Create a Simple API in Rust using the Axum Framework18.11.24

## Setup
```
mkdir simple-api-rust-axum
cd simple-api-rust-axum
cargo init
```

## Add Libs
```

cargo add axum
cargo add tokio -F full
cargo add chrono -F serde
cargo add serde -F derive
cargo add serde_json
cargo add uuid -F "v4 serde"
cargo add tower-http -F "cors"
```

## Cargo.toml
```
[package]
name = "simple-api-rust-axum"
version = "0.1.0"
edition = "2021"

# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html

[dependencies]
axum = "0.7.2"
chrono = { version = "0.4.24", features = ["serde"] }
serde = { version = "1.0.159", features = ["derive"] }
serde_json = "1.0.95"
tokio = { version = "1.26.0", features = ["full"] }
tower-http = { version = "0.5.0", features = ["cors"] }
uuid = { version = "1.3.0", features = ["v4","serde"] }

```
## src/main.rs 
```

use axum::{response::IntoResponse, routing::get, Json, Router};

async fn health_checker_handler() -> impl IntoResponse {
    const MESSAGE: &str = "Build Simple CRUD API in Rust using Axum";

let json_response = serde_json::json!({
        "status": "success",
        "message": MESSAGE
    });

Json(json_response)
}

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
    let app = Router::new().route("/api/healthchecker", get(health_checker_handler));

println!("Server started successfully");
    let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind("0.0.0.0:8000").await.unwrap();
    axum::serve(listener, app).await.unwrap();
}
```

## Run 
```
cargo install cargo-watch
cargo watch -q -c -w src/ -x run
```

## Visit 
```
http://localhost:8000/api/healthchecker
```

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Create a Simple API in Rust using the Axum Framework18.11.24

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