String) -> Result<(Vec<Post
 
 pub async fn error(message: String) -> Result<HttpResponse> {
 	let msg = if message.is_empty() { "Page not found".to_string() } else { message };
-	let body = ErrorTemplate { message: msg }.render().unwrap();
+	let body = ErrorTemplate { message: msg }.render().unwrap_or_default();
 	Ok(HttpResponse::Ok().status(StatusCode::NOT_FOUND).content_type("text/html").body(body))
 }
 
@@ -236,22 +239,22 @@ pub async fn request(path: &str) -> Result<serde_json::Value, &'static str> {
 	// --- reqwest ---
 	let res = reqwest::get(&url).await.unwrap();
 	// Read the status from the response
-	let success = res.status().is_success();
+	match res.status().is_success() {
-	// Read the body of the response
+		true => {
-	let body = res.text().await.unwrap();
-
 			// Parse the response from Reddit as JSON
-	let json: Value = from_str(body.as_str()).unwrap_or(Value::Null);
+			match from_str(res.text().await.unwrap_or_default().as_str()) {
-
+				Ok(json) => Ok(json),
-	if !success {
+				Err(_) => {
-		#[cfg(debug_assertions)]
-		dbg!(format!("{} - Page not found", url));
-		Err("Page not found")
-	} else if json == Value::Null {
 					#[cfg(debug_assertions)]
 					dbg!(format!("{} - Failed to parse page JSON data", url));
 					Err("Failed to parse page JSON data")
-	} else {
+				}
-		Ok(json)
+			}
+		},
+		false => {
+			#[cfg(debug_assertions)]
+			dbg!(format!("{} - Page not found", url));
+			Err("Page not found")
+		}
 	}
 }