fix imports to allow for serialization

Cargo.toml

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 clap = { version = "4.4.2", features = ["derive"] }
 network-interface = "1.0.1"
 serde = { version = "1.0.188", features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json = "1.0.105"
 toml = "0.7.6"
 
 [dev-dependencies]

src/collectors/dmi_collector.rs

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use std::{
     process::{Command, Output},
     str::Split,
 };
+use serde::{Serialize, Deserialize};
 
 /// ## DmiInformation
 ///
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ use std::{
 /// * system_information: [`SystemInformation`](struct.SystemInformation) - Basic system information.
 /// * chassis_information: [`ChassisInformation`](struct.ChassisInformation) - The type of asset.
 /// * cpu_information: [`CpuInformation`](struct.CpuInformation) - Information about the processor(s).
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct DmiInformation {
     system_information: SystemInformation,
     chassis_information: ChassisInformation,
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ pub struct DmiInformation {
 /// * uuid: `String` - The UUID of the device.
 /// * serial: `String` - The serial number of the machine.
 /// * is_virtual: `bool` - Whether the machine is a virtual machine or not.
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 struct SystemInformation {
     vendor: String,
     model: String,
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ struct SystemInformation {
 /// * chassis_type: `String` - Type of the chassis.
 /// * asset: `String`- Type of asset.
 /// * chassis_serial: `Serial` - Serial number of the chassis.
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 struct ChassisInformation {
     chassis_type: String,
     asset: String,
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ struct ChassisInformation {
 /// * max_speed: `String`- The maximum speed of the CPU.
 /// * voltage: `String` - The voltage the CPU runs at.
 /// * status: `String` - Shows if the socket is enabled/disabled and populated/empty.
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 struct CpuInformation {
     version: String,
     core_count: String,

src/collectors/network_collector.rs

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 //!
 use network_interface::Addr::{V4, V6};
 use network_interface::{NetworkInterface, NetworkInterfaceConfig};
+use serde::{Serialize, Deserialize};
 use std::fs;
 use std::io::Read;
 use std::net::IpAddr;
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ use super::collector_exceptions;
 /// * is_physical - `bool` whether this device is a physical or virtual interface.
 /// * is_connected - `bool` whether the interface is connected. Determined by if it has an address or not.
 /// * interface_speed - `u32` the speed of the interface.
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct NetworkInformation {
     name: String,
     interface_speed: Option<u32>,

src/main.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 mod collectors;
-pub mod configuration;
+mod configuration;
+mod translator;
 
 use clap::Parser;
 use collectors::{dmi_collector, network_collector};

src/translator/translator.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 //! # The Translator module.
 //!
 //! This module will translate the information from the `collector` module into the `JSON`-Format the Netbox API
-//! understands.
+//! understands.
+
+use serde::{Serialize, Deserialize};
+use serde_json::{Result, Value};
+use collectors::{dmi_collector, network_collector};
+
+use crate::collectors;