# Rants [![build status](https://img.shields.io/github/workflow/status/davidMcneil/rants/Rust)](https://github.com/davidMcneil/rants/actions) [![crates.io](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/rants.svg)](https://crates.io/crates/rants) [![docs](https://docs.rs/rants/badge.svg)](https://docs.rs/rants) ![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg) ![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-APACHE-blue.svg) An async [NATS](https://nats.io/) client library for the Rust programming language. The client aims to be an ergonomic, yet thin, wrapper over the NATS client protocol. The easiest way to learn to use the client is by reading the [NATS client protocol documentation](https://docs.nats.io/nats-protocol/nats-protocol). The main entry point into the library's API is the [`Client`](https://docs.rs/rants/latest/rants/struct.Client.html) struct. TLS support can be powered by the [`native-tls` crate](https://github.com/sfackler/rust-native-tls) enabled with the `native-tls` feature, or TLS support can be powered by the [`rustls` crate](https://github.com/ctz/rustls) enabled with the `rustls-tls` feature. # Example ```rust use futures::stream::StreamExt; use rants::Client; #[tokio::main] async fn main() { // A NATS server must be running on `127.0.0.1:4222` let address = "127.0.0.1:4222".parse().unwrap(); let client = Client::new(vec![address]); // Configure the client to receive messages even if it sent the message client.connect_mut().await.echo(true); // Connect to the server client.connect().await; // Create a new subject called "test" let subject = "test".parse().unwrap(); // Subscribe to the "test" subject let (_, mut subscription) = client.subscribe(&subject, 1024).await.unwrap(); // Publish a message to the "test" subject client .publish(&subject, b"This is a message!") .await .unwrap(); // Read a message from the subscription let message = subscription.next().await.unwrap(); let message = String::from_utf8(message.into_payload()).unwrap(); println!("Received '{}'", message); // Disconnect from the server client.disconnect().await; } ``` ## Development The integration test suite requires the `NATS_PATH` environment variable point to the [NATS server executable](https://nats.io/download/nats-io/nats-server/): > cargo test The [`env_logger`](https://github.com/sebasmagri/env_logger/) crate is used in integration tests. To enable it and run a single test run: > RUST_LOG=rants=trace cargo test ping_pong ## Alternatives - [`nats.rs`](https://github.com/nats-io/nats.rs) - [`natsclient`](https://github.com/encabulators/natsclient) - [`nitox`](https://github.com/YellowInnovation/nitox) - [`ratsio`](https://github.com/mnetship/ratsio) - [`rust-nats`](https://github.com/jedisct1/rust-nats)