actix-website/examples/responder-trait/src/main.rs

// <responder-trait>
use actix_web::{web, App, Error, HttpRequest, HttpResponse, HttpServer, Responder};
use serde::Serialize;

#[derive(Serialize)]
struct MyObj {
    name: &'static str,
}

// Responder
impl Responder for MyObj {
    type Error = Error;
    type Future = Result<HttpResponse, Error>;

    fn respond_to(self, _req: &HttpRequest) -> Self::Future {
        let body = serde_json::to_string(&self)?;

        // Create response and set content type
        Ok(HttpResponse::Ok()
            .content_type("application/json")
            .body(body))
    }
}

fn index() -> impl Responder {
    MyObj { name: "user" }
}
// </responder-trait>

fn main() {
    HttpServer::new(|| App::new().route("/", web::get().to(index)))
        .bind("127.0.0.1:8088")
        .unwrap()
        .run()
        .unwrap();
}