README.md

@@ -1,15 +1,10 @@
 # ascendance-of-a-bookworm-bot
 
-**.env**
-```bash
-LEMMY_USERNAME="BotUserName"
-LEMMY_PASSWORD="BotPassword"
-```
-*Note: Passwords containing special characters might need to be escaped using '\'*
-
 **config.toml**
 ```toml
 instance = "https://lemmy.example.org"
+username = "BotUserName"
+password = "BotPassword" # Note: Passwords containing special characters might need to be escaped using '\\'
 status_post_url = "PostUrlForStatusMonitoring"
 config_reload_seconds = 10800
 

src/bot/mod.rs

@@ -13,15 +13,11 @@ use crate::post_history::SeriesHistory;
 use tokio::time::sleep;
 
 pub(crate) async fn run(data: Arc<RwLock<SharedData>>) {
-    let credentials = match lemmy::Credentials::set_credentials() {
-        Ok(creds) => creds,
-        Err(e) => panic!("{}", e.to_string()),
-    };
-
     let mut last_reload: DateTime<Utc>;
     let mut lemmy: Lemmy;
     let mut login_error: bool;
     let mut communities;
+    let mut credentials;
     {
         let mut write = data.write().await;
 
@@ -34,6 +30,11 @@ pub(crate) async fn run(data: Arc<RwLock<SharedData>>) {
         last_reload = Utc::now();
     }
 
+    {
+        let read = data.read().await;
+        credentials = lemmy::Credentials::set_credentials(&read.config);
+    }
+
     {
         let read = data.read().await;
         lemmy = match lemmy::login(&credentials, read.config.instance.as_str()).await {
@@ -77,6 +78,14 @@ pub(crate) async fn run(data: Arc<RwLock<SharedData>>) {
             }
         }
 
+        {
+            let read = data.read().await;
+
+            if read.start - last_reload >= Duration::seconds(read.config.config_reload_seconds as i64) {
+                credentials = lemmy::Credentials::set_credentials(&read.config);
+            }
+        }
+
         {
             let read = data.read().await;
             if login_error {

src/config/mod.rs

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ use crate::config::PostBody::Description;
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, Debug)]
 pub(crate) struct Config {
     pub(crate) instance: String,
+    pub(crate) username: String,
+    pub(crate) password: String,
     pub(crate) status_post_url: Option<String>,
     pub(crate) config_reload_seconds: u32,
     pub(crate) protected_communities: Vec<String>,
@@ -12,12 +14,21 @@ pub(crate) struct Config {
 
 impl Config {
     pub(crate) fn load() -> Result<Self, String> {
-        let cfg: Self = match confy::load_path("./config.toml") {
+        let cfg: Self = match confy::load(env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME"), "config") {
             Ok(data) => data,
-            Err(_) => panic!("config.toml not found!"),
+            Err(e) => panic!("config.toml not found: {e}"),
         };
+
         if cfg.instance.is_empty() {
-            panic!("config.toml not found!")
+            panic!("bot instance not set!")
+        }
+
+        if cfg.username.is_empty() {
+            panic!("bot username not set!")
+        }
+
+        if cfg.password.is_empty() {
+            panic!("bot password not provided!")
         }
 
         cfg.series.iter().for_each(|series| {
@@ -33,6 +44,8 @@ impl Default for Config {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Config {
             instance: "".to_owned(),
+            username: "".to_owned(),
+            password: "".to_owned(),
             status_post_url: None,
             config_reload_seconds: 21600,
             protected_communities: vec![],

src/lemmy/mod.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;
-use std::env;
-use std::env::VarError;
 use lemmy_api_common::community::{ListCommunities, ListCommunitiesResponse};
 use lemmy_api_common::lemmy_db_views::structs::PostView;
 use lemmy_api_common::person::{Login, LoginResponse};
@@ -9,6 +7,7 @@ use lemmy_api_common::sensitive::Sensitive;
 use lemmy_db_schema::newtypes::{CommunityId, PostId};
 use lemmy_db_schema::{ListingType, PostFeatureType};
 use reqwest::StatusCode;
+use crate::config::Config;
 use crate::HTTP_CLIENT;
 
 pub(crate) struct Credentials {
@@ -25,13 +24,11 @@ impl Credentials {
         Sensitive::new(self.password.clone())
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn set_credentials() -> Result<Self, VarError> {
+    pub(crate) fn set_credentials(config: &Config) -> Self {
-        let username = env::var("LEMMY_USERNAME")?;
+        Self {
-        let password = env::var("LEMMY_PASSWORD")?;
+            username: config.username.clone(),
-        Ok(Credentials {
+            password: config.password.clone(),
-            username,
+        }
-            password,
-        })
     }
 }
 

src/main.rs

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ use std::{collections::HashMap, vec};
 use std::fmt::Debug;
 use std::sync::{Arc};
 use tokio::sync::{RwLock};
-use dotenv::dotenv;
 use strum_macros::Display;
 use tokio::time::sleep;
 use crate::config::Config;
@@ -40,6 +39,8 @@ impl SharedData {
             messages: vec![],
             config: Config {
                 instance: "".to_owned(),
+                username: "".to_owned(),
+                password: "".to_owned(),
                 status_post_url: None,
                 config_reload_seconds: 0,
                 protected_communities: vec![],
@@ -82,7 +83,6 @@ impl Message {
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
-    dotenv().ok();
     let mut data = SharedData::new();
 
 

src/post_history/mod.rs

@@ -12,7 +12,12 @@ pub(crate) struct SeriesHistory {
 
 impl SeriesHistory {
     pub(crate) fn load_history() -> Result<Self, String> {
-        match Path::new("history.toml").exists() {
+        let path = confy::get_configuration_file_path(env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME"), "config").expect("Something went wrong with confy");
+        let config_dir = path.parent().expect("Something went wrong with confy");
+
+
+
+        match Path::new(format!("{}/history.toml", config_dir.to_str().expect("Conversion to str should not fail for a dir")).as_str()).exists() {
             true => {
                 let file_contents: String = match fs::read_to_string("history.toml") {
                     Ok(data) => data,