Anonymizing response data with sibling types that doesent contain any userId

server/src/types/comment.rs

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ pub struct NewComment {
 }
 
 /// The comment as it is stored in the database, with all the related metadata
-/// This is also the comment as it is sent to the client
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, sqlx::FromRow)]
 pub struct Comment {
     pub id: i64,
@@ -24,6 +23,19 @@ pub struct Comment {
     pub updated_at: chrono::NaiveDateTime,
 }
 
+/// This is the comment as it is sent to the client, with only the public metadata
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, sqlx::FromRow)]
+pub struct PublicComment {
+    pub id: i64,
+    pub parent_post_id: i64,
+    pub parent_comment_id: Option<i64>,
+    pub upvotes: i64,
+    pub downvotes: i64,
+    pub content: String,
+    pub created_at: chrono::NaiveDateTime,
+    pub updated_at: chrono::NaiveDateTime,
+}
+
 /// Query parameters for the /comments endpoint
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct CommentQueryParams {

server/src/types/post.rs

@@ -21,6 +21,17 @@ pub struct Post {
     pub updated_at: chrono::NaiveDateTime,
 }
 
+// The post as it is sent to the client, with only the public metadata
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, FromRow)]
+pub struct PublicPost {
+    pub id: i64,
+    pub content: String,
+    pub upvotes: i64,
+    pub downvotes: i64,
+    pub created_at: chrono::NaiveDateTime,
+    pub updated_at: chrono::NaiveDateTime,
+}
+
 // These look like /posts?limit=10&offset=20 in the URL
 // Note that these are optional
 /// Query parameters for the /posts endpoint