use karax

src/twit2blogpkg/server.nim

@@ -1,14 +1,8 @@
-import strutils, options, sugar, sequtils, asyncdispatch, threadpool, db_sqlite, strformat
+import strutils, options, sugar, sequtils, asyncdispatch, threadpool, db_sqlite
 import twitter
+import templates
 import jester
 
-from htmlgen import nil
-
-# one thread just receives messages with thread ID / username
-# thread then passes messages to worker threads in round-robin fashion
-# worker threads gather thread contents, then update Redis DB (or sqlite) with thread ID mapped to content
-# user can go back to page with thread ID / user combo (or unique ID we give them?) and see compiled thread
-
 type
   ThreadRequest = object
     tweetID: string
@@ -66,46 +60,26 @@ router twitblog:
     let thread = threadExists(tweetID, author)
 
     if thread.isSome:
-      let title = fmt"Thread by {author}"
+      # Lists all the tweets in a thread
       let tweets = thread.get.tweets.split("\n")
-      resp htmlgen.body(
-        htmlgen.a(href=fmt"/author/{author}/threads", fmt"See all of {author}'s threads"),
-        htmlgen.h4(title),
-        htmlgen.ul(tweets.map((t) => htmlgen.li(t)).join(""))
-      )
+      resp renderThread(author, thread.get.tweets.split("\n"))
     else:
+      # Send it off to the rendering thread for processing
+      # Let them know to check back later
       chan.send(ThreadRequest(tweetID: tweetID, author: author))
-      resp htmlgen.h4("Check back later")
+      resp checkBack()
 
   get "/":
-    # lists all authors
+    # Lists all authors
     let authors = allAuthors.toSeq
     let title = "Authors"
-    resp htmlgen.body(
-      htmlgen.h4(title),
-      htmlgen.ul(
-        authors.map((author) =>
-          htmlgen.li(
-            htmlgen.a(href=fmt"/author/{author}/threads", author)
-          )
-        ).join("")
-      )
-    )
+    resp authors.listAuthors
 
   get "/author/@author/threads":
+    # Lists all threads by an author
     let author = @"author"
-    let title = fmt"Threads for {author}"
     let threads = toSeq(threadIDs(author))
-    resp htmlgen.body(
-      htmlgen.h4(title),
-      htmlgen.ul(
-        threads.map((thread) =>
-          htmlgen.li(
-            htmlgen.a(href=fmt"/thread/{author}/status/{thread}", thread)
-          )
-        ).join("")
-      )
-    )
+    resp author.listThreads(threads)
 
 proc startServer* =
   createTweetTable()

src/twit2blogpkg/templates.nim

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import strformat
+import karax / [karaxdsl, vdom]
+
+proc renderThread*(author : string,
+                   tweets : seq[string]): string =
+
+  let title = fmt"Thread by {author}"
+  let vnode = buildHtml(tdiv(class = "mt-3")):
+    h4: text title
+    ul:
+      li: a(href="/"): text "Main Page"
+      li: a(href=fmt"/author/{author}/threads"): text (fmt"See all of {author}'s threads")
+    ul:
+      for tweet in tweets:
+        li: text tweet
+  result = $vnode
+
+proc checkBack*() : string =
+  let vnode = buildHtml(tdiv(class = "mt-3")):
+    h4: text "Check back later please"
+  result = $vnode
+
+proc listAuthors*(authors : seq[string]) : string =
+  let title = "Authors"
+  let vnode = buildHtml(tdiv(class = "mt-3")):
+    h4: text title
+    ul:
+      for author in authors:
+        li: a(href = fmt"/author/{author}/threads"): text author
+  result = $vnode
+
+proc listThreads*(author : string,
+                  threads : seq[string]) : string =
+  let title = fmt"Threads for {author}"
+  let vnode = buildHtml(tdiv(class = "mt-3")):
+    a(href="/"): text "Main Page"
+    h4: text title
+    ul:
+      for thread in threads:
+        li: a(href = fmt"/thread/{author}/status/{thread}"): text thread
+  result = $vnode

src/twit2blogpkg/twitter.nim

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import httpClient, base64, uri, json, os, strformat, sequtils, strutils, options
-from htmlgen import nil
 from xmltree import escape
 
 proc buildAuthHeader() : string =
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ proc convertWords(tweet : string) : string =
         let path = parsedUri.path
         if (scheme.len > 0 and hostname.len > 0):
           let url = xmltree.escape(fmt"{scheme}://{hostname}{path}")
-          stripped &= htmlgen.a(href=url, url)
+          stripped &= url
       elif word.len > 0 and word[0] != '@':
         stripped &= xmltree.escape(word)
       else:

twit2blog.nimble

@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@ srcDir        = "src"
 installExt    = @["nim"]
 bin           = @["twit2blog"]
 
-
-
 # Dependencies
-
-requires "nim >= 1.0.9", "regex"
+requires "nim >= 1.0.9"
 requires "https://github.com/dom96/jester"
+requires "https://github.com/pragmagic/karax"