order by date

src/routes/blog.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use actix_web::{get, web, HttpResponse, Responder};
 use cached::proc_macro::once;
+use chrono::{DateTime, Datelike, Utc};
 use ramhorns::Content;
 
 use crate::{
@@ -28,22 +29,13 @@ struct Post {
 pub fn get_index(config: Config) -> String {
     let location = "data/blog";
 
-    let mut entries = std::fs::read_dir(location)
+    let entries = std::fs::read_dir(location)
         .unwrap()
         .flatten()
         .filter(|f| f.path().extension().unwrap() == "md")
         .collect::<Vec<std::fs::DirEntry>>();
 
-    // Sort by latest modification/ date of creation
+    let mut posts = entries
-    entries.sort_by_cached_key(|f| {
-        f.metadata()
-            .unwrap()
-            .modified()
-            .unwrap_or(f.metadata().unwrap().created().unwrap())
-    });
-    entries.reverse();
-
-    let paths = entries
         .iter()
         .map(|f| {
             let _filename = f.file_name();
@@ -73,17 +65,31 @@ pub fn get_index(config: Config) -> String {
             Post {
                 url: file_without_ext.to_string(),
                 title: file_metadata.title.unwrap(),
-                date: file_metadata.date.unwrap_or_default(),
+                date: file_metadata.date.unwrap_or({
+                    let m = f.metadata().unwrap();
+                    let date = std::convert::Into::<DateTime<Utc>>::into(
+                        m.modified().unwrap_or(m.created().unwrap()),
+                    )
+                    .date_naive();
+
+                    Date {
+                        day: date.day(),
+                        month: date.month(),
+                        year: date.year(),
+                    }
+                }),
             }
         })
         .collect::<Vec<Post>>();
 
-    // TODO sort vec by post date metadata, removing the sort above
+    // Sort from newest to oldest
+    posts.sort_by_cached_key(|p| p.date.clone());
+    posts.reverse();
 
     config.tmpl.render(
         "blog/index.html",
         BlogIndexTemplate {
-            posts: if paths.is_empty() { None } else { Some(paths) },
+            posts: if posts.is_empty() { None } else { Some(posts) },
         },
         Infos {
             page_title: Some("Blog".to_string()),

src/template.rs

@@ -59,11 +59,11 @@ impl FrontMatter<'_> {
         }
     }
 }
-#[derive(Content, Default, Debug)]
+#[derive(Content, Default, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord)]
 pub struct Date {
-    day: u32,
+    pub day: u32,
-    month: u32,
+    pub month: u32,
-    year: i32,
+    pub year: i32,
 }
 
 impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for Date {
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for Date {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Default, Deserialize, Content, Debug)]
+#[derive(Default, Deserialize, Content)]
 pub struct FileMetadata {
     pub title: Option<String>,
     pub link: Option<String>,