How do I make an HTTP request from Rust?

Question

How can I make an HTTP request from Rust? I can\'t seem to find anything in the core library.

I don\'t need to parse the output, just make a request and check the HT

Answer 1

using hyper "0.13"

also using hyper-tls for https support

Cargo.toml

hyper = "0.13"
hyper-tls = "0.4.1"
tokio = { version = "0.2", features = ["full"] }

Code

extern crate hyper;
use hyper::Client;
use hyper::body::HttpBody as _;
use tokio::io::{stdout, AsyncWriteExt as _};
use hyper_tls::HttpsConnector;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box> {

    // http only
    // let client = Client::new(); 

    // http or https connections
    let client = Client::builder().build::<_, hyper::Body>(HttpsConnector::new());

    let mut resp = client.get("https://catfact.ninja/fact".parse()?).await?;

    println!("Response: {}", resp.status());

    while let Some(chunk) = resp.body_mut().data().await {
        stdout().write_all(&chunk?).await?;
    }

    Ok(())
}

adapted from https://hyper.rs/guides/client/basic/