Trait std::convert::From<String> not implemented for hyper::body::Body

Question

lazy_static::lazy_static! {
    static ref file_data: String = fs::read_to_string("static/login.html").expect("unable to read from static/login.html");
}

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
    // code omitted
    let login = warp::path("login").map(move || warp::reply::html(file_data));
    // code omitted
}

Compile error:

error[E0277]: the trait bound `hyper::body::body::Body: std::convert::From<file_data>` is not satisfied
   --> src/main.rs:45:49
    |
45  |     let login = warp::path("login").map(move || warp::reply::html(file_data));
    |                                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ the trait `std::convert::From<file_data>` is not implemented for `hyper::body::body::Body`
    | 
   ::: /home/ichi/.cargo/registry/src/github.com-1ecc6299db9ec823/warp-0.2.3/src/reply.rs:170:11
    |
170 |     Body: From<T>,
    |           ------- required by this bound in `warp::reply::html`
    |
    = help: the following implementations were found:
              <hyper::body::body::Body as std::convert::From<&'static [u8]>>
              <hyper::body::body::Body as std::convert::From<&'static str>>
              <hyper::body::body::Body as std::convert::From<bytes::bytes::Bytes>>
              <hyper::body::body::Body as std::convert::From<std::borrow::Cow<'static, [u8]>>>
            and 4 others

I am trying to pass a String to a closure. According to the documentation, From<String> is implemented for hyper::body::Body and file_data is of type String. So why am I getting this error?

Answer 1

From lazy_static

For a given static ref NAME: TYPE = EXPR;, the macro generates a unique type that implements Deref<TYPE> and stores it in a static with name NAME. (Attributes end up attaching to this type.)

That is, the type of the variable is not TYPE!

This is why you see the error

the trait `std::convert::From<file_data>` is not implemented for `hyper::body::body::Body`
                              ^^^^^^^^^

You'd probably have better luck explicitly de-referencing or cloning the global variable: warp::reply::html(&*file_data) or warp::reply::html(file_data.clone()).