saving might work idk

src-tauri/src/db/mod.rs

@@ -53,3 +53,87 @@ pub fn delete_app(conn: &mut SqliteConnection, app_id: &str) -> usize {
         .execute(conn)
         .expect("Error deleting app")
 }
+
+pub fn create_blog_db(
+    conn: &mut SqliteConnection,
+    title: &str,
+    content: &str,
+    linked_app_ids: Option<&[String]>,
+) -> models::Blog {
+    use crate::db::schema::blog;
+
+    // json seralize the referenced app ids, store as string
+    if let Some(ids) = linked_app_ids {
+        for id in ids {
+            // Check if the app exists in the database
+            let app_exists = crate::db::schema::app::dsl::app
+                .filter(crate::db::schema::app::dsl::id.eq(id))
+                .first::<models::App>(conn)
+                .optional()
+                .expect("Error checking if app exists");
+
+            if app_exists.is_none() {
+                panic!("App with id {} does not exist", id);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // if there are linked app ids, serialize them to json, else set to None
+    let reference: Option<String> = if let Some(ids) = linked_app_ids {
+        Some(serde_json::to_string(&ids).expect("Failed to convert to JSON"))
+    } else {
+        None
+    };
+
+    let new_blog = models::Blog {
+        id: uuid::Uuid::new_v4().to_string(),
+        title: title.to_string(),
+        content: content.to_string(),
+        reference,
+    };
+
+    diesel::insert_into(blog::table)
+        .values(&new_blog)
+        .execute(conn)
+        .expect("Error saving new blog");
+
+    new_blog
+}
+
+// Will be used to update an existing blog post OR create a new one if it doesn't exist
+pub fn save_blog(
+    conn: &mut SqliteConnection,
+    blog_id: Option<&str>,
+    title: &str,
+    content: &str,
+    linked_app_ids: Option<&[String]>,
+) -> models::Blog {
+    use crate::db::schema::blog;
+
+    // json seralize the referenced app ids, store as string
+    let reference: Option<String> = if let Some(ids) = linked_app_ids {
+        Some(serde_json::to_string(&ids).expect("Failed to convert to JSON"))
+    } else {
+        None
+    };
+
+    if let Some(id) = blog_id {
+        // Update existing blog
+        diesel::update(blog::table.filter(blog::id.eq(id)))
+            .set((
+                blog::title.eq(title),
+                blog::content.eq(content),
+                blog::reference.eq(reference),
+            ))
+            .execute(conn)
+            .expect("Error updating blog");
+
+        blog::table
+            .filter(blog::id.eq(id))
+            .first::<models::Blog>(conn)
+            .expect("Error loading updated blog")
+    } else {
+        // Create new blog
+        create_blog_db(conn, title, content, linked_app_ids)
+    }
+}