# Publishing Checklist for twiml-rust
This document outlines the steps to publish your crate to crates.io.
## ✅ Completed Items
- [x] **README.md** - Comprehensive documentation with examples
- [x] **LICENSE** - MIT license file
- [x] **CHANGELOG.md** - Version history starting with v0.1.0
- [x] **Examples** - Three runnable examples (voice_call, sms_message, fax_receive)
- [x] **CI/CD Pipeline** - GitHub Actions workflow for testing and linting
- [x] **Documentation** - Improved module-level docs for voice, messaging, and fax
- [x] **Tests** - 167 passing tests
- [x] **Cargo.toml** - Properly configured with metadata
## 📋 Pre-Publishing Steps
### 1. Verify Cargo.toml Metadata
Your `Cargo.toml` already has:
- ✅ Package name, version, edition
- ✅ Authors, license, description
- ✅ Repository, homepage, documentation URLs
- ✅ Keywords and categories
- ✅ README reference
**Note**: Repository URL has been updated to `github.com/roshan-jha/twiml-rust`
### 2. Run Final Checks
```bash
# Run all tests
cargo test
# Check formatting
cargo fmt --check
# Run clippy
cargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
# Build documentation
cargo doc --no-deps
# Try a dry-run publish
cargo publish --dry-run
```
### 3. Test Examples
```bash
cargo run --example voice_call
cargo run --example sms_message
cargo run --example fax_receive
```
### 4. Version Control
```bash
# Commit all changes
git add .
git commit -m "Prepare v0.1.0 for publishing"
# Tag the release
git tag -a v0.1.0 -m "Release v0.1.0"
# Push to GitHub
git push origin main
git push origin v0.1.0
```
### 5. Publish to crates.io
```bash
# Login to crates.io (one-time setup)
cargo login
# Publish the crate
cargo publish
```
## 🔄 Post-Publishing Steps
### 1. Update README Badges
Once published, the badges in README.md will automatically work:
- Crates.io version badge
- Documentation badge
- License badge
### 2. Monitor CI/CD
Check that GitHub Actions workflows are running successfully:
- Tests on multiple platforms (Ubuntu, Windows, macOS)
- Tests on multiple Rust versions (stable, beta, nightly, 1.70.0)
- Formatting and clippy checks
- Documentation builds
- Examples run successfully
### 3. Create GitHub Release
1. Go to your repository on GitHub
2. Click "Releases" → "Create a new release"
3. Select tag `v0.1.0`
4. Title: "v0.1.0 - Initial Release"
5. Copy content from CHANGELOG.md
6. Publish release
## 📝 Future Improvements (Optional)
These can be added in future releases:
- [ ] **Code coverage reporting** - Set up Codecov or Coveralls
- [ ] **Benchmarks** - Add performance benchmarks
- [ ] **More examples** - Add web framework integration examples (Actix, Axum, Rocket)
- [ ] **Contributing guide** - Add CONTRIBUTING.md
- [ ] **Security policy** - Add SECURITY.md
- [ ] **Integration tests** - Add tests in `tests/` directory
- [ ] **Property-based testing** - Use proptest or quickcheck
- [ ] **Documentation improvements** - Add more examples to doc comments
## 🚨 Important Notes
1. **Repository URL**: ✅ Updated to `https://github.com/roshan-jha/twiml-rust`
2. **Crate Name**: The name `twiml-rust` might already be taken on crates.io. If so, you'll need to choose a different name (e.g., `twiml`, `twiml-rs`, `twiml-generator`, etc.).
3. **Version Bumping**: For future releases, update:
- Version in `Cargo.toml`
- Add entry to `CHANGELOG.md`
- Create new git tag
4. **Breaking Changes**: Follow semantic versioning:
- Patch (0.1.x): Bug fixes
- Minor (0.x.0): New features, backward compatible
- Major (x.0.0): Breaking changes
## 📚 Resources
- [Cargo Book - Publishing on crates.io](https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/publishing.html)
- [Rust API Guidelines](https://rust-lang.github.io/api-guidelines/)
- [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/)
- [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/)