# Comment App Frontend  
It renders web pages to access/add/modify/delete comments data from/to comment_app_backend server.  
  
# Dependency  
A running [comment_app_backend server](https://github.com/mohankumaranna/comment_app_backend) is required.  
  
# Goals  
1. To learn Rust; web application in particular.  
2. To use it as a commenting module/app/library in other Rust based web applications.  
3. To keep comment data along with application, and hence, to avoid third party commenting system.  
  
# How to use it  
1. Clone or download this app from github.  
2. Edit **Settings.toml** file to update ip address, app server's ip address, log folder name.  
3. Build an executable file using **$cargo build --release**  
4. Copy following files/folder into a separate folder, say "~/projects":  
    a. _target_/_release_/_comment-app-frontend_ file  
    b. _Settings.toml_ file  
    c. _templates_ folder  
    d. _images_ folder  
    e. _authorization_data_ folder  
    f. _comment_app_frontend.service_ file  
5. Edit **comment_app_frontend.service** for folder names and follow instructions in it, to run this app as a service in linux.  
6. Assuming an entry in _Settings.toml_ file for ip_address as 127.0.0.1:6060 and comment_app_frontend server running at 127.0.0.1:6050, open up a web browser and enter url as http:://127.0.0.1:6060/comments.  Browser shows Comments view.  It confirms server is running.  
     - for other possible url paths, refer functions in __src/filters.rs__ source code file.  Each function at the start is shown with url path.  
  
# Demo  
Click [here](https://comment-app-demo.eastgate.in/) to view demo.  
     
# License  
MIT