Got the string passed to the HTML Module. Content is <String, Error> so I unwrapped it and saved the value as only a string. Tomorrow I parse the HTML in html_module.

src/html_module.rs

@@ -4,14 +4,18 @@ Language: Rustc 1.69.0
 ide: CLion
 Operating system: Fedora 38/WSL
 Purpose: This class is meant to process and return HTML formatted text as strings.
-Last edited: 5/15/23
+Last edited: 5/18/23
  */
 
 extern crate horrorshow;
+use epub::archive;
 use horrorshow::prelude::*;
 use horrorshow::helper::doctype;
 
 
-pub fn main(){
-    println!("if you can read this, you reached the HTML class.");
+pub fn main(content: String) -> String{
+
+    println!("IF YOU CAN READ THIS, I HAVE ENTERED THE HTML MODULE");
+    let mut str_content = content;
+    return str_content;
 }

src/main.rs

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Language: Rustc 1.69.0
 ide: CLion
 Operating system: Fedora 38/WSL
 Purpose: ncurses based ereader and library manager for Linux terminal environments. 
-Last edited: 5/15/23
+Last edited: 5/18/23
 */
 
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ mod html_module;
 use epub::doc::EpubDoc; //library for navigating epubs
 use std::env;
 use std::io;
-
+use horrorshow::Template;
 
 
 //initial function. Reads the ebook passed by argument.
@@ -20,36 +20,26 @@ use std::io;
 fn main() {
     let args: Vec<String> = env::args().collect();
     let filename = &args[1];
-    epub(filename);
+    epub_func(filename);
 
 }
 
 
 //parses epub files
-fn epub(epub_file: &str){
-    let item_count = 1;
+fn epub_func(epub_file: &str){
+    //let item_count = 1;
     let doc = EpubDoc::new(&epub_file);
     assert!(doc.is_ok());
     let mut doc = doc.unwrap();
     doc.set_current_page(50);
-    let content = doc.get_current_str();
-    
-    //while true{
+    let mut content = doc.get_current_str();
+    let mut str_content = content.unwrap();
     let mut next = String::new();
 
-        io::stdin()
-        .read_line(&mut next)
-        .expect("Failed to read line");
-        //if next == "n"{
-            doc.go_next();
-            println!("{:?}", content);
-        //}
-
-        html_module::main();
-        
-    //}
 
 
+            str_content = html_module::main(str_content);
+            println!("{}", str_content);
     
 }