Short example on how to access the github API in rust. Usage: `cargo run <GITHUB_TOKEN>`

Cargo.toml

[package]
name = "github-api-example"
version = "0.1.0"
authors = ["Fin Christensen <[email protected]>"]
edition = "2018"

# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html

[dependencies]
async-std = { version = "1.5.0", features = ["attributes"] }
surf = "1.0.3"
serde_json = "1.0.48"

main.rs

const API_URL: &str = "https://api.github.com/repos/deinstapel/cursive-aligned-view/git/commits/8e33b22ea9147fcb04f5532179858d155a7dc931";

#[async_std::main]
async fn main() {
    let github_token = std::env::args().nth(1)
        .expect("First command line argument should be GitHub Token");
    let commit = surf::get(API_URL)
        .set_header("Authorization", format!("token {}", github_token))
        .recv_json::<serde_json::Value>()
        .await
        .expect("Commit not found");

    println!("{:#?}", commit);
}