Improve list pages' backend

TODO.md

@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 List of things to add to this project
 
 * Improve config and use reflection when loading it
+* Do to other methods what was done to GetDays/GetNotes?
+* API revamp
 * Check export function for improvements
-* Add notes to frontend?
+* Add note creation and deletion to frontend
 * More slog.Debug and a debug flag?
-* Think about timezones
+* Consider less clunky auth method
-* Consider more secure auth methods
 * *Go* dependency-less? <-- this is a terrible idea

pages/list.html

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {{define "main"}}
-<h2>{{.Title}}</h2>
+<h2 class="list-title">{{.Title}}</h2>
+<p class="list-desc">{{.Description}}</p>
 <ul>
     {{range .Entries}}
     <li><a href="/{{.Link}}">{{.Title}}</a></li>

public/main.css

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 body {
     color: #454545;
     background-color: #f5f0e1;
-    font-size: 16px;
     margin: 2em auto;
     max-width: 640px;
     padding: 1em;
@@ -12,10 +11,13 @@ body {
     display: flex;
     flex-direction: column;
 }
-h2 { margin-bottom:12px; }
 a, a:visited { color: #f85552; }
 a:hover, a:visited:hover { color: #e66868; }
 
+h2 { margin-bottom:12px; }
+.list-title { margin-bottom: 0}
+.list-desc { margin-top: 0 }
+
 textarea, input {
     background: #f5f2ee;
     max-width: 640px;

routes.go

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 
 type EntryList struct {
 	Title       string
+	Description string
 	Entries     []Entry
 }
 
@@ -22,6 +23,8 @@ type Entry struct {
 	Link    string
 }
 
+type formatEntries func([]string) []Entry
+
 // NotFound returns a user-friendly 404 error page
 func NotFound(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	w.WriteHeader(404)
@@ -70,27 +73,15 @@ func PostToday(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	http.Redirect(w, r, r.Header.Get("Referer"), 302)
 }
 
-// GetDays renders HTML list of previous days' entries
+// GetEntries is a generic HTML renderer for a list
-func GetDays(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+func GetEntries(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, title string, description string, dir string, format formatEntries) {
-	day, err := ListFiles("day")
+	filesList, err := ListFiles(dir)
 	if err != nil {
-		slog.Error("error reading file list", "directory", "day", "error", err)
+		slog.Error("error reading file list", "directory", dir, "error", err)
 		InternalError(w, r)
 		return
 	}
-	var daysFormatted []Entry
+	var filesFormatted = format(filesList)
-	for i := range day {
-		v := day[len(day)-1-i] // This is suboptimal, but reverse order is better here
-		dayString := v
-		t, err := time.Parse(time.DateOnly, v)
-		if err == nil {
-			dayString = t.Format("02 Jan 2006")
-		}
-		if v == time.Now().Format(time.DateOnly) {
-			dayString = "Today"
-		}
-		daysFormatted = append(daysFormatted, Entry{Title: dayString, Link: "day/" + v})
-	}
 
 	files := []string{"./pages/base.html", "./pages/list.html"}
 	ts, err := template.ParseFiles(files...)
@@ -100,7 +91,7 @@ func GetDays(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	err = ts.ExecuteTemplate(w, "base", EntryList{Title: "Previous days", Entries: daysFormatted})
+	err = ts.ExecuteTemplate(w, "base", EntryList{Title: title, Description: description, Entries: filesFormatted})
 	if err != nil {
 		slog.Error("error executing template", "error", err)
 		InternalError(w, r)
@@ -108,6 +99,38 @@ func GetDays(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	}
 }
 
+// GetDays renders HTML list of previous days' entries
+func GetDays(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	GetEntries(w, r, "Previous days", "", "day", func(files []string) []Entry {
+		var filesFormatted []Entry
+		for i := range files {
+			v := files[len(files)-1-i] // This is suboptimal, but reverse order is better here
+			dayString := v
+			t, err := time.Parse(time.DateOnly, v)
+			if err == nil {
+				dayString = t.Format("02 Jan 2006")
+			}
+			if v == time.Now().Format(time.DateOnly) {
+				dayString = "Today"
+			}
+			filesFormatted = append(filesFormatted, Entry{Title: dayString, Link: "day/" + v})
+		}
+		return filesFormatted
+	})
+}
+
+// GetNotes renders HTML list of all notes
+func GetNotes(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	GetEntries(w, r, "Notes", "/notes/<name> for a new note", "notes", func(files []string) []Entry {
+		var filesFormatted []Entry
+		for _, v := range files {
+			titleString := strings.Replace(v, "-", " ", -1) // FIXME: what if I need a hyphen?
+			filesFormatted = append(filesFormatted, Entry{Title: titleString, Link: "notes/" + v})
+		}
+		return filesFormatted
+	})
+}
+
 // GetDay renders HTML page for a specific day entry
 func GetDay(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	dayString := chi.URLParam(r, "day")
@@ -146,36 +169,6 @@ func GetDay(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	}
 }
 
-// GetNotes renders HTML list of all notes
-func GetNotes(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	notes, err := ListFiles("notes")
-	if err != nil {
-		slog.Error("error reading file list", "directory", "notes", "error", err)
-		InternalError(w, r)
-		return
-	}
-	var notesFormatted []Entry
-	for _, v := range notes {
-		titleString := strings.Replace(v, "-", " ", -1) // FIXME: what if I need a hyphen?
-		notesFormatted = append(notesFormatted, Entry{Title: titleString, Link: "notes/" + v})
-	}
-
-	files := []string{"./pages/base.html", "./pages/list.html"}
-	ts, err := template.ParseFiles(files...)
-	if err != nil {
-		slog.Error("error parsing template files", "error", err)
-		InternalError(w, r)
-		return
-	}
-
-	err = ts.ExecuteTemplate(w, "base", EntryList{Title: "Notes", Entries: notesFormatted})
-	if err != nil {
-		slog.Error("error executing template", "error", err)
-		InternalError(w, r)
-		return
-	}
-}
-
 // GetNote renders HTML page for a note
 func GetNote(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	noteString := chi.URLParam(r, "note")