Axum-Rust-Api-Boilerplate

This project is an open source boilerplate built with Rust's Axum framework.

Why this project?

I have been learning rust for some time now and I noticed a lack of open source axum boilerplates that define directory structure the way I like and I'm used to. Most other projects have all the code placed in a single main.rs file.

Features

This project uses Axum framework and SQLx for DB access layer, as well as other wonderful packages. It includes three basic routes: register, login, and profile page.

Getting Started

1. Clone the project
2. Update .env file with your DB credentials
3. Install sqlx-cli or run cargo sqlx database create to create your DB
4. Run the migration file using cargo sqlx migrate run. This will run the migration file that exists in the migration folder in the root of the project.
5. Build the project and dependencies using cargo build
6. Run the project using cargo run -- up

For this project, I used MySQL has my DB driver. You can use any other DB you like, but you will need to update the .env file with the appropriate DB connection url, Also you will need to update src/config/database.rs so sqlx can use your new driver. For example, if you want to use postgres, you will need to update the src/config/database.rs file to look like this:

use crate::parameter;
use async_trait::async_trait;
use sqlx::{Error, Pool, Postgres};

pub struct Database {
    pool: Pool<Postgres>,
}

#[async_trait]
pub trait DatabaseTrait {
    async fn init() -> Result<Self, Error>
        where
            Self: Sized;
    fn get_pool(&self) -> &Pool<Postgres>;
}

#[async_trait]
impl DatabaseTrait for Database {
    async fn init() -> Result<Self, Error> {
        let database_url = parameter::get("DATABASE_URL");
        let pool = Postgres::connect(&database_url).await?;
        Ok(Self { pool })
    }

    fn get_pool(&self) -> &Pool<Postgres> {
        &self.pool
    }
}

You will also need to update the migration files in `migrations/*` to match.

Contributing

Contributions are always welcome!