rustHTTP client example in Rust

An example of an HTTP client in Rust is the reqwest library.

use reqwest;

let resp = reqwest::get("https://www.rust-lang.org")
    .await
    .unwrap();

assert!(resp.status().is_success());

The code above will make an HTTP GET request to the URL https://www.rust-lang.org and check if the response status is successful.

The output of the code above will be:

Success

The code parts explained in detail:

• use reqwest: imports the reqwest library
• reqwest::get: makes an HTTP GET request to the given URL
• resp.status().is_success(): checks if the response status is successful

Relevant helpful links:

• reqwest documentation
• Rust HTTP client tutorial

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