Finally got header and streak working

Cargo.lock

@@ -154,12 +154,24 @@ version = "0.8.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "773648b94d0e5d620f64f280777445740e61fe701025087ec8b57f45c791888b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "equivalent"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "877a4ace8713b0bcf2a4e7eec82529c029f1d0619886d18145fea96c3ffe5c0f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "find-msvc-tools"
 version = "0.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7fd99930f64d146689264c637b5af2f0233a933bef0d8570e2526bf9e083192d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hashbrown"
+version = "0.15.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9229cfe53dfd69f0609a49f65461bd93001ea1ef889cd5529dd176593f5338a1"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "heck"
 version = "0.5.0"
@@ -190,12 +202,28 @@ dependencies = [
  "cc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "indexmap"
+version = "2.11.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "206a8042aec68fa4a62e8d3f7aa4ceb508177d9324faf261e1959e495b7a1921"
+dependencies = [
+ "equivalent",
+ "hashbrown",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "is_terminal_polyfill"
 version = "1.70.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7943c866cc5cd64cbc25b2e01621d07fa8eb2a1a23160ee81ce38704e97b8ecf"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "itoa"
+version = "1.0.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4a5f13b858c8d314ee3e8f639011f7ccefe71f97f96e50151fb991f267928e2c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "js-sys"
 version = "0.3.78"
@@ -263,6 +291,45 @@ version = "1.0.22"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b39cdef0fa800fc44525c84ccb54a029961a8215f9619753635a9c0d2538d46d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ryu"
+version = "1.0.20"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "28d3b2b1366ec20994f1fd18c3c594f05c5dd4bc44d8bb0c1c632c8d6829481f"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "serde"
+version = "1.0.219"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5f0e2c6ed6606019b4e29e69dbaba95b11854410e5347d525002456dbbb786b6"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde_derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_derive"
+version = "1.0.219"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5b0276cf7f2c73365f7157c8123c21cd9a50fbbd844757af28ca1f5925fc2a00"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_yaml"
+version = "0.9.34+deprecated"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6a8b1a1a2ebf674015cc02edccce75287f1a0130d394307b36743c2f5d504b47"
+dependencies = [
+ "indexmap",
+ "itoa",
+ "ryu",
+ "serde",
+ "unsafe-libyaml",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "shlex"
 version = "1.3.0"
@@ -292,6 +359,12 @@ version = "1.0.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5a5f39404a5da50712a4c1eecf25e90dd62b613502b7e925fd4e4d19b5c96512"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unsafe-libyaml"
+version = "0.2.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "673aac59facbab8a9007c7f6108d11f63b603f7cabff99fabf650fea5c32b861"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "utf8parse"
 version = "0.2.2"
@@ -304,6 +377,8 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "clap",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_yaml",
 ]
 
 [[package]]

Cargo.toml

@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ edition = "2024"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { version = "4.5.47", features = ["derive"] }
 chrono = "0.4"
+serde_yaml = "0.9.34"
+serde = {version = "1.0.219", features = ["derive"] }

src/main.rs

@@ -92,8 +92,9 @@ fn read_daily_post_metadata(filepath: &str)-> Result<DailyPostMetadata, &str> {
 
 fn update_streak(daily_filepath: &str, file: &mut File) {
     // Get filepath from yesterday. If does not exist, return 0.
-    let mut streak: u32 = 0;
+    let streak: u32 = 0;
     let yesterday_filepath = get_yesterday_filepath();
+    let today = Local::now();
 
     if let Err(e) = yesterday_filepath {
         let today_metadata = DailyPostMetadata {
@@ -101,12 +102,15 @@ fn update_streak(daily_filepath: &str, file: &mut File) {
         };
 
         let stringified_yaml = serde_yaml::to_string(&today_metadata).unwrap();
-        file.write_all(stringified_yaml.as_bytes()).expect("Unable to write YAML metadata");
+        let yaml = format!("---\n{}\n---\n", &stringified_yaml);
+        file.write_all(yaml.as_bytes()).expect("Unable to write YAML metadata");
+
         return ();
     }
 
-    let filepath = yesterday_filepath.unwrap();
+    let filename = yesterday_filepath.unwrap();
-    let metadata: Result<DailyPostMetadata, &str> = read_daily_post_metadata(&filepath);
+    let fp = format!("{}/{}/{}", &daily_filepath, today.year(), filename);
+    let metadata: Result<DailyPostMetadata, &str> = read_daily_post_metadata(&fp);
 
     // Get metadata from yesterday's post. If metadata does not exist, return 1.
     if let Err(e) = metadata {
@@ -115,7 +119,8 @@ fn update_streak(daily_filepath: &str, file: &mut File) {
         };
 
         let stringified_yaml = serde_yaml::to_string(&today_metadata).unwrap();
-        file.write_all(stringified_yaml.as_bytes()).expect("Unable to write YAML metadata");
+        let yaml = format!("---\n{}\n---\n", &stringified_yaml);
+        file.write_all(yaml.as_bytes()).expect("Unable to write YAML metadata");
         return ();
     }
 
@@ -123,9 +128,11 @@ fn update_streak(daily_filepath: &str, file: &mut File) {
     let today_metadata = DailyPostMetadata {
         streak:  prev_metadata.streak + 1,
     };
+    println!("two");
 
     let stringified_yaml = serde_yaml::to_string(&today_metadata).unwrap();
-    file.write_all(stringified_yaml.as_bytes()).expect("Unable to write YAML metadata");
+    let yaml = format!("---\n{}\n---\n", &stringified_yaml);
+    file.write_all(yaml.as_bytes()).expect("Unable to write YAML metadata");
 }
 
 fn main() {
@@ -144,6 +151,7 @@ fn main() {
     let file_exists = directory_iterator.any(|filename| *filename.unwrap().file_name() == *file_name);
 
     if !file_exists {
+        println!("file does not exist");
         // Create a new file
         let mut file = File::create(&file_path).unwrap();
 
@@ -153,6 +161,7 @@ fn main() {
         // Write date at the start
         let date_header = format!("# {}", &today_date_str);
         writeln!(&mut file, "{}", &date_header);
+
     }