some error handling

Cargo.lock

@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "anyhow"
+version = "1.0.82"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f538837af36e6f6a9be0faa67f9a314f8119e4e4b5867c6ab40ed60360142519"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "async-trait"
 version = "0.1.80"
@@ -153,6 +159,7 @@ checksum = "514de17de45fdb8dc022b1a7975556c53c86f9f0aa5f534b98977b171857c2c9"
 name = "cards"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
  "axum",
  "futures",
  "rand",

Cargo.toml

@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
 tower = { version = "0.4", features = ["util"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
+anyhow = "1.0.82"

src/gamemaster.rs

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use crate::message_handler::*; //change this
 use rand::prelude::IteratorRandom;
 use rand::thread_rng;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use serde_json::Result;
+use anyhow::Result;
 
 /// A CAH white card
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]

src/main.rs

@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
+use anyhow::{Context, Result};
 use axum::{response::Html, routing::get, Router};
 use std::{
     // collections::HashSet,
-    error::Error,
     fs,
     net::SocketAddr,
-    result::Result,
     sync::{Arc, Mutex},
 };
 use tokio::sync::broadcast;
@@ -16,16 +15,18 @@ use crate::api::*;
 use crate::message_handler::*;
 
 /// Parse json for card data
-fn load_json(path: &str) -> Result<Vec<CAHCardSet>, Box<dyn Error>> {
+fn load_json(path: &str) -> Result<Vec<CAHCardSet>> {
-    let data: String = fs::read_to_string(path)?;
+    let data: String =
-    let jayson: Vec<CAHCardSet> = serde_json::from_str(&data)?;
+        fs::read_to_string(path).with_context(|| format!("Invalid JSON path: \"{}\"", path))?;
+    let jayson: Vec<CAHCardSet> =
+        serde_json::from_str(&data).with_context(|| format!("\"{path}\" is invalid json"))?;
 
     Ok(jayson)
 }
 
 // this is still around just for reference
 #[allow(dead_code)]
-fn test() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+fn test() -> Result<()> {
     // choose decks
     let cards_input_path: &str = "data/cah-cards-full.json";
 
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ async fn spawnclients() -> Html<&'static str> {
 }
 
 #[tokio::main]
-async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+async fn main() -> Result<()> {
     // stuff for logging
     tracing_subscriber::registry()
         .with(
@@ -127,7 +128,10 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
         .with_state(app_state);
 
     // send it
-    let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind("0.0.0.0:3030").await?;
+    let address = "0.0.0.0:3030";
+    let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind(address)
+        .await
+        .with_context(|| format!("{} is not a valid bind address.", address))?;
     tracing::debug!("listening on {}", listener.local_addr()?);
     axum::serve(
         listener,