How do I make an HTTP request from Rust?

Question

How can I make an HTTP request from Rust? I can\'t seem to find anything in the core library.

I don\'t need to parse the output, just make a request and check the HT

Answer 1

I prefer Crates with low dependency count, so I would recommend these:

MinReq (0 deps)

use minreq;

fn main() -> Result<(), minreq::Error> {
   let o = minreq::get("https://speedtest.lax.hivelocity.net").send()?;
   let s = o.as_str()?;
   print!("{}", s);
   Ok(())
}

HTTP_Req (35 deps)

use {http_req::error, http_req::request, std::io, std::io::Write};

fn main() -> Result<(), error::Error> {
   let mut a = Vec::new();
   request::get("https://speedtest.lax.hivelocity.net", &mut a)?;
   io::stdout().write(&a)?;
   Ok(())
}