# minidump
[](https://crates.io/crates/minidump) [](https://docs.rs/minidump)
Basic parsing of the minidump format.
If you want richer analysis of the minidump (such as stackwalking and symbolication), use [minidump-processor](https://crates.io/crates/minidump-processor).
# Usage
The primary API for this library is the `Minidump` struct, which can be
instantiated by calling the `Minidump::read` or `Minidump::read_path` methods.
Succesfully parsing a Minidump struct means the minidump has a minimally valid
header and stream directory. Individual streams are only parsed when they're
requested.
Although you may enumerate the streams in a minidump with methods like
`Minidump::all_streams`, this is only really useful for debugging. Instead
you should statically request streams with `Minidump::get_stream`.
Depending on what analysis you're trying to perform, you may:
* Consider it an error for a stream to be missing (using `?` or `unwrap`)
* Branch on the presence of stream to conditionally refine your analysis
* Use a stream's `Default` implementation to get an "empty" instance
(with `unwrap_or_default`)
```rust
use minidump::*;
fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
// Read the minidump from a file
let mut dump = minidump::Minidump::read_path("../testdata/test.dmp")?;
// Statically request (and require) several streams we care about:
let system_info = dump.get_stream::<MinidumpSystemInfo>()?;
let exception = dump.get_stream::<MinidumpException>()?;
// Combine the contents of the streams to perform more refined analysis
let crash_reason = exception.get_crash_reason(system_info.os, system_info.cpu);
// Conditionally analyze a stream
if let Ok(threads) = dump.get_stream::<MinidumpThreadList>() {
// Use `Default` to try to make progress when a stream is missing.
// This is especially natural for MinidumpMemoryList because
// everything needs to handle memory lookups failing anyway.
let mem = dump.get_stream::<MinidumpMemoryList>().unwrap_or_default();
for thread in &threads.threads {
let stack = thread.stack_memory(&mem);
// ...
}
}
Ok(())
}
```