Rust Blog API

A simple blog-style REST API built with Iron web framework in Rust. The application provides basic blog post functionality with in-memory storage.

Features

• Create and retrieve blog posts
• JSON response format
• Logging middleware
• UUID-based post identification
• In-memory database implementation

API Endpoints

• GET /post_feed - Retrieve all posts
• POST /post - Create a new post
• GET /post/:id - Get a specific post by UUID

Project Structure

src/
├── database.rs    - In-memory database implementation
├── handlers.rs    - HTTP request handlers
├── main.rs        - Application entry point
└── models.rs      - Data models (Post)

Dependencies

• Iron - Web framework
• Router - URL routing
• Serde - Serialization/deserialization
• Chrono - DateTime handling
• UUID - Unique identifier generation
• Logger - Request logging

Running the Application

• Clone the repository

Run the server:

cargo run

The server will start at

localhost:8000

Example Post Format

{
  "title": "Example Post",
  "body": "Post content goes here",
  "author": "Author Name",
  "datetime": "2024-01-06T12:00:00Z",
  "uuid": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"
}