Golden Path

One story: define a handler → get OpenAPI → run probes → optional MCP / deploy.

Everything else (JWT, jobs, WS, gRPC, full extras) is a branch off this path. Start here.

Step	What you get
1. Handler + Schema	Typed JSON response
2. RustApi::auto()	Route discovery, Swagger UI /docs, spec /docs/openapi.json
3. production_defaults	Request IDs, tracing spans, /live /ready /health
4. (optional) MCP	Same routes as agent tools
5. (optional) Cloud / Docker	Ship the binary

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60 seconds (in this repo)

git clone https://github.com/Tuntii/RustAPI.git
cd RustAPI
cargo run -p rustapi-rs --example golden_path

In another terminal:

curl -s http://127.0.0.1:8080/api/v1/ping
# {"status":"ok"}

curl -s http://127.0.0.1:8080/live
# healthy probe JSON

# OpenAPI paths include /api/v1/ping
curl -s http://127.0.0.1:8080/docs/openapi.json | head -c 400

# Browser
# http://127.0.0.1:8080/docs

Source: crates/rustapi-rs/examples/golden_path.rs

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New project (crates.io)

cargo new hello-rustapi && cd hello-rustapi
cargo add rustapi-rs
cargo add tokio --features macros,rt-multi-thread
cargo add tracing-subscriber --features env-filter

src/main.rs:

use rustapi_rs::prelude::*;
use tokio::signal;

#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Schema)]
struct PingResponse {
    status: &'static str,
}

#[rustapi_rs::get("/api/v1/ping")]
#[rustapi_rs::tag("public")]
#[rustapi_rs::summary("Ping")]
async fn ping() -> Json<PingResponse> {
    Json(PingResponse { status: "ok" })
}

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
    tracing_subscriber::fmt::init();

    RustApi::auto()
        .production_defaults("hello-rustapi")
        .run_with_shutdown("127.0.0.1:8080", async {
            signal::ctrl_c().await.ok();
        })
        .await
}

cargo run
curl -s http://127.0.0.1:8080/api/v1/ping
# open http://127.0.0.1:8080/docs

Crate alias (optional): shorter macros like FastAPI-style imports:

[dependencies]
api = { package = "rustapi-rs", version = "0.1" }

use api::prelude::*;

#[api::get("/api/v1/ping")]
#[api::tag("public")]
async fn ping() -> Json<PingResponse> { /* ... */ }

Prefer slim features in real services (default-features = false, features = ["core"]) — see Getting Started.

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Why macros, not only .route()

#[rustapi_rs::get("/...")] registers the handler at link time and feeds the OpenAPI operation (path, tags, response schemas).

.route(path, get(handler)) is valid for dynamic wiring, but the golden path uses macros so /docs is not an empty shell.

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What production_defaults turns on

Capability	Endpoints / behavior
Request IDs	x-request-id on responses
Tracing	Per-request spans (with your subscriber)
Probes	GET /live, GET /ready, GET /health
Service name	Attached to logs / health metadata

Details: Production Baseline
Ship checklist: Production Checklist

Set RUSTAPI_ENV=production to mask 5xx detail bodies while keeping error_id for log correlation.

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Next fork: MCP (agent tools)

Expose the same tagged routes as MCP tools (feature protocol-mcp):

use rustapi_rs::protocol::mcp::{McpConfig, McpServer, run_rustapi_and_mcp_with_shutdown};

// after building the same auto() app pattern — see mcp_tools example
let mcp = McpServer::from_rustapi(&app, McpConfig::new().allowed_tags(["public"]));

In-repo: cargo run -p rustapi-rs --example mcp_tools --features protocol-mcp
Cookbook: MCP Integration (if present) · crate notes under cookbook rustapi_mcp

CLI (any OpenAPI → MCP):

cargo install cargo-rustapi
cargo rustapi mcp generate --help

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Next fork: deploy

Local binary / container: Deployment recipe

Managed:

cargo install cargo-rustapi
cargo rustapi login
cargo rustapi deploy cloud

Guide: RustAPI Cloud

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What not to do on day one

• Enable full feature for production compiles
• Skip probes and ship behind a load balancer
• Treat every recipe (JWT, jobs, WS) as required core
• Promise HTTP/2/3 edge behavior without reading Performance Benchmarks methodology

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Related

Doc	Role
Getting Started	Longer tutorial + feature table
Cookbook Quickstart	CLI cargo rustapi new path
docs hub	Full index
rustapi-rs-examples	Larger sample apps