What is a Rust crate and how do you use external libraries in Rust?

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Aryan Kumar · Answer

A Rust crate is a collection of Rust source code and associated metadata. Crates are the basic unit of distribution and reuse in Rust.
To use an external library in Rust, you need to add it as a dependency to your project. You can do this by adding the library's name and version to your project's Cargo.toml file.
For example, to add the serde library to your project, you would add the following line to your Cargo.toml file:
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[dependencies]
serde = "1.0.130"
Once you have added the library as a dependency, you can use it in your code by importing it. For example, to use the
serde library to serialize a value, you would use the following code:
Rust
use serde::Serialize;
struct MyStruct {
    name: String,
}
impl Serialize for MyStruct {
    fn serializeandlt;S>(andself, serializer: S) -> Resultandlt;S::Ok, S::Error>
    where
        S: Serializer,
    {
        serializer.serialize_str(andself.name)
    }
}
fn main() {
    let my_struct = MyStruct {
        name: "Rust".to_string(),
    };
    let serialized_struct = serde_json::to_string(andmy_struct).unwrap();
    println!("{}", serialized_struct);
}
This code will serialize the MyStruct struct to JSON.

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