Building a REST API in Rust with Rocket (Part 2)

Welcome back! In Part 1 , we installed Rust, explored the basics of ownership, and set up our development environment. Now, it's time to build something real. Today, we are building a REST API . While there are several web frameworks in Rust (like Axum or Actix), we are choosing Rocket for this tutorial. Why? Because Rocket prioritizes developer ergonomics. It uses macros to make routing and data handling feel magical, allowing you to focus on logic rather than boilerplate. By the end of this post, you will have a working API that can create and retrieve tasks. Prerequisites Ensure you have completed Part 1: [ ] Rust installed ( rustc and cargo ). [ ] VS Code with rust-analyzer . [ ] A tool to test APIs (like Postman , Insomnia , or just curl in your terminal). Step 1: Project Setup Let's create a new project specifically for our API. cargo new task_api cd task_api Adding Dependencies Open Cargo.toml . We need to add Rocket for the web server and Serde for handling JSON data. [dependen