RustAPI Examples

Production-ready examples demonstrating the full power of RustAPI — the Rust web framework with FastAPI-like developer experience.

📚 Official Resources:

• 🔗 RustAPI Framework — Main repository
• 📖 Cookbook Documentation — Comprehensive guides & recipes
• 💬 Discussions — Community support

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🚀 Why RustAPI?

"Rust Speed. Python Simplicity. AI Efficiency."

Metric	RustAPI	Actix	Axum	FastAPI (Python)
Performance	~92k req/s	~105k	~100k	~12k
Developer Experience	🟢 High	🔴 Low	🟡 Medium	🟢 High
Boilerplate	Zero	High	Medium	Zero
AI/LLM Native	✅	❌	❌	❌
Type Safety	✅	✅	✅	❌

Key Features

• 🎯 Zero Boilerplate — RustApi::auto() discovers all routes automatically
• 📝 Auto Documentation — OpenAPI/Swagger at /docs out of the box
• ✅ Built-in Validation — #[validate] with detailed error messages
• 🔐 JWT Authentication — First-class JwtLayer and AuthUser<T> extractor
• 🤖 AI-First Architecture — TOON format (50-58% token savings), MCP support
• ⚡ Middleware Stack — Rate limiting, CORS, logging, circuit breaker, and more
• 🌐 Real-time — WebSocket support with broadcast channels

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📋 Prerequisites

Before running these examples, ensure you have:

# Rust 1.70 or later
rustc --version

# Clone the examples repository
git clone https://github.com/Tuntii/rustapi-rs-examples.git
cd rustapi-rs-examples

# Build all examples
cargo build --release

Optional dependencies (for specific examples):

• Docker — For sqlx-crud (PostgreSQL/SQLite)
• SQLite — For sqlx-crud local testing

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📂 Examples Overview

This repository contains 18 production-ready examples organized by category:

🌟 Getting Started

Example	Difficulty	Description	Key Features
hello-world	⭐	Minimal 20-line API	RustApi::auto(), path params, Json response
crud-api	⭐⭐	Complete CRUD operations	Validation, pagination, error handling, body limits
proof-of-concept	⭐⭐⭐	Full-featured bookmark manager	JWT, CRUD, SSE, modular handlers, Swagger UI

🔐 Authentication & Security

Example	Difficulty	Description	Key Features
auth-api	⭐⭐⭐	JWT authentication system	Login/register, JwtLayer, AuthUser<T>, protected routes
rate-limit-demo	⭐⭐	IP-based rate limiting	Per-endpoint limits, burst support, 429 handling
middleware-chain	⭐⭐⭐	Custom middleware composition	Request ID, timing, auth, middleware ordering
cors-test	⭐⭐	CORS configuration	CorsLayer, allowed origins/methods/headers

🗄️ Database Integration

Example	Difficulty	Description	Key Features
sqlx-crud	⭐⭐⭐	SQLx + SQLite/PostgreSQL	Connection pooling, transactions, migrations
event-sourcing	⭐⭐⭐⭐	Event sourcing pattern	CQRS, domain events, aggregate reconstruction

🤖 AI & LLM Integration

Example	Difficulty	Description	Key Features
toon-api	⭐⭐	Token-optimized responses	ToonResponse, content negotiation, token headers
mcp-server	⭐⭐⭐	Model Context Protocol	Tool definitions, resource management, AI agents

🌐 Real-time & Web

Example	Difficulty	Description	Key Features
websocket	⭐⭐⭐	WebSocket chat server	Broadcast channels, pub/sub, connection management
templates	⭐⭐	Server-side rendering	Tera templates, inheritance, static files

🏗️ Advanced Architecture

Example	Difficulty	Description	Key Features
graphql-api	⭐⭐⭐⭐	GraphQL integration	async-graphql, queries/mutations, playground
microservices	⭐⭐⭐⭐	API Gateway pattern	Service-to-service communication, routing
microservices-advanced	⭐⭐⭐⭐	Service discovery	Registry, heartbeat, Docker Compose
phase11-demo	⭐⭐⭐⭐	Advanced middleware	Guards, circuit breaker, timeout, logging
serverless-lambda	⭐⭐⭐	AWS Lambda deployment	SAM template, cold start optimization

⚠️ Note: serverless-lambda uses AWS Lambda HTTP runtime instead of RustAPI for serverless deployment patterns.

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🎯 Feature Coverage Matrix

Feature	Examples Using It
RustApi::auto()	All examples
Json<T> / JsonResponse	crud-api, auth-api, proof-of-concept, graphql-api
#[validate]	crud-api, auth-api, proof-of-concept
JwtLayer / AuthUser<T>	auth-api, middleware-chain, phase11-demo, proof-of-concept
RateLimitLayer	rate-limit-demo, auth-api, cors-test, proof-of-concept
CorsLayer	cors-test, middleware-chain, proof-of-concept
ToonResponse	toon-api, mcp-server
WebSocket / WsConnection	websocket
View<T> / ViewEngine	templates
State<T>	All examples with shared state
RequestIdLayer	middleware-chain, phase11-demo
CircuitBreakerLayer	phase11-demo
TimeoutLayer	phase11-demo

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📊 RustAPI Feature Flags

Each example uses specific Cargo feature flags. See FEATURES.md for detailed documentation.

Feature Flag	Purpose	Examples
full	All features enabled	crud-api, phase11-demo
jwt	JWT authentication	auth-api, middleware-chain, proof-of-concept
cors	CORS middleware	cors-test, middleware-chain, proof-of-concept
rate-limit	Rate limiting	rate-limit-demo, auth-api, cors-test, proof-of-concept
toon	TOON format for LLMs	toon-api, mcp-server
ws	WebSocket support	websocket
view	Template rendering	templates
swagger-ui	Swagger UI at /docs	toon-api

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🚀 Quick Start

Running an Example

# Navigate to repository
cd rustapi-rs-examples

# Run any example
cargo run -p hello-world

# Run with debug logging
RUST_LOG=debug cargo run -p crud-api

# Access Swagger documentation (when running)
# http://127.0.0.1:8080/docs

Testing API Endpoints

# Hello World
curl http://127.0.0.1:8080/
curl http://127.0.0.1:8080/hello/RustAPI

# CRUD API
curl http://127.0.0.1:8080/users
curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8080/users \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name": "Alice", "email": "alice@example.com"}'

# Auth API
curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8080/login \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"username": "admin", "password": "password"}'

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📚 Learning Path

For a structured learning experience, follow our recommended progression in LEARNING_PATH.md:

1. hello-world     → Basic routing, responses
2. crud-api        → Validation, error handling, state management
3. auth-api        → JWT authentication, protected routes
4. middleware-chain → Custom middleware, composition
5. proof-of-concept → Full application architecture

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🔗 Cookbook Cross-References

Each example maps to sections in the RustAPI Cookbook:

Example	Cookbook Section
hello-world	Getting Started → Quickstart
crud-api	Recipes → CRUD Resources
auth-api	Recipes → JWT Authentication
middleware-chain	Recipes → Custom Middleware
sqlx-crud	Recipes → Database Integration
websocket	Recipes → WebSockets
templates	Crates → rustapi-view
toon-api	Crates → rustapi-toon

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📝 Creating Your Own Example

1. Create directory: my-example/

2. Add Cargo.toml:

   [package]
   name = "my-example"
   version = "0.1.0"
   edition = "2021"
   
   [dependencies]
   rustapi-rs = { path = "../../crates/rustapi-rs", features = ["full"] }
   tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
   serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }

3. Create src/main.rs:

   use rustapi_rs::prelude::*;
   
   #[rustapi_rs::get("/")]
   async fn index() -> &'static str {
       "Hello from my example!"
   }
   
   #[tokio::main]
   async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
       RustApi::auto().run("127.0.0.1:8080").await
   }

4. Run it:

   cargo run -p my-example

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🎯 Roadmap

Coming Soon

• redis-cache — Redis caching layer
• sse-events — Server-Sent Events streaming
• grpc-integration — gRPC + REST hybrid API
• distributed-tracing — OpenTelemetry integration
• kubernetes-ready — Health checks, metrics, graceful shutdown

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🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! See our Contributing Guide for details.

1. Fork this repository
2. Create your example in a new directory
3. Add comprehensive documentation (README.md)
4. Submit a pull request

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📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT OR Apache-2.0 license, same as RustAPI.

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