examples/basics/todo/README.md

actix-todo

A port of the Rocket Todo example into actix-web. Except this uses PostgreSQL instead of SQLite.

Usage

Prerequisites

• Rust >= 1.26
• PostgreSQL >= 9.5

Change into the project sub-directory

All instructions assume you have changed into this folder:

cd examples/todo

Set up the database

Install the diesel command-line tool including the postgres feature:

cargo install diesel_cli --no-default-features --features postgres

Check the contents of the .env file. If your database requires a password, update DATABASE_URL to be of the form:

DATABASE_URL=postgres://username:password@localhost/actix_todo

Then to create and set-up the database run:

diesel database setup

Run the application

To run the application execute:

cargo run

Then to view it in your browser navigate to: http://localhost:8088/