Building a REST API in Rust (Part 3) by tensor

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utopian-io · @tensor · Jan 18 '18 (edited)

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Building a REST API in Rust (Part 3)

#### What Will I Learn?

- You will learn how to build routes using declarative macros with Rust's Rocket library
- You will learn how to build and consume JSON structures in Rust
- You will learn how to query JSON through HTTP methods and routes using Postman

#### Requirements

- A moderate understanding of the Rust programming language
- A basic understanding of JavaScript Object Notation *(JSON)*
- A basic understanding of Hypertext Transfer Protocol *(HTTP)*
- A moderate understanding of what Macros are in programming

#### Difficulty

- Intermediate


#### Description
In this video, we finish the Rust side of our **API project**.  We use various **declarative macros** to build the routes that we need to produce and consume **JSON**.  We also use a JSON macro to format the JSON in our application properly.  We connect our Database pool and our Routes so that we can convert the JSON into data that our database can read.  We also serve our database data as JSON on our API endpoints.  We also briefly look at how we can catch different patterns using the **Rocket Catcher! macro** which allows us to catch basic HTTP errors such as *404 resource not found*.  This ground work will allow us to move forward and build a *front-end* using the **Elm programming language**. 

The source code for this project can be found [here](https://github.com/tensor-programming/rust_api_part_3)

#### Video Tutorial
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GKXCLc8F7nA" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>

#### Curriculum

- [Building a REST API in Rust (Part 1)](https://utopian.io/u/25955343)
- [Building a REST API in Rust (Part 2)](https://utopian.io/u/26156255)

    

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@tensor · Jan 18 '18

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