upper_rust

[experiment] Rust URL Healthcheck

motivations

• learn some rust.
• have fun.
• maybe make a tool for alerting when a site is down.

setup

1. download and install rust
2. clone this repo or download archive
3. cp .env.sample .env
4. follow the build/run/release compliation steps below as needed

build

cargo build

run

cargo run note: run will also build as needed.

URL=http://example.com cargo run should also work if you don't have an .env file set.

release

cargo build --release note: provides some optimizations; not meant for debugging

contributions

Pull requests welcome. Please follow the contribution guide.

license

MIT