Added ability to perform API requests

Cargo.toml

@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ tokio = { version = "1.39.2", features = ["full"] }
 tokio-macros = { version = "2.4.0" }
 async-trait = "0.1.86"
 futures = "0.3.31"
+reqwest = "0.12.12"

src/app/metar/mod.rs

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 use super::req::Requests;
 
-#[derive(PartialEq, Eq, Debug)]
+#[derive(PartialEq, Eq, Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct Metar {
     pub api: Requests,
 }
 
 impl Default for Metar {
     fn default() -> Self {
-        Metar { api: Requests{} }
+        Metar { api: Requests::new() }
     }
 }

src/app/req/mod.rs

@@ -1,28 +1,35 @@
 use std::error::Error;
+use crate::error::AvBagError;
+use reqwest::Client;
 
-use tokio::{io::AsyncReadExt, net::TcpStream};
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct Requests {
+    client: Client,
+}
 
-#[derive(PartialEq, Eq, Debug)]
-pub struct Requests {}
+impl PartialEq for Requests {
+    fn eq(&self, _: &Self) -> bool {
+        return true;
+    }
+}
+
+impl Eq for Requests {}
 
 impl Requests {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Requests {
+            client: Client::new(),
+        }
+    }
+
     pub async fn make_request(&self, target: String) -> Result<String, Box<dyn Error>> {
+        let response = self.client.get(&target).send().await?;
 
-        let tasks = tokio::spawn(async {
-            let mut buf: String = String::from("");
-
-            let mut stream = match TcpStream::connect(target).await {
-                Ok(stream) => stream,
-                Err(err) => return Err(Box::new(err)),
-            };
-            // Buffer to read HTTP request into
-            let _ = stream.read_to_string(&mut buf);
-
-            Ok(buf)
-        });
-
-        let buf = tasks.await??;
-
-        Ok(buf)
+        if response.status().is_success() {
+            let body = response.text().await?;
+            Ok(body)
+        } else {
+            Err(Box::new(AvBagError::RequestNotAvailable))
+        }
     }
 }

src/app/ui/mod.rs

@@ -13,13 +13,12 @@ impl<'a> eframe::App for App<'a> {
         // Display tabs for main UI
         match self.tab_state.get_current_tab() {
             Some(tab) => {
-                println!("Displaying tab");
                 block_on(tab.display_tab(ctx, &frame));
             },
 
-            // What to do if the tab is not available
+            // TODO: What to do if the tab is not available
             None => {
-                println!("No tab available");
+                eprintln!("Tab not available");
             },
         };
 

src/app/ui/tabs/metar_tab.rs

@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
 use egui::Key;
 use async_trait::async_trait;
+use tokio::task;
+
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use tokio::sync::Mutex;
 
 use crate::app::metar::Metar;
 
 use super::Tab;
 
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct MetarTab {
     pub icaos: Vec<String>,
     pub metars: Vec<String>,
-    pub metar: Metar
+    pub metar: Arc<Mutex<Metar>>
 }
 
 impl Default for MetarTab {
@@ -17,15 +21,22 @@ impl Default for MetarTab {
         Self {
             icaos: vec!["".to_string()],
             metars: vec![],
-            metar: Metar::default()
+            metar: Arc::new(Mutex::new(Metar::default())),
         }
     }
 }
 
+impl PartialEq for MetarTab {
+    fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
+        self.icaos == other.icaos && self.metars == other.metars
+    }
+}
+
+impl Eq for MetarTab {}
+
 #[async_trait]
 impl Tab for MetarTab {
     async fn display_tab(&mut self, ctx: &egui::Context, frame: &egui::Frame) {
-        println!("Displaying METAR Tab");
         egui::CentralPanel::default().frame(*frame).show(ctx, |ui|{
             // Given Key pressed, place focus on next item
             let new_icao_focus: bool = ui.input(|i| i.key_pressed(Key::Space));
@@ -36,6 +47,17 @@ impl Tab for MetarTab {
 
             if ui.button("Add More").clicked() || new_icao_focus {
                 self.icaos.push("".to_string());
+
+                // TODO: Improve error handling here
+                // Spawn an async task to handle the async operation
+                let metar_clone = Arc::clone(&self.metar);
+                task::spawn(async move {
+                    let metar = metar_clone.lock().await;
+                    match metar.api.make_request(String::from("https://google.co.uk")).await {
+                        Ok(response) => println!("{:?}", response),
+                        Err(e) => eprintln!("Request failed: {:?}", e),
+                    }
+                });
             }
         });
     }