added config.toml support for flexible server configuration, integrated toml crate for parsing, refactored configuration management to use AppSettings, and updated database initialization logic

backend-rust/Cargo.lock

@@ -1124,6 +1124,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "sqlx",
  "tokio",
+ "toml",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-subscriber",
 ]
@@ -1467,6 +1468,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_spanned"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "40734c41988f7306bb04f0ecf60ec0f3f1caa34290e4e8ea471dcd3346483b83"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_urlencoded"
 version = "0.7.1"
@@ -1932,6 +1942,45 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "toml"
+version = "0.9.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "75129e1dc5000bfbaa9fee9d1b21f974f9fbad9daec557a521ee6e080825f6e8"
+dependencies = [
+ "indexmap",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_spanned",
+ "toml_datetime",
+ "toml_parser",
+ "toml_writer",
+ "winnow",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "toml_datetime"
+version = "0.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bade1c3e902f58d73d3f294cd7f20391c1cb2fbcb643b73566bc773971df91e3"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "toml_parser"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b551886f449aa90d4fe2bdaa9f4a2577ad2dde302c61ecf262d80b116db95c10"
+dependencies = [
+ "winnow",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "toml_writer"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fcc842091f2def52017664b53082ecbbeb5c7731092bad69d2c63050401dfd64"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tower"
 version = "0.5.2"
@@ -2399,6 +2448,12 @@ version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "589f6da84c646204747d1270a2a5661ea66ed1cced2631d546fdfb155959f9ec"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winnow"
+version = "0.7.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f3edebf492c8125044983378ecb5766203ad3b4c2f7a922bd7dd207f6d443e95"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wit-bindgen-rt"
 version = "0.39.0"

backend-rust/Cargo.toml

@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ sqlx = { version = "0.8", features = ["runtime-tokio", "tls-native-tls", "sqlite
 dotenv = "0.15"
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
+toml = "0.9.5"

backend-rust/config.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[server]
+host = '127.0.0.1'
+port = 8090

backend-rust/src/config.rs

@@ -1,33 +1,67 @@
+use serde::Deserialize;
 use std::env;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
+use toml::Value;
+use tracing::{error, info};
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+#[derive(Deserialize, Debug)]
-pub struct Config {
+pub struct AppSettings {
+    pub config_path: String,
     pub db_path: String,
     pub migration_path: String,
+    pub config: Config,
+}
+
+#[derive(Deserialize, Debug)]
+pub struct Config {
+    pub server: Server,
+}
+
+#[derive(Deserialize, Debug)]
+pub struct Server {
     pub host: String,
     pub port: u16,
 }
 
-impl Config {
+#[derive(Deserialize, Debug)]
-    pub fn from_env() -> Self {
+struct ConfigFile {
+    server: Server,
+}
+
+impl AppSettings {
+    pub fn get_app_settings() -> Self {
+        let config_file = Self::load_config_file().unwrap_or_else(|| {
+            info!("Using default config values");
+            ConfigFile {
+                server: Server {
+                    host: "127.0.0.1".to_string(),
+                    port: 1337,
+                },
+            }
+        });
+
         Self {
+            config_path: Self::get_config_path(),
             db_path: Self::get_db_path(),
-            migration_path: std::env::var("MIGRATION_PATH")
+            migration_path: String::from("./migrations"),
-                .unwrap_or_else(|_| "./migrations".to_string()),
+            config: Config {
-            host: env::var("HOST").unwrap_or_else(|_| "127.0.0.1".to_string()),
+                server: config_file.server,
-            port: env::var("PORT")
+            },
-                .unwrap_or_else(|_| "1337".to_string())
-                .parse()
-                .expect("PORT must be a number"),
         }
     }
 
-    fn get_db_path() -> String {
+    fn load_config_file() -> Option<ConfigFile> {
-        if let Ok(db_path) = env::var("DATABASE_PATH") {
+        let config_path = Self::get_config_path();
-            return db_path;
+        let contents = std::fs::read_to_string(&config_path)
-        }
+            .map_err(|e| error!("Failed to read config file: {}", e))
+            .ok()?;
 
+        toml::from_str(&contents)
+            .map_err(|e| error!("Failed to parse TOML: {}", e))
+            .ok()
+    }
+
+    fn get_db_path() -> String {
         if cfg!(debug_assertions) {
             // Development: Use backend-rust directory
             // TODO: Change later
@@ -40,6 +74,19 @@ impl Config {
         }
     }
 
+    fn get_config_path() -> String {
+        if cfg!(debug_assertions) {
+            // Development: Use backend-rust directory
+            // TODO: Change later
+            let mut path = PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"));
+            path.push("config.toml");
+            path.to_str().unwrap().to_string()
+        } else {
+            // Production: Use standard Linux applications data directory
+            "$HOME/owly-news-summariser/config.toml".to_string()
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn database_url(&self) -> String {
         format!("sqlite:{}", self.db_path)
     }

backend-rust/src/db.rs

@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
-use crate::config::Config;
+use crate::config::{AppSettings};
 use anyhow::Result;
 use sqlx::migrate::Migrator;
-use sqlx::sqlite::{SqliteConnectOptions, SqliteConnection};
+use sqlx::sqlite::{SqliteConnectOptions};
 use sqlx::{Pool, Sqlite, SqlitePool};
 use std::str::FromStr;
 use tracing::info;
 
 pub const MIGRATOR: Migrator = sqlx::migrate!("./migrations");
 
-pub async fn initialize_db(config: &Config) -> Result<Pool<Sqlite>> {
+pub async fn initialize_db(app_settings: &AppSettings) -> Result<Pool<Sqlite>> {
-    config.ensure_db_directory()?;
+    app_settings.ensure_db_directory()?;
 
-    let options = SqliteConnectOptions::from_str(&config.database_url())?
+    let options = SqliteConnectOptions::from_str(&app_settings.database_url())?
         .create_if_missing(true)
         .journal_mode(sqlx::sqlite::SqliteJournalMode::Wal)
         .foreign_keys(true);

backend-rust/src/main.rs

@@ -4,16 +4,12 @@ mod db;
 mod models;
 mod services;
 
-use crate::config::Config;
+use crate::config::{AppSettings};
 use anyhow::Result;
 use axum::Router;
 use axum::routing::get;
-use sqlx::sqlite::SqliteConnectOptions;
-use std::str::FromStr;
 use tokio::signal;
-use tokio::signal::ctrl_c;
+use tracing::{info};
-use tokio::signal::unix::signal;
-use tracing::{error, info};
 use tracing_subscriber;
 
 #[tokio::main]
@@ -23,15 +19,15 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
         .compact()
         .init();
 
-    let config = Config::from_env();
+    let app_settings = AppSettings::get_app_settings();
 
-    let pool = db::initialize_db(&config).await?;
+    let pool = db::initialize_db(&app_settings).await?;
 
     let app = create_app(pool);
 
     let listener =
-        tokio::net::TcpListener::bind(format!("{}:{}", config.host, config.port)).await?;
+        tokio::net::TcpListener::bind(format!("{}:{}", app_settings.config.server.host, app_settings.config.server.port)).await?;
-    info!("Server starting on {}:{}", config.host, config.port);
+    info!("Server starting on {}:{}", app_settings.config.server.host, app_settings.config.server.port);
 
     axum::serve(listener, app)
         .with_graceful_shutdown(shutdown_signal())