How to Create a CRUD Server with Rust
Building a CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) server in Rust is an excellent way to learn both Rust’s powerful type system and modern web development patterns. In this tutorial, we’ll create a robust REST API using Axum, one of Rust’s most popular web frameworks. What We’ll Build We’ll create a simple task management API with the following endpoints: GET /tasks - List all tasks POST /tasks - Create a new task GET /tasks/{id} - Get a specific task PUT /tasks/{id} - Update a task DELETE /tasks/{id} - Delete a task Prerequisites Rust installed (rustup.rs) Basic understanding of Rust syntax Familiarity with REST APIs Setting Up the Project First, create a new Rust project: ...