Switch to ApiResponse struct instead of ErrorModel

src/errors/domain_error.rs

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use bcrypt::BcryptError;
 use custom_error::custom_error;
 // use derive_more::Display;
 // use diesel::result::DatabaseErrorKind;
-use crate::models::errors::*;
+use crate::models::api_response::*;
 use std::convert::From;
 
 // impl From<DBError> for DomainError {
@@ -37,57 +37,36 @@ impl ResponseError for DomainError {
         let err = self;
         match self {
             DomainError::PwdHashError { source: _ } => {
-                HttpResponse::InternalServerError().json(ErrorModel {
+                HttpResponse::InternalServerError()
-                    // error_code: 500,
+                    .json(ApiResponse::failure(err.to_string()))
-                    success: false,
-                    reason: err.to_string(),
-                })
             }
             DomainError::DbError { source: _ } => {
                 tracing::error!("{}", err);
-                HttpResponse::InternalServerError().json(ErrorModel {
+                HttpResponse::InternalServerError()
-                    // error_code: 500,
+                    .json(ApiResponse::failure("Error in database".to_owned()))
-                    success: false,
-                    reason: "Error in database".to_owned(),
-                })
             }
             DomainError::DbPoolError { source: _ } => {
                 tracing::error!("{}", err);
-                HttpResponse::InternalServerError().json(ErrorModel {
+                HttpResponse::InternalServerError().json(ApiResponse::failure(
-                    // error_code: 500,
+                    "Error getting database pool".to_owned(),
-                    success: false,
+                ))
-                    reason: "Error getting database pool".to_owned(),
-                })
             }
             DomainError::PasswordError { cause: _ } => {
-                HttpResponse::BadRequest().json(ErrorModel {
+                HttpResponse::BadRequest()
-                    // error_code: 400,
+                    .json(ApiResponse::failure(err.to_string()))
-                    success: false,
-                    reason: err.to_string(),
-                })
             }
             DomainError::EntityDoesNotExistError { message: _ } => {
-                HttpResponse::NotFound().json(ErrorModel {
+                HttpResponse::NotFound()
-                    // error_code: 400,
+                    .json(ApiResponse::failure(err.to_string()))
-                    success: false,
-                    reason: err.to_string(),
-                })
             }
             DomainError::ThreadPoolError { message: _ } => {
                 tracing::error!("{}", err);
-                HttpResponse::InternalServerError().json(ErrorModel {
+                HttpResponse::InternalServerError().json(ApiResponse::failure(
-                    // error_code: 400,
+                    "Thread pool error occurred".to_owned(),
-                    success: false,
+                ))
-                    reason: "Thread pool error occurred".to_owned(),
-                })
-            }
-            DomainError::AuthError { message: _ } => {
-                HttpResponse::Forbidden().json(ErrorModel {
-                    // error_code: 400,
-                    success: false,
-                    reason: err.to_string(),
-                })
             }
+            DomainError::AuthError { message: _ } => HttpResponse::Forbidden()
+                .json(ApiResponse::failure(err.to_string())),
         }
     }
 }

src/models.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 pub mod users;
 pub use self::users::*;
-pub mod errors;
+pub mod api_response;
-pub use self::errors::*;
+pub use self::api_response::*;

src/models/api_response.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+#[derive(PartialEq, Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, new)]
+pub struct ApiResponse<T> {
+    success: bool,
+    response: T,
+}
+
+impl<T> ApiResponse<T> {
+    pub fn success(&self) -> bool {
+        self.success
+    }
+    pub fn response(&self) -> &T {
+        &self.response
+    }
+    pub fn successful(response: T) -> ApiResponse<T> {
+        ApiResponse::new(true, response)
+    }
+    pub fn failure(response: T) -> ApiResponse<T> {
+        ApiResponse::new(false, response)
+    }
+}

src/models/errors.rs

@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, new)]
-pub struct JsonErrorModel<'a> {
-    status_code: i16,
-    pub line: String,
-    pub reason: &'a str,
-}
-#[derive(PartialEq, Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, new)]
-pub struct ErrorModel {
-    // pub error_code: i16,
-    pub success: bool,
-    pub reason: String,
-}

src/routes/users.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use actix_web::{get, post, web, HttpResponse};
+use actix_web::{get, web, HttpResponse};
 
 use crate::services::UserService;
 use crate::{actions, models};
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ pub async fn add_user(
             //     cause: e.to_string(),
             // };
             // Err(res2)
-            let res = HttpResponse::BadRequest().body(e.to_string());
+            let res = HttpResponse::BadRequest().json(e);
             // .json(models::ErrorModel::new(
             //     40,
             //     "Error registering user due to validation errors",

tests/integration/users.rs

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use crate::common;
 mod tests {
 
     use super::*;
-    use actix_demo::models::ErrorModel;
+    use actix_demo::models::ApiResponse;
     use actix_web::dev::Service as _;
     use actix_web::http::StatusCode;
     use actix_web::test;
@@ -13,14 +13,13 @@ mod tests {
         let req = test::TestRequest::get().uri("/api/users").to_request();
         let resp = common::test_app().await.unwrap().call(req).await.unwrap();
         assert_eq!(resp.status(), StatusCode::NOT_FOUND);
-        let body: ErrorModel = test::read_body_json(resp).await;
+        let body: ApiResponse<String> = test::read_body_json(resp).await;
         tracing::debug!("{:?}", body);
         assert_eq!(
             body,
-            ErrorModel {
+            ApiResponse::failure(
-                success: false,
+                "Entity does not exist - No users available".to_owned()
-                reason: "Entity does not exist - No users available".to_owned()
+            )
-            }
         );
     }
 
@@ -30,15 +29,13 @@ mod tests {
         let req = test::TestRequest::get().uri("/api/users/1").to_request();
         let resp = common::test_app().await.unwrap().call(req).await.unwrap();
         assert_eq!(resp.status(), StatusCode::NOT_FOUND);
-        let body: ErrorModel = test::read_body_json(resp).await;
+        let body: ApiResponse<String> = test::read_body_json(resp).await;
         tracing::debug!("{:?}", body);
         assert_eq!(
             body,
-            ErrorModel {
+            ApiResponse::failure(
-                success: false,
+                "Entity does not exist - No user found with uid: 1".to_owned()
-                reason: "Entity does not exist - No user found with uid: 1"
+            )
-                    .to_owned()
-            }
         );
     }
 }