comments appearing; need better embedding approach

comments/comments.go

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func (cs *Service) ServeComments(post string, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Req
 	if r.Method == "POST" {
 		return cs.Comment(post, Comment{
 			Name: user,
-			Text: r.FormValue("Text"),
+			Text: readCommentText(r),
 			IP:   r.RemoteAddr,
 			Date: time.Now(),
 		})
@@ -90,6 +90,12 @@ func (cs *Service) ServeComments(post string, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Req
 	return nil
 }
 
+func readCommentText(r *http.Request) string {
+	comment := struct{ Text string }{}
+	json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&comment)
+	return comment.Text
+}
+
 func (cs *Service) Comment(post string, c Comment) error {
 	return cs.Storage.Store(post, c)
 }
@@ -101,7 +107,28 @@ func (cs *Service) Load(post string) ([]Comment, error) {
 func (cs *Service) WriteHTML(post string, w io.Writer) (int64, error) {
 	buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
 	tmpl := template.Must(template.New("").Parse(
-		`<form onsubmit="javascript:submitComment(event)">
+		`<style>
+		comment {
+			margin: 10px 0;
+		}
+		comment, comment name, comment text {
+			display: block;
+		}
+		comment name::after {
+			content: " says:";
+		}
+		comment text {
+			margin-left: 5px;
+			padding-left: 5px;
+			border-left: 2px solid gray;
+		}
+		</style>
+		{{range .}}{{ if .Text }}<comment>
+		<name>{{.Name}}</name>
+		<text>{{.Text}}</text>
+		</comment>
+		{{end}}{{end}}
+		<form onsubmit="javascript:submitComment(event)">
 		<script>
 			function submitComment(evt) {
 				var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
@@ -109,18 +136,24 @@ func (cs *Service) WriteHTML(post string, w io.Writer) (int64, error) {
 				xhr.send(JSON.stringify({"text": evt.target.querySelector('textarea').value}));
 			}
 		</script>
-		<label>comment<textarea placeholder="comment..."></textarea></label>
+		<p>
-		<button>post</button>
+			<div>
-		</form>
+			<label for="comment">post a comment:</label>
-		{{range $idx, $elem := .}}<comment>
+			</div>
-		<name>$elem.Name</name>
+			<div>
-		<text>$elem.Text</name>
+			<textarea placeholder="comment..." name="comment"></textarea>
-		</comment>
+			</div>
-		{{end}}`))
+			<div>
+			<button>post</button>
+			</div>
+		</p>
+		</form>`))
+
 	comments, err := cs.Load(post)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
+
 	err = tmpl.Execute(buf, comments)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
@@ -260,6 +293,7 @@ func (d *diskvStorage) Retreive(post string) ([]Comment, error) {
 		if err != nil {
 			return comments, fmt.Errorf("error unmarshaling comment: %v", err)
 		}
+		comments = append(comments, comment)
 	}
 
 	return comments, nil

http.go

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func (ch *CaddyHugo) ServeHTTPWithNext(next httpserver.Handler, c *caddy.Control
 		docName := docNameFromCommentRequest(r)
 		err := ch.Comments.ServeComments(docName, w, r)
 		if err != nil {
-			return 500, fmt.Errorf("couldn't load comments")
+			return 500, fmt.Errorf("couldn't load comments:", err)
 		}
 
 		return 200, nil