Supabase Rust Client

A comprehensive, production-ready Rust client library for Supabase. This library provides a clean, type-safe, and efficient interface to interact with all Supabase services.

✨ Features

• 🔐 Authentication: Full auth support including MFA, OAuth, Phone Auth, Magic Links, Anonymous Sign-in, and Advanced Token Management
• 💾 Session Management: Cross-tab Sync, Platform Storage, Session Encryption, Session Events
• 🗄️ Database: Advanced Queries, Raw SQL, and Type-safe PostgREST operations
• 📁 Storage: File operations with Resumable Uploads, Advanced Metadata, Storage Policies, and Real-time Events
• 📡 Realtime: WebSocket subscriptions with Presence System, Broadcast Messages, Advanced Filters, and Connection Pooling
• ⚡ Cross-Platform: Full Native (Tokio) and WebAssembly (WASM) support
• 🛡️ Type Safety: Full Rust type system integration
• 🔧 Well Tested: 65+ comprehensive tests

📦 Installation

Add this to your Cargo.toml:

[dependencies]
supabase-lib-rs = "0.4.2"
tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }

Or use cargo to add it:

cargo add supabase-lib-rs

🏃 Quick Start

use supabase::prelude::*;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<()> {
    // Initialize the client
    let client = Client::new(
        "https://your-project.supabase.co",
        "your-anon-key"
    )?;

    // Or for admin operations with service role key
    let admin_client = Client::new_with_service_role(
        "https://your-project.supabase.co",
        "your-anon-key",
        "your-service-role-key"
    )?;

    // Authenticate user
    let auth_response = client
        .auth()
        .sign_in_with_email_and_password("user@example.com", "password")
        .await?;

    println!("User signed in: {:?}", auth_response.user);

    // Query database
    let posts = client
        .database()
        .from("posts")
        .select("id, title, content")
        .eq("published", "true")
        .limit(10)
        .execute::<Post>()
        .await?;

    println!("Found {} posts", posts.len());

    // Upload file to storage
    let upload_result = client
        .storage()
        .upload("avatars", "user-123.jpg", file_bytes, None)
        .await?;

    println!("File uploaded: {}", upload_result.key);

    // Subscribe to realtime changes
    let _subscription_id = client
        .realtime()
        .channel("posts")
        .table("posts")
        .subscribe(|message| {
            println!("Realtime update: {:?}", message);
        })
        .await?;

    Ok(())
}

📖 Usage Guide

Authentication

use supabase::prelude::*;

let client = Client::new("your-url", "your-key")?;

// Sign up new user
let response = client
    .auth()
    .sign_up_with_email_and_password("user@example.com", "password123")
    .await?;

// Sign in existing user
let response = client
    .auth()
    .sign_in_with_email_and_password("user@example.com", "password123")
    .await?;

// Update user profile
let response = client
    .auth()
    .update_user(
        Some("new@example.com".to_string()),
        None,
        Some(serde_json::json!({"display_name": "New Name"}))
    )
    .await?;

// Sign out
client.auth().sign_out().await?;

Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

use supabase::prelude::*;

let client = Client::new("your-url", "your-key")?;

// Setup TOTP (Google Authenticator, Authy, etc.)
let totp_setup = client
    .auth()
    .setup_totp("My Authenticator App")
    .await?;

println!("Scan this QR code with your authenticator app:");
println!("{}", totp_setup.qr_code);
println!("Or enter this secret manually: {}", totp_setup.secret);

// Setup SMS MFA with international phone number
let sms_factor = client
    .auth()
    .setup_sms_mfa("+1-555-123-4567", "My Phone", Some("US"))
    .await?;

// Create MFA challenge
let challenge = client
    .auth()
    .create_mfa_challenge(totp_setup.factor_id)
    .await?;

// Verify with TOTP code from authenticator app
let auth_response = client
    .auth()
    .verify_mfa_challenge(
        totp_setup.factor_id,
        challenge.id,
        "123456" // Code from authenticator app
    )
    .await?;

// List configured MFA factors
let factors = client.auth().list_mfa_factors().await?;
for factor in factors {
    println!("MFA Factor: {} ({})", factor.friendly_name, factor.factor_type);
}

Advanced Token Management

// Check if token needs refresh with 5-minute buffer
if client.auth().needs_refresh_with_buffer(300)? {
    // Refresh token with advanced error handling
    match client.auth().refresh_token_advanced().await {
        Ok(session) => println!("Token refreshed successfully!"),
        Err(e) if e.is_retryable() => {
            println!("Retryable error - wait {} seconds", e.retry_after().unwrap_or(60));
        }
        Err(e) => println!("Authentication required: {}", e),
    }
}

// Get detailed token information
if let Some(metadata) = client.auth().get_token_metadata()? {
    println!("Token expires at: {}", metadata.expires_at);
    println!("Refresh count: {}", metadata.refresh_count);
}

// Validate token locally (no API call)
let is_valid = client.auth().validate_token_local()?;
println!("Token is valid: {}", is_valid);

Session Management

use supabase::session::{SessionManager, SessionManagerConfig, storage::create_default_storage};

// Create session manager with default storage
let storage_backend = create_default_storage()?;
let config = SessionManagerConfig {
    storage_backend,
    enable_cross_tab_sync: true,
    session_key_prefix: "myapp_".to_string(),
    default_expiry_seconds: 3600, // 1 hour
    enable_encryption: false,
    encryption_key: None,
    enable_monitoring: true,
    max_memory_sessions: 100,
    sync_interval_seconds: 30,
};

let session_manager = SessionManager::new(config);
session_manager.initialize().await?;

// Store session with cross-tab sync
let session_id = session_manager.store_session(session).await?;
println!("Session stored: {}", session_id);

// Set up session event listener
let listener_id = session_manager.on_session_event(|event| {
    match event {
        SessionEvent::Created { session_id } => {
            println!("New session created: {}", session_id);
        }
        SessionEvent::Updated { session_id, changes } => {
            println!("Session {} updated: {:?}", session_id, changes);
        }
        SessionEvent::Destroyed { session_id, reason } => {
            println!("Session {} destroyed: {}", session_id, reason);
        }
        _ => {}
    }
});

// List all active sessions
let sessions = session_manager.list_sessions().await?;
println!("Active sessions: {}", sessions.len());

// Session will automatically sync across browser tabs/windows
// and persist according to platform (localStorage, filesystem, etc.)

Database Operations

use supabase::prelude::*;
use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};

#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
struct Post {
    id: Option<i32>,
    title: String,
    content: String,
    published: bool,
}

let client = Client::new("your-url", "your-key")?;

// SELECT with filters and ordering
let posts = client
    .database()
    .from("posts")
    .select("*")
    .eq("published", "true")
    .gt("created_at", "2023-01-01")
    .order("created_at", OrderDirection::Descending)
    .limit(20)
    .execute::<Post>()
    .await?;

// INSERT new record
let new_post = Post {
    id: None,
    title: "Hello Rust".to_string(),
    content: "Content here".to_string(),
    published: true,
};

let inserted = client
    .database()
    .insert("posts")
    .values(new_post)?
    .returning("*")
    .execute::<Post>()
    .await?;

// UPDATE records
let update_data = serde_json::json!({
    "title": "Updated Title",
    "updated_at": chrono::Utc::now()
});

let updated = client
    .database()
    .update("posts")
    .set(update_data)?
    .eq("id", "123")
    .returning("*")
    .execute::<Post>()
    .await?;

// DELETE records
let deleted = client
    .database()
    .delete("posts")
    .eq("published", "false")
    .returning("id")
    .execute::<Post>()
    .await?;

// Call RPC function
let result = client
    .database()
    .rpc("search_posts", Some(serde_json::json!({
        "search_term": "rust",
        "limit": 10
    })))
    .await?;

Storage Operations

use supabase::prelude::*;
use bytes::Bytes;

let client = Client::new("your-url", "your-key")?;

// Create bucket
let bucket = client
    .storage()
    .create_bucket("avatars", "User Avatars", true)
    .await?;

// Upload file
let file_content = Bytes::from("Hello, World!");
let upload_result = client
    .storage()
    .upload("avatars", "user-123.txt", file_content, None)
    .await?;

// Upload with options
let options = FileOptions {
    content_type: Some("image/jpeg".to_string()),
    cache_control: Some("max-age=3600".to_string()),
    upsert: true,
};

let upload_result = client
    .storage()
    .upload("avatars", "avatar.jpg", image_bytes, Some(options))
    .await?;

// Download file
let file_data = client
    .storage()
    .download("avatars", "user-123.txt")
    .await?;

// Get public URL
let public_url = client
    .storage()
    .get_public_url("avatars", "avatar.jpg");

// Create signed URL
let signed_url = client
    .storage()
    .create_signed_url("private-files", "document.pdf", 3600)
    .await?;

// List files
let files = client
    .storage()
    .list("avatars", Some("folder/"))
    .await?;

Realtime Subscriptions

use supabase::prelude::*;

let client = Client::new("your-url", "your-key")?;
let realtime = client.realtime();

// Connect to realtime
realtime.connect().await?;

// Subscribe to all changes on a table
let subscription_id = realtime
    .channel("posts")
    .table("posts")
    .subscribe(|message| {
        println!("Change detected: {}", message.event);

        match message.event.as_str() {
            "INSERT" => println!("New record: {:?}", message.payload.new),
            "UPDATE" => {
                println!("Old: {:?}", message.payload.old);
                println!("New: {:?}", message.payload.new);
            },
            "DELETE" => println!("Deleted: {:?}", message.payload.old),
            _ => {}
        }
    })
    .await?;

// Subscribe to specific events
let insert_subscription = realtime
    .channel("posts_inserts")
    .table("posts")
    .event(RealtimeEvent::Insert)
    .subscribe(|message| {
        println!("New post created!");
    })
    .await?;

// Subscribe with filters
let filtered_subscription = realtime
    .channel("published_posts")
    .table("posts")
    .filter("published=eq.true")
    .subscribe(|message| {
        println!("Published post changed!");
    })
    .await?;

// Unsubscribe
realtime.unsubscribe(&subscription_id).await?;

🔧 Development

This project uses Nix for reproducible development environments.

Prerequisites

• Nix package manager with flakes enabled
• just command runner (included in Nix environment)

Setup

# Enter the development environment
nix develop

# Or run commands directly
nix develop -c cargo build

Available Commands

# Show all available commands
just --list

# Format code
just format

# Run linter
just lint

# Run tests
just test

# Build project
just build

# Run all checks (format, lint, test, build)
just check

# Start local Supabase for testing
just supabase-start

# Run examples
just example basic_usage
just example auth_example
just example database_example
just example storage_example
just example realtime_example

Project Structure

supabase-lib-rs/
├── src/
│   ├── lib.rs          # Library entry point
│   ├── client.rs       # Main Supabase client
│   ├── auth.rs         # Authentication module
│   ├── database.rs     # Database operations
│   ├── storage.rs      # File storage
│   ├── realtime.rs     # WebSocket subscriptions
│   ├── error.rs        # Error handling
│   └── types.rs        # Common types and configurations
├── examples/           # Usage examples
├── tests/             # Integration tests
├── flake.nix          # Nix development environment
├── justfile           # Command runner configuration
└── CLAUDE.md          # Development guidelines

🧪 Testing

This project has a comprehensive testing system with multiple levels of testing:

Unit Tests

# Run unit tests only
just test-unit

# Run with documentation tests
just test

Integration & E2E Tests

# Start local Supabase (requires Docker/Podman)
just supabase-start

# Run integration tests
just test-integration

# Run all tests (unit + doc + integration)
just test-all

Docker/Podman Setup

The project includes a complete local Supabase setup using Docker Compose:

# Start all Supabase services
just supabase-start

# Check status
just supabase-status

# View logs
just supabase-logs [service]

# Stop services
just supabase-stop

# Clean up data
just supabase-clean

Services provided:

• 🌐 Studio: http://localhost:54323 (Web UI)
• 🔗 API: http://localhost:54321 (REST + Auth + Realtime)
• 🗄️ Database: localhost:54322 (PostgreSQL)
• 📁 Storage: File storage with image processing
• ⚡ Functions: Edge functions runtime

Test Categories

1. Unit Tests - Fast, isolated component tests
2. Integration Tests - Test individual modules against real Supabase
3. E2E Tests - Full workflow scenarios
4. Doc Tests - Ensure documentation examples work

All integration tests automatically skip if Supabase is not available, making them safe for CI/CD.

🚧 Current Limitations

While this library provides comprehensive Supabase functionality, some advanced features are planned for future releases:

Authentication

• OAuth Providers: Google, GitHub, Discord, Apple, etc. (planned for v0.3.1)
• Phone Authentication: SMS OTP and phone number sign-in (planned for v0.3.1)
• Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA): TOTP and SMS-based 2FA (planned for v0.4.0)
• Auth Events: onAuthStateChange event listeners (planned for v0.3.1)
• Anonymous Sign-in: Temporary anonymous user sessions (planned for v0.3.1)

Database

• ✅ Logical Operators: Complex and(), or(), not() query logic (Added in v0.3.0)
• ✅ Query Joins: inner_join(), left_join() with aliases (Added in v0.3.0)
• ✅ Batch Operations: upsert(), bulk_insert(), bulk_upsert() (Added in v0.3.0)
• ✅ Raw SQL Support: raw_sql(), prepared_statement(), count_query() (Added in v0.3.0)
• ✅ Database Transactions: Full transaction support with builder pattern (Added in v0.3.0)
• Full-Text Search: textSearch() and advanced search operators (planned for v0.4.0)
• Query Analysis: explain() and CSV export functionality (planned for v0.4.0)

Missing Modules

• Edge Functions: functions.invoke() for serverless functions ✅ Added in v0.3.0 🚀 Enhanced in v0.4.2
• Management API: Project management and admin operations (planned for v0.4.0)

Workarounds

Most limitations can be worked around:

// Instead of OAuth, use magic links or email/password
let auth_response = client.auth()
    .sign_up_with_email_and_password("user@example.com", "password")
    .await?;

// Instead of logical operators, use multiple queries or raw SQL
let result = client.database()
    .rpc("custom_query", Some(json!({"param": "value"})))
    .await?;

// Instead of Edge Functions, use database RPC functions
let function_result = client.database()
    .rpc("my_custom_function", Some(params))
    .await?;

The library currently provides ~95% of core Supabase functionality and covers all common use cases for production applications.

🎉 What's New in v0.3.0

🔗 Advanced Database Operations

v0.3.0 brings powerful database enhancements that make complex queries simple:

// ✨ Logical operators for complex filtering
let active_adults = client.database()
    .from("users")
    .select("*")
    .and(|q| {
        q.gte("age", "18")
         .eq("status", "active")
         .not(|inner| inner.eq("banned", "true"))
    })
    .execute()
    .await?;

// 🔗 Query joins with related data
let posts_with_authors = client.database()
    .from("posts")
    .select("title,content")
    .inner_join_as("authors", "name,email", "author")
    .left_join("categories", "name")
    .execute()
    .await?;

// 📦 Bulk operations for efficiency
let users = client.database()
    .bulk_upsert("users", vec![
        json!({"id": 1, "name": "Alice", "email": "alice@example.com"}),
        json!({"id": 2, "name": "Bob", "email": "bob@example.com"}),
    ])
    .await?;

// ⚡ Database transactions
let result = client.database()
    .begin_transaction()
    .insert("users", json!({"name": "Charlie"}))
    .update("profiles", json!({"bio": "Updated"}), "user_id = 1")
    .delete("temp_data", "expired = true")
    .commit()
    .await?;

📚 Examples

The examples/ directory contains comprehensive examples:

• basic_usage.rs - Overview of all features
• auth_example.rs - Authentication flows
• database_example.rs - Database operations
• storage_example.rs - File storage operations
• realtime_example.rs - WebSocket subscriptions

Run examples with:

cargo run --example basic_usage

🌐 WebAssembly (WASM) Support

This library provides full WebAssembly support for web applications! You can use it with frameworks like Dioxus, Yew, or any WASM-based Rust web framework.

WASM Features

• ✅ Full API compatibility - Same API works on both native and WASM
• ✅ HTTP client - Uses browser's fetch API automatically
• ✅ Authentication - Complete auth flow support
• ✅ Database - All CRUD operations and query builder
• ✅ Storage - File upload/download (simplified for WASM)
• ✅ Realtime - WebSocket subscriptions via browser WebSocket API

Building for WASM

# Add WASM target
rustup target add wasm32-unknown-unknown

# Build for WASM
cargo build --target wasm32-unknown-unknown

# Build example for WASM
cargo build --target wasm32-unknown-unknown --example wasm_example

WASM Example

use supabase::{Client, Result};
use wasm_bindgen::prelude::*;

#[wasm_bindgen(start)]
pub async fn main() {
    let client = Client::new("your-url", "your-key").unwrap();

    // Works exactly the same as native!
    let todos = client
        .database()
        .from("todos")
        .select("*")
        .execute::<Todo>()
        .await
        .unwrap();

    web_sys::console::log_1(&format!("Got {} todos", todos.len()).into());
}

Integration with Web Frameworks

Dioxus:

use dioxus::prelude::*;
use supabase::Client;

fn App(cx: Scope) -> Element {
    let client = use_state(cx, || {
        Client::new("your-url", "your-key").unwrap()
    });

    // Use client in your components...
}

Yew:

use yew::prelude::*;
use supabase::Client;

#[function_component(App)]
fn app() -> Html {
    let client = use_state(|| {
        Client::new("your-url", "your-key").unwrap()
    });

    // Use client in your components...
}

⚙️ Configuration

Environment Variables

The library can be configured using environment variables. Copy .env.example to .env and fill in your actual values:

cp .env.example .env

Required variables:

• SUPABASE_URL - Your Supabase project URL
• SUPABASE_ANON_KEY - Your Supabase anonymous key

Optional variables:

• SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY - Service role key for admin operations
• RUST_LOG - Log level (debug, info, warn, error)
• RUST_BACKTRACE - Enable backtrace (0, 1, full)

Getting Your Supabase Keys

1. Go to your Supabase Dashboard
2. Select your project
3. Navigate to Settings > API
4. Copy the keys:
   • Project URL → SUPABASE_URL
   • anon public → SUPABASE_ANON_KEY
   • service_role → SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY (keep this secret!)

Custom Configuration

use supabase::{Client, types::*};

let config = SupabaseConfig {
    url: "https://your-project.supabase.co".to_string(),
    key: "your-anon-key".to_string(),
    service_role_key: None,
    http_config: HttpConfig {
        timeout: 30,
        connect_timeout: 10,
        max_redirects: 5,
        default_headers: HashMap::new(),
    },
    auth_config: AuthConfig {
        auto_refresh_token: true,
        refresh_threshold: 300,
        persist_session: true,
        storage_key: "supabase.auth.token".to_string(),
    },
    database_config: DatabaseConfig {
        schema: "public".to_string(),
        max_retries: 3,
        retry_delay: 1000,
    },
    storage_config: StorageConfig {
        default_bucket: Some("uploads".to_string()),
        upload_timeout: 300,
        max_file_size: 50 * 1024 * 1024,
    },
};

let client = Client::new_with_config(config)?;

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please see our Contributing Guidelines for details.

Development Workflow

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch
3. Make your changes following the coding standards
4. Run the full test suite: just check
5. Submit a pull request

Code Standards

• Follow the existing code style
• Add tests for new features
• Update documentation as needed
• Ensure all checks pass: just check

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🔗 Links

• Supabase Documentation
• PostgREST API Reference
• Supabase Realtime
• Crates.io Package
• Documentation

🙏 Acknowledgments

• Supabase for providing an amazing backend platform
• The Rust community for excellent crates and tooling
• Contributors who help improve this library

Made with ❤️ for the Rust and Supabase communities