# HTTP API engine for Exonum
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`exonum-api` crate provides an extensible interface for building backend-agnostic
HTTP APIs.
Within Exonum, this crate is used by [Rust services][rust-runtime] and in
plugins for the Exonum node.
Under the hood `exonum-api` uses [`actix`].
Consult [the crate docs](https://docs.rs/exonum-api) for more details.
## Examples
Providing HTTP API for a plugin:
```rust
use exonum_api::{ApiBuilder};
use serde_derive::{Deserialize, Serialize};
#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
pub struct SomeQuery {
pub first: u64,
pub second: u64,
}
fn create_api() -> ApiBuilder {
let mut builder = ApiBuilder::new();
builder
.public_scope()
.endpoint("some", |query: SomeQuery| {
Ok(query.first + query.second)
});
builder
}
let builder = create_api();
// `builder` can now be passed to the node via plugin interface
// or via node channel.
```
## Usage
Include `exonum-api` as a dependency in your `Cargo.toml`:
```toml
[dependencies]
exonum-api = "1.0.0"
```
Note that the crate rarely needs to be imported directly; it is re-exported
by the `exonum` crate.
## License
`exonum-api` is licensed under the Apache License (Version 2.0).
See [LICENSE](LICENSE) for details.
[`actix`]: https://crates.io/crates/actix
[rust-runtime]: ../../runtimes/rust