feature: make thread in Twitter thread in Mastodon

src/lib.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-// auto-imports
 mod error;
 use crate::error::ScootalooError;
 
@@ -19,22 +18,13 @@ mod state;
 use state::{read_state, write_state, TweetToToot};
 pub use state::init_db;
 
-// std
 use std::borrow::Cow;
-
-// tokio
 use tokio::fs::remove_file;
-
-// elefren
 use elefren::{
     prelude::*,
     status_builder::StatusBuilder,
 };
-
-// log
 use log::{info, warn, error, debug};
-
-// rusqlite
 use rusqlite::Connection;
 
 /// This is where the magic happens
@@ -72,6 +62,8 @@ pub async fn run(config: Config) {
 
     for tweet in &feed {
         debug!("Treating Tweet {} inside feed", tweet.id);
+        // initiate the toot_reply_id var
+        let mut toot_reply_id: Option<String> = None;
         // determine if the tweet is part of a thread (response to self) or a standard response
         if let Some(r) =  &tweet.in_reply_to_screen_name {
                 if &r.to_lowercase() != &config.twitter.username.to_lowercase() {
@@ -79,6 +71,11 @@ pub async fn run(config: Config) {
                     info!("Tweet is a direct response, skipping");
                     continue;
                 }
+
+                let searched_toot = read_state(&conn, tweet.in_reply_to_status_id).unwrap_or(None);
+                if let Some(i) = searched_toot {
+                    toot_reply_id = Some(i.toot_id);
+                };
         };
 
         // build basic status by just yielding text and dereferencing contained urls
@@ -125,10 +122,17 @@ pub async fn run(config: Config) {
         // finished reuploading attachments, now let’s do the toot baby!
 
         debug!("Building corresponding Mastodon status");
-        let status = StatusBuilder::new()
-            .status(&status_text)
-            .media_ids(status_medias)
-            .build()
+
+        let mut status_builder = StatusBuilder::new();
+
+        status_builder.status(&status_text)
+                .media_ids(status_medias);
+
+        if let Some(i) = toot_reply_id {
+            status_builder.in_reply_to(&i);
+        }
+
+        let status = status_builder.build()
             .expect(&format!("Cannot build status with text {}", &status_text));
 
         // publish status