Building a RESTful CRUD API in Rust with Actix-Web: A Practical Guide
4 min readNov 10, 2024
Are you an intermediate Rust developer looking to build RESTful APIs? Or perhaps you’re migrating to Rust and want hands-on experience in building a CRUD application? This article walks you through creating a simple CRUD API using Rust and Actix-Web. It’s direct, focused, and ready for you to follow along!
Why Rust and Actix-Web?
Rust’s memory safety, coupled with Actix-Web’s speed and scalability, makes for a powerful combination. This duo provides the best of both worlds: a language focused on performance and security, and a web framework that scales for production.
Prerequisites
- Familiarity with Rust programming.
- A basic understanding of RESTful APIs.
- Rust and Cargo installed.
Setting Up the Project
Initialize the Project
Open a terminal and run:
cargo new rust_crud_api --bin
cd rust_crud_apiAdd Dependencies
Edit your Cargo.toml file to include the following crates:
[dependencies]
actix-web = "4"
serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
serde_json = "1.0"
uuid = { version…