RTSDA-iOS/RUST_CRATE_IMPROVEMENTS.md

Rust Crate Improvements Needed

HTML Tag Stripping in Scripture Readings

Issue: Scripture readings contain HTML tags that appear in the iOS UI.

Solution: Update the Rust crate to strip HTML tags from scripture_reading fields in the ClientBulletin model.

Suggested Implementation:

// In src/models/client_models.rs - ClientBulletin::from() implementation
impl From<Bulletin> for ClientBulletin {
    fn from(bulletin: Bulletin) -> Self {
        Self {
            // ... other fields
            scripture_reading: strip_html_tags(&bulletin.scripture_reading),
            // ... other fields
        }
    }
}

// Helper function to strip HTML tags
fn strip_html_tags(text: &str) -> String {
    // Use a regex or HTML parsing library to remove HTML tags
    // This could use the `html2text` crate that's already a dependency
    html2text::from_read(text.as_bytes(), 80)
        .replace('\n', " ")
        .split_whitespace()
        .collect::<Vec<&str>>()
        .join(" ")
}

Benefits:

• Clean data for all client platforms
• Consistent text rendering
• Better performance (processed once on server)
• Easier maintenance

Files to Update:

• src/models/client_models.rs
• Possibly src/models/bulletin.rs if the cleaning should happen earlier

Priority: Medium - affects user experience but doesn't break functionality