Axum service checklist

make build debug=1 # cargo build
make build # cargo build --release

Checklist

First step is uncommenting the tests in the workflows, check out .github/workflows/ci.yml.

• Create a hello word route on GET:/hello-word and write tests for it. Check out the src/test.rs file. It should return simply:

hello world

• Serve static files by serving the folder resources. Should be able to access http://localhost:3000/static/great-wave.jpg and return the image file:

• Fix the CORS issue on the frontend (http://localhost:4000).

• Create a middleware to extend the headers and add a new header with a key as "animal" and value as random value between: "dog", "cat", "monkey" and "sloth".

• Implement a route GET:/user that parses a local JSON file user.json and returns a response with content-type "application/json" and with the body as:

{
	"name": "Emil",
	"age": 7,
	"email": "emil@viaplaygroup.com"
}

• Implement a route GET:/users that parses a local JSON file users.json and returns a response with content-type "application/json" and with the body as:

[
	{
		"name": "Emil",
		"age": 7,
		"email": "emil@viaplaygroup.com"
	},
	{
		"name": "Pipi",
		"age": 8,
		"email": "pipi@viaplaygroup.com"
	}
]

• Implement a route GET:/dog that makes a request to https://dog.ceo/api/breeds/image/random , parses the response and return the property message as:

{
	"dog": "https://images.dog.ceo/breeds/malinois/n02105162_299.jpg"
}

• Implement a route GET:/dog?download=true that makes a request to https://dog.ceo/api/breeds/image/random , parses the response and download the image to the resources folder and return the path in the response body, example:

{
	"dog": "http://localhost:3000/static/malinois/n02105162_299.jpg"
}

Working with repo

We use Make as a primary build tool. Here are the most important commands, others you will find in Makefile.

make build

Installs dependencies and build it.

make docker-build

Builds a Docker image for the service.

make test

Runs all the test suits: API, integration and unit tests.