main.rs

#![feature(result_expect)]
#[macro_use]
extern crate clap;

extern crate image;
extern crate rustc_serialize;

use rustc_serialize::base64::ToBase64;
use rustc_serialize::hex::ToHex;

fn main() {
    // code that checks if files exist
    let file_exists = |path| {
        if std::fs::metadata(&path).is_ok() {
            Ok(())
        } else {
            Err(String::from(format!("File '{}' doesn't exist", path)))
        }
    };

    let matches = clap_app!(myapp =>
        (version: "0.1")
        (author: "Flo L <[email protected]>")
        (about: "Computes comparable hashes for given image files")
        (@arg INPUT: ... +required {file_exists} "Sets the input file(s) to use")
    ).get_matches();

    for p in matches.values_of("INPUT").unwrap().iter() {
        do_the_work(p);
    }
}

fn do_the_work(path: &str) {
    // get to image
    let image = image::open(path)
    .expect("File not found..");

    // prepare it
    let simple = image
    .grayscale()
    .resize_exact(9, 8, image::FilterType::Nearest);

    // the hash (64 bit for now)
    let mut hash = vec![0u8; 8]; // vec of u8 representing the bits and bytes of the hash computed for the image.
    let raw = simple.raw_pixels(); // vec of u8 representing gray pixels of an 9x8 image.

    for x in 0..8 {
        for y in 0..8 {
            if raw[x*8+y] > raw[x*8+y+1] {
                hash[x] |= 0x1 << y
            }
        }
    }

    for x in hash.iter() {
        print!("{:08b}", x);
    }
println!("");

    //println!("{} {}", hash.to_hex(), path);
    //println!("{} {}", hash.to_base64(rustc_serialize::base64::STANDARD), path);
}