removed Cargo.lock and shell.nix from .gitignore

- a lot of new comments for better doc
- removed unnecessary functions
- main plenum pad logic still in progress
- one additional comment in main

.gitignore

@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 /target
 /.idea
 /src/debug_emails.txt
-Cargo.lock
 *.sqlite
 *.sqlite3
 .direnv
-shell.nix
 pandoc*.txt
+.envrc

Cargo.toml

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 stdext = "0.3.3"
-pandoc = "0.8"
 chrono = "0.4.38"
 regex = "1.10.5"
 futures = "0.3.30"

architecture.md

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Architecture
+
+This document is intended to explain how the Plenum Bot works.

shell.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {}}: let
+  rust-toolchain = pkgs.symlinkJoin {
+    name = "rust-toolchain";
+    paths = with pkgs; [rustc cargo rustPlatform.rustcSrc rustfmt clippy];
+  };
+in
+  pkgs.mkShell {
+    nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs.buildPackages; [
+      rust-toolchain
+
+      pkg-config
+      xe
+      xz
+
+      cargo-tarpaulin
+      openssl
+      sqlite
+      gcc
+      gnumake
+
+      # dotnet-sdk_8
+    ];
+
+    RUST_SRC_PATH = "${pkgs.rust.packages.stable.rustPlatform.rustLibSrc}";
+  }

src/lib.rs

@@ -7,6 +7,33 @@ pub mod mediawiki;
 pub mod template;
 
 use std::env;
+use std::error::Error;
+use std::io::{Read, Write};
+use std::process::{Command, ExitStatus, Stdio};
+
+fn pipe(
+    program: &str, args: &mut [&str], input: String,
+) -> Result<(String, String, ExitStatus), Box<dyn Error>> {
+    let mut cmd = Command::new(program)
+        .args(args)
+        .stdin(Stdio::piped())
+        .stdout(Stdio::piped())
+        .stderr(Stdio::piped())
+        .spawn()?;
+    if let Some(mut stdin) = cmd.stdin.take() {
+        stdin.write_all(input.as_bytes())?;
+    }
+    let mut output = String::new();
+    if let Some(mut stdout) = cmd.stdout.take() {
+        stdout.read_to_string(&mut output)?;
+    }
+    let mut errmsg = String::new();
+    if let Some(mut stderr) = cmd.stderr.take() {
+        stderr.read_to_string(&mut errmsg)?;
+    }
+    let status = cmd.wait()?;
+    Ok((output, errmsg, status))
+}
 
 /// Checks environment variable `DRY_RUN` to see if any external operations
 /// should *actually* be done.

src/main.rs

@@ -2,25 +2,23 @@
 
 use std::env;
 use std::error::Error;
+use std::fmt::Display;
+use std::io::IsTerminal;
+use std::os::linux::raw::stat;
 use std::time::Instant;
 
-use chrono::{Local, NaiveDate};
+use chrono::{Local, NaiveDate, Utc, DateTime};
 use clap::{Arg, Command};
 use colored::Colorize;
 use regex::Regex;
-
-use std::fmt::Display;
-use std::io::IsTerminal;
-
+use cccron_lib::{trace_var, trace_var_, verboseln};
 use cccron_lib::config_spec::{self, CfgField, CfgGroup, CfgSpec};
-use cccron_lib::key_value::KeyValueStore as KV;
-
 use cccron_lib::date;
 use cccron_lib::email::{self, Email, SimpleEmail};
 use cccron_lib::hedgedoc::{self, HedgeDoc};
 use cccron_lib::is_dry_run;
+use cccron_lib::key_value::{KeyValueStore as KV, KeyValueStore};
 use cccron_lib::mediawiki::{self, Mediawiki};
-use cccron_lib::{verboseln,trace_var,trace_var_};
 use cccron_lib::NYI;
 
 /* ***** Config Spec ***** */
@@ -93,6 +91,16 @@ fn today() -> NaiveDate {
         .map(|v| NaiveDate::parse_from_str(&v, "%F").expect("'TODAY' hat nicht format YYYY-MM-DD"))
         .unwrap_or(Local::now().date_naive())
 }
+/// Gets either the state from the config or overrides it with the state from
+/// the environment variable `STATE_OVERRIDE` (for testing purposes.)
+/// 
+/// For example, `STATE_OVERRIDE=Waiting` can be used to debug mediawiki.
+fn state(config: &KeyValueStore) -> ProgramState {
+    match env::var("STATE_OVERRIDE") {
+        Ok(val) => ProgramState::parse(&val),
+        Err(_e) => ProgramState::parse(&config["state-name"])
+    }
+}
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 struct Args {
@@ -170,7 +178,8 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
         &config["wiki-http-password"],
         &config["wiki-api-user"],
         &config["wiki-api-secret"],
-        is_dry_run(),
+        false, // is_dry_run(), // TODO: Remove this false in order for actually letting dry_run affecting if mediawiki is run 
+        &config["wiki-plenum-page"],
     );
     trace_var_!(wiki);
     // get next plenum days
@@ -181,7 +190,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
     let nearest_plenum_days = date::get_matching_dates_around(today, plenum_spec);
     trace_var!(nearest_plenum_days);
     // figure out where we are
-    let mut last_state = ProgramState::parse(&config["state-name"]);
+    let mut last_state = state(&config);
     let last_run = config.get("state-last-run").unwrap_or_default();
     let last_run = NaiveDate::parse_from_str(&last_run, "%Y-%m-%d").unwrap_or_default();
     trace_var!(last_run);
@@ -475,6 +484,7 @@ fn do_protocol(
         );
         let _message_id = send_email(&subject, &body, email, config)?;
         NYI!("convert to mediawiki");
+        mediawiki::pad_ins_wiki(pad_content, wiki, plenum_day)?;
         NYI!("add to wiki");
         config.set("state-name", &ProgramState::Logged.to_string()).ok();
     } else {

src/mediawiki.rs

@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
+use std::cell::OnceCell;
 use std::error::Error;
-use std::fs::File;
-use std::io::Read;
 
+use chrono::{Datelike, NaiveDate, Utc};
 use colored::Colorize;
-use pandoc::{PandocError, PandocOutput};
 use reqwest::blocking::Client;
 use serde::Deserialize;
+use serde_json::{json, Value};
 
+use crate::{trace_var, verboseln};
 use crate::config_spec::{CfgField, CfgGroup};
 
 pub const CONFIG: CfgGroup<'static> = CfgGroup {
@@ -36,10 +37,15 @@ pub const CONFIG: CfgGroup<'static> = CfgGroup {
             key: "api-secret",
             description: "API secret / \"password\" used for authenticating as the bot.",
         },
+        CfgField::Default {
+            key: "plenum-page",
+            default: "Plenum",
+            description: "The name of the wiki page where all new plenum pages will be linked.",
+        },
         CfgField::Default {
             key: "eta",
             default: "no ETA, program never ran",
-            description: "ETA message for estimating time the program takes"
+            description: "ETA message for estimating time the program takes."
         }
     ],
 };
@@ -51,8 +57,9 @@ pub struct Mediawiki {
     api_user: String,
     api_secret: String,
     is_dry_run: bool,
-    login_token: String,
-    csrf_token: String,
+    login_token: OnceCell<String>,
+    csrf_token: OnceCell<String>,
+    plenum_main_page_name: String,
     client: Client,
 }
 
@@ -68,7 +75,7 @@ impl std::fmt::Debug for Mediawiki {
     }
 }
 
-pub enum RequestType {
+pub enum ValidRequestTypes {
     Get,
     Post,
     PostForEditing
@@ -76,7 +83,7 @@ pub enum RequestType {
 
 impl Mediawiki {
     pub fn new(
-        server_url: &str, http_auth_user: &str, http_auth_password: &str, api_user: &str, api_secret: &str, is_dry_run: bool,
+        server_url: &str, http_auth_user: &str, http_auth_password: &str, api_user: &str, api_secret: &str, is_dry_run: bool, plenum_main_page_name: &str,
     ) -> Self {
         Self {
             server_url: server_url.to_string(),
@@ -85,67 +92,104 @@ impl Mediawiki {
             api_user: api_user.to_string(),
             api_secret: api_secret.to_string(),
             is_dry_run,
-            login_token: String::new(),
-            csrf_token: String::new(),
+            login_token: OnceCell::new(),
+            csrf_token: OnceCell::new(),
+            plenum_main_page_name: plenum_main_page_name.to_string(),
             client: Client::builder().cookie_store(true).build().unwrap(),
         }
     }
-    pub fn get_login_token(&self) -> Result<String, Box<dyn Error>> {
-        let url =
-            format!("{}/api.php?", self.server_url);
-        let params: Box<[(&str, &str)]> = Box::from( [
-            ("format", "json"),
+    pub fn login (&self) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+        let url = format!("{}/api.php?", self.server_url);
+        // retrieve login token first
+        let params_0: Box<[(&str, &str)]> = Box::from([
+            ("action", "query"),
             ("meta", "tokens"),
             ("type", "login"),
-            ("action", "query")
+            ("format", "json")
         ]);
-        let resp =  self.make_request(url, params, RequestType::Get).unwrap();
-        let response_deserialized: QueryResponseLogin = serde_json::from_str(&resp)?;
-        Ok(response_deserialized.query.tokens.logintoken)
-    }
-    pub fn login (&self) -> Result<String, Box<dyn Error>> {
-        let url = format!("{}/api.php?", self.server_url);
-        let params: Box<[(&str, &str)]> = Box::from([
-            ("lgname", self.api_user.as_str()),
-            ("lgpassword", self.api_secret.as_str()),
-            ("lgtoken", &self.login_token),
-            ("action", "login")
+        verboseln!("Login params: {:?}", params_0);
+        let resp_0: String =  self.make_request(url.clone(), params_0, ValidRequestTypes::Get)?;
+        verboseln!("Raw response login_0: {}", resp_0.yellow());
+        let resp_0_deserialized: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(&resp_0)?;
+        verboseln!("login0 deserialized");
+        
+        let login_token = resp_0_deserialized
+            .pointer("/query/tokens/logintoken")
+            .and_then(|v| v.as_str())
+            .map(|token| token.replace("+\\", ""))
+            .ok_or("Login token not found")?;
+
+        self.login_token.set(login_token)?;
+
+        verboseln!("login0 finished");
+        let login_token: String = self.login_token.clone().into_inner().unwrap();
+        verboseln!("using {login_token} as login");
+        let params_1: Box<[(&str, &str)]> = Box::from([
+            ("action", "login"),
+            ("lgname", &self.api_user),
+            ("lgpassword", &self.api_secret),
+            ("lgtoken", &login_token),
+            ("format", "json")
         ]);
-        let resp: Result<String, Box<dyn Error>> =  self.make_request(url, params, RequestType::Post);
-        Ok(resp.unwrap())
+        verboseln!("Login params: {:?}", params_1);
+        let resp_1: String = self.client
+        .post(&url)
+        // .basic_auth(&self.http_user, Some(&self.http_password)) // TODO: ZU TESTZWECKEN ENTFERNT
+        .form(&params_1)
+        .send()?
+        .text()?;
+        verboseln!("Raw response login_1: {}", resp_1.yellow());
+        let resp_1_deserialized: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(&resp_1)?;
+        if let Some(result) = resp_1_deserialized.get("login").and_then(|l| l.get("result")) {
+            if result.as_str() == Some("Success") {
+                Ok(())
+            } else {
+                Err(format!("Login failed. Response: {}", resp_1_deserialized).into())
             }
-    pub fn get_csrf_token(&self) -> Result<String, Box<dyn Error>> { // HAS TO BE FIXED
+        } else {
+            Err(format!("Unexpected login response: {}", resp_1_deserialized).into())
+        }
+    }
+    pub fn get_csrf_token(&self) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
         let url =
             format!("{}/api.php?", self.server_url);
         let params: Box<[(&str, &str)]> = Box::from([
             ("format", "json"),
             ("meta", "tokens"),
-            ("formatversion", "2"),
             ("action", "query")
         ]);
-        let resp: Result<String, Box<dyn Error>> =  self.make_request(url, params, RequestType::Get);
-        let resp = resp.unwrap();
+        let resp: String =  self.make_request(url, params, ValidRequestTypes::Get)?;
+        verboseln!("Raw response csrf: {}", resp);
         let response_deserialized: QueryResponseCsrf = serde_json::from_str(&resp)?;
-        Ok(response_deserialized.query.tokens.csrftoken)
+        let token = response_deserialized.query.tokens.csrftoken;
+        verboseln!("Parsed token: '{}'", token);
+        if token == "+\\" {
+            return Err("Failed to parse CSRF token. Response was only '+\\'. Please check your Bot API credentials".into());
+        }
+        self.csrf_token.set(token)?;
+        verboseln!("CSRF token acquired: {}", self.csrf_token.get().unwrap());
+        Ok(())
     }
 
-    pub fn make_request(&self, url: String, params: Box<[(&str, &str)]>, request_type: RequestType) -> Result<String, Box<dyn Error>> {
+    pub fn make_request(&self, url: String, params: Box<[(&str, &str)]>, request_type: ValidRequestTypes) -> Result<String, Box<dyn Error>> {
         let resp: Result<String, Box<dyn Error>> =  match
             match request_type {
-                RequestType::Get => {
+                ValidRequestTypes::Get => {
                     self
                         .client
                         .get(url)
-                        //.basic_auth(&self.http_user, Some(&self.http_password)) ZU TESTZWECKEN ENTFERNT
+                        //.basic_auth(&self.http_user, Some(&self.http_password)) // TODO: ZU TESTZWECKEN ENTFERNT
                         .query(&params)
                         .send()
                 }
-                RequestType::Post | RequestType::PostForEditing => {
+                ValidRequestTypes::Post | ValidRequestTypes::PostForEditing => {
+                    // convert the params into a HashMap for JSON
+                    let params_map: std::collections::HashMap<_, _> = params.iter().cloned().collect();
                     self
                         .client
                         .post(url)
-                        //.basic_auth(&self.http_user, Some(&self.http_password)) ZU TESTZWECKEN ENTFERNT
-                        .form(&params)
+                        //.basic_auth(&self.http_user, Some(&self.http_password)) // TODO: ZU TESTZWECKEN ENTFERNT
+                        .query(&params_map)
                         .send()
                 }
             }
@@ -153,8 +197,8 @@ impl Mediawiki {
             Ok(response) => {
                 if response.status().is_success() {
                     match request_type {
-                        RequestType::PostForEditing => Ok(response.text().unwrap()),
-                        _ => Ok(response.text().unwrap())
+                        ValidRequestTypes::PostForEditing => Ok(response.text()?),
+                        _ => Ok(response.text()?)
                     }
                 }
                 else {
@@ -171,25 +215,267 @@ impl Mediawiki {
         };
         resp
     }
+
     /// Creates a completely new wiki page with page_content and page_title as inputs
-    pub fn new_wiki_page (&self, page_title: &str, page_content: &str) -> Result<String, Box<dyn Error>> {
-        // action=edit&format=json&title=Wikipedia:Sandbox&appendtext=Hello&token=sampleCsrfToken123+\
-        let url =
-            format!("{}/api.php?", self.server_url);
+    pub fn new_wiki_page(&self, page_title: &str, page_content: &str, update_main_page: bool) -> Result<String, Box<dyn Error>> {
+        // Prevent dry run from making actual wiki edits
+        if self.is_dry_run {
+            println!("Dry run: Would create wiki page '{}' with content {}", page_title, page_content);
+            return Ok("Dry run - no actual page created".to_string());
+        }
+    
+        // Ensure we have a CSRF token
+        if self.csrf_token.get().is_none() {
+            return Err("CSRF token not set. Call get_csrf_token() first.".into());
+        }
+    
+        let url = format!("{}/api.php", self.server_url);
         let params: Box<[(&str, &str)]> = Box::from([
-            ("action", "edit"), // Create and edit pages. 
+            ("action", "edit"),
             ("format", "json"),
-            ("title", page_title), // Title of the page to edit. Cannot be used together with pageid. 
-            ("appendtext", page_content), // Add this text to the end of the page or section. Overrides text.
-            ("token", self.csrf_token.as_str()), // A "csrf" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens
-            ("bot", "true"), // Mark this edit as a bot edit.
+            ("title", page_title),
+            ("text", page_content),
+            ("token", self.csrf_token.get().unwrap()),
+            ("createonly", "true"), // Prevent overwriting existing pages
+            ("bot", "true"),
         ]);
-        self.make_request(url, params, RequestType::Post)
+    
+        // Log the request details for debugging
+        verboseln!("Creating wiki page: {} at {}", page_title, url);
+        
+        // Make the request to create the page
+        let request_result = self.make_request(url, params, ValidRequestTypes::PostForEditing)?;
+    
+        // Parse the response to check for success
+        let response: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(&request_result)?;
+        
+        // Check if the page creation was successful
+        if let Some(edit) = response.get("edit") {
+            if edit.get("result").and_then(|r| r.as_str()) == Some("Success") {
+                verboseln!("Successfully created wiki page: {}", page_title);
+                
+                // Update the main plenum page if requested
+                if update_main_page {
+                    self.update_plenum_page(page_title)?;
+                }
+                
+                Ok(request_result)
+            } else {
+                Err(format!("Failed to create wiki page. Response: {}", response).into())
+            }
+        } else {
+            Err(format!("Unexpected response when creating wiki page: {}", response).into())
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// This function is responsible for updating the main plenum page:
+    ///
+    /// It downloads the main plenum page from Mediawiki, inserts the
+    /// new Link to the newly uploaded plenum pad and uploads the
+    /// page back to mediawiki. 
+    pub fn update_plenum_page(&self, new_page_title_to_link_to: &str) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+        let current_year = Utc::now().year().to_string();
+        let year_heading_pattern = format!("=== {} ===", current_year);
+    
+        // Download Plenum page content
+        let mut page_content = self.get_page_content(&self.plenum_main_page_name)?;
+    
+        // check if the current year heading pattern exists
+        if !page_content.contains(&year_heading_pattern) {
+            // If not, add a new year heading pattern
+            let last_year = (current_year.parse::<i32>()? - 1).to_string();
+            let last_year_heading_pattern = format!("=== {} ===", last_year);
+    
+            if page_content.contains(&last_year_heading_pattern) {
+                // add a new year heading pattern before the last year one
+                let parts: Vec<&str> = page_content.split(&last_year_heading_pattern).collect();
+                page_content = format!(
+                    "{}=== {} ===\n* [[{}]]\n\n{}{}",
+                    parts[0], current_year, new_page_title_to_link_to, 
+                    last_year_heading_pattern, 
+                    parts[1]
+                );
+            } else {
+                // Fallback: add the current year heading to the end of the page
+                page_content.push_str(&format!("\n\n=== {} ===\n* [[{}]]", current_year, new_page_title_to_link_to));
+            }
+        } else {
+            // Paste the link below the current year heading
+            page_content = page_content.replace(
+                &year_heading_pattern,
+                &format!("{}\n* [[{}]]", year_heading_pattern, new_page_title_to_link_to)
+            );
+        }
+    
+        // refresh page
+        self.new_wiki_page(&self.plenum_main_page_name, &page_content, false)?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+    /// This function downloads and returns the contents of a wiki page when given the page's title (e.g. `page_title = Plenum/13._August_2024`)
+    pub fn get_page_content(&self, page_title: &str) -> Result<String, Box<dyn Error>> {
+        let url = format!("{}/api.php?", self.server_url);
+        let params: Box<[(&str, &str)]> = Box::from([
+            ("action", "parse"),
+            ("prop", "wikitext"),
+            ("format", "json"),
+            ("page", page_title),
+            ("formatversion", "2"),
+        ]);
+        let resp = self.make_request(url, params, ValidRequestTypes::Get)?;
+        let response_deserialized: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(&resp)?;
+    
+        let wikitext = response_deserialized
+            .get("parse")
+            .and_then(|parse| parse.get("wikitext"))
+            .and_then(|text| text.as_str())
+            .ok_or("Expected field `wikitext` not found")?;
+        
+        Ok(wikitext.to_string())
+    }
+
+    pub fn test_wiki_write(&self) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+        // Generate a unique test page title
+        let test_page_title = format!(
+            "TestPage/WikiWriteTest-{}", 
+            chrono::Utc::now().format("%Y%m%d%H%M%S")
+        );
+        
+        // Test content to write
+        let test_content = format!(
+            "Wiki Write Test\n\nThis is a test page generated at {}. \nIt can be safely deleted.",
+            chrono::Utc::now()
+        );
+    
+        // Ensure login token and CSRF token are set
+        let _login_result = self.login()?;
+        self.get_csrf_token()?;
+    
+        let url = format!("{}/api.php", self.server_url);
+        let params: Box<[(&str, &str)]> = Box::from([
+            ("action", "edit"),
+            ("format", "json"),
+            ("title", &test_page_title),
+            ("text", &test_content),
+            ("token", self.csrf_token.get().unwrap()),
+            ("createonly", "true"),
+            ("bot", "true"),
+        ]);
+    
+        // Manually print out all parameters for debugging
+        println!("Debug - URL: {}", url);
+        println!("Debug - Parameters:");
+        for (key, value) in params.iter() {
+            println!("  {}: {}", key, value);
+        }
+    
+        // Make request and capture the full response
+        let request_result = match self.client
+            .post(&url)
+            .basic_auth(&self.http_user, Some(&self.http_password))
+            .form(&params)
+            .send() 
+        {
+            Ok(response) => {
+                println!("Debug - Response Status: {}", response.status());
+                println!("Debug - Response Headers: {:?}", response.headers());
+                
+                match response.text() {
+                    Ok(text) => {
+                        println!("Debug - Raw Response Body:\n{}", text);
+                        text
+                    },
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        return Err(format!("Failed to read response body: {}", e).into());
+                    }
+                }
+            },
+            Err(e) => {
+                return Err(format!("Request failed: {}", e).into());
+            }
+        };
+    
+        // Attempt to parse the response
+        match serde_json::from_str::<serde_json::Value>(&request_result) {
+            Ok(response) => {
+                println!("Debug - Parsed Response: {}", response);
+                
+                if let Some(edit) = response.get("edit") {
+                    if edit.get("result").and_then(|r| r.as_str()) == Some("Success") {
+                        println!("✅ Successfully created test page: {}", test_page_title);
+                        Ok(())
+                    } else {
+                        Err(format!("Failed to create page. Response: {}", response).into())
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    Err(format!("Unexpected response: {}", response).into())
+                }
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                Err(format!("JSON parsing failed. Error: {}. Raw response: {}", e, request_result).into())
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
 
+/// This function runs at the end of do_protocol() and is responsible for
+/// logging in to mediawiki, retrieving the necessary tokens, creating a
+/// new wiki page for the current plenum protocol, and for linking the new
+/// page to the main plenum overview page.
+pub fn pad_ins_wiki(old_pad_content: String, wiki: &Mediawiki, plenum_date: &NaiveDate) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+    // Use the provided date or default to current date
+    let date = plenum_date;
+    wiki.test_wiki_write()?;
+    // Login to Wiki and get required tokens for logging in and writing
+    verboseln!("logging in...");
+    let login_result = wiki.login()?;
+    verboseln!("Login done.");
+    trace_var!(login_result);
+    
+    wiki.get_csrf_token()?;
+    verboseln!("CSRF token acquired.");
+
+    // Convert to mediawiki and make new page
+    let pad_converted = pandoc_convert(old_pad_content)?;
+    trace_var!(pad_converted);
+    
+    // Create a new wiki page plenum_main_page_name/page_title, e.g. under Plenum/13._August_2024
+    verboseln!("wiki: uploading converted pad");
+    let page_title = create_page_title(date);
+    let full_page_title = format!("{}/{}", wiki.plenum_main_page_name, page_title);
+    
+    wiki.new_wiki_page(&full_page_title, &pad_converted, true)?;
+
+    verboseln!("Finished successfully with wiki");
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Takes a String in the Markdown format, converts it and returns it in
+/// the Mediawiki format
+fn pandoc_convert(markdown: String) -> Result<String, Box<dyn Error>> {
+    let (output, errors, status) = crate::pipe(
+        "pandoc",
+        &mut ["--from", "markdown-auto_identifiers", "--to", "mediawiki", "--no-highlight"],
+        markdown,
+    )?;
+    if status.success() {
+        println!("Resultat von Pandoc: {}", output);
+        Ok(output)
+    } else {
+        Err(format!("Pandoc error, exit code {:?}\n{}", status, errors).into())
+    }
+}
+
+fn create_page_title(date: &NaiveDate) -> String {
+    date.format("%d. %B %Y").to_string()
+}
+
+/// Deserialization must be done this way because the response contains
+/// two `\\` characters in both the login and csrf tokens, which breaks the
+/// usual deserialization
+
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
 struct QueryResponseLogin {
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
     batchcomplete: String,
     query: QueryTokensLogin,
 }
@@ -206,7 +492,7 @@ struct TokensLogin {
 
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
 struct QueryResponseCsrf {
-    batchcomplete: bool,
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
     query: crate::mediawiki::QueryTokensCsrf,
 }
 
@@ -219,75 +505,3 @@ struct QueryTokensCsrf {
 struct TokensCsrf {
     csrftoken: String,
 }
-
-pub fn pad_ins_wiki(old_pad_content: String, wiki: &mut Mediawiki) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
-    // Login to Wiki and get required tokens for logging in and writing
-    let auth_result = wiki.get_login_token()?;
-    wiki.login_token.clone_from(&auth_result);
-    println!("AUTH Success");
-    let login_result = wiki.login()?;
-    println!("LOGIN Success");
-    let csrf_token = wiki.get_csrf_token();
-    let csrf_token = csrf_token.unwrap_or_else(|e| {
-        println!("Error while trying to get csrf: {:?}", e);
-        String::new()
-    });
-    println!("CSRF Success");
-    wiki.csrf_token.clone_from(&csrf_token);
-    println!("---AUTH RESULT:---\n{}\n---LOGIN RESULT:---\n{:?}\n---CSRF RESULT:---\n{}\n-----------", auth_result, login_result, csrf_token);
-
-    // Convert to mediawiki and make new page
-    let pad_converted = convert_md_to_mediawiki(old_pad_content);
-    println!("Das kommt ins Wiki: {}", pad_converted);
-    //wiki.new_wiki_page("Page Test 5", &pad_converted)?; JUST AN EXAMPLE
-
-    // Textdatei wieder einlesen
-
-    // Passwörter aus Datenbank lesen (ToBeDone)
-    /*
-    let plenum_bot_user = String::from("PlenumBot@PlenumBot-PW1");
-    let plenum_bot_pw = String::from("**OLD_API_PW_REMOVED**");
-    let login_token = login_to_mediawiki(plenum_bot_user.clone(), plenum_bot_pw.clone())
-        .expect("Fehler beim Einloggen!");
-    println!("plenum_bot_user: {plenum_bot_user}, plenum_bot_pw: {plenum_bot_pw}, login_token: {login_token}")
-
-     */
-    Ok(())
-}
-
-/// Converts one file type into another using pandoc and saves the result as a txt file
-fn pandoc_convert(
-    old_pad_content: String, output_filepath: &str, input_format: pandoc::InputFormat,
-    output_format: pandoc::OutputFormat,
-) -> Result<PandocOutput, PandocError> {
-    //Convert Markdown into Mediawiki
-    // Vanilla pandoc Befehl: pandoc --from markdown --to mediawiki --no-highlight
-    let mut p = pandoc::new();
-    p.set_input(pandoc::InputKind::Pipe(old_pad_content));
-    p.set_input_format(input_format, vec![]);
-    p.set_output(pandoc::OutputKind::File(output_filepath.parse().unwrap()));
-    p.set_output_format(output_format, vec![]);
-    p.execute()
-}
-
-
-/// Reads a text file from a specified path and returns it as a String
-fn read_txt_file(filepath: &str) -> String {
-    let mut file = File::open(filepath)
-        .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("Fehler beim öffnen der Textdatei mit Pfad {filepath}!"));
-    let mut contents = String::new();
-    file.read_to_string(&mut contents)
-        .expect("Fehler beim auslesen der MediaWiki-Textdatei!");
-    contents
-}
-
-/// Takes a Sting in the Markdown format and returns a String in the mediawiki Format
-fn convert_md_to_mediawiki(old_pad_content: String) -> String {
-    // TODO: use tempfile="3.3", make it a NamedTempFile::new()?;
-    //       or alternatively use piped stdout to avoid files entirely
-    let output_filepath: &str = "./pandoc_mediawiki.txt";
-    pandoc_convert(old_pad_content, output_filepath, pandoc::InputFormat::Markdown, pandoc::OutputFormat::MediaWiki).expect("Fehler beim Umwandeln des und speichern des Pads in eine mediawiki-Textdatei");
-    let temp = read_txt_file(output_filepath);
-    println!("TEMP: {}", temp.purple());
-    temp
-}