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Appwrite Rust SDK skill. Use when building server-side Rust applications with Appwrite. Covers async client setup with API keys, user management, TablesDB database/table/row operations, file storage, function executions, permissions, queries, and error handling. Uses the crates.io `appwrite` package and Tokio.

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# Appwrite Rust SDK

## Installation

```bash
cargo add appwrite
cargo add tokio --features full
cargo add serde_json
```

Or add dependencies manually:

```toml
[dependencies]
appwrite = "0.3.0"
tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
serde_json = "1"
```

## Setting Up the Client

The Rust SDK is async. Use it from a Tokio runtime and authenticate server-side with an API key.

```rust
use appwrite::Client;
use std::env;

let client = Client::new()
    .set_endpoint("https://<REGION>.cloud.appwrite.io/v1")
    .set_project(env::var("APPWRITE_PROJECT_ID")?)
    .set_key(env::var("APPWRITE_API_KEY")?);
```

### Complete server skeleton

```rust
use appwrite::query::Query;
use appwrite::services::Users;
use appwrite::Client;
use std::env;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let client = Client::new()
        .set_endpoint("https://<REGION>.cloud.appwrite.io/v1")
        .set_project(env::var("APPWRITE_PROJECT_ID")?)
        .set_key(env::var("APPWRITE_API_KEY")?);

    let users = Users::new(&client);
    let _list = users
        .list(Some(vec![Query::limit(25).to_string()]), None, Some(true))
        .await?;

    Ok(())
}
```

## Code Examples

### User Management

```rust
use appwrite::id::ID;
use appwrite::query::Query;
use appwrite::services::Users;

let users = Users::new(&client);

// Create user
let _user = users
    .create(
        ID::unique(),
        Some("[email protected]"),
        None,
        Some("password123"),
        Some("User Name"),
    )
    .await?;

// List users
let _list = users
    .list(Some(vec![Query::limit(25).to_string()]), None, Some(true))
    .await?;

// Get user
let _fetched = users.get("[USER_ID]").await?;

// Delete user
users.delete("[USER_ID]").await?;
```

### Database Operations

> **Note:** Use `TablesDB` for new code. Only use `Databases` if the existing project explicitly depends on the legacy Databases API.
>
> **Rust SDK calling convention:** Methods are async, use positional parameters, and represent optional API parameters as `Option<T>`. Pass `None` for optional values you are not setting.

```rust
use appwrite::id::ID;
use appwrite::permission::Permission;
use appwrite::query::Query;
use appwrite::role::Role;
use appwrite::services::TablesDB;
use serde_json::json;

let tables_db = TablesDB::new(&client);

// Create database
let _database = tables_db
    .create(ID::unique(), "My Database", Some(true))
    .await?;

// Create table
let _table = tables_db
    .create_table(
        "[DATABASE_ID]",
        ID::unique(),
        "articles",
        Some(vec![
            Permission::read(Role::any()).to_string(),
            Permission::create(Role::users(None)).to_string(),
        ]),
        Some(true),
        Some(true),
        None,
        None,
    )
    .await?;

// Create row
let _row = tables_db
    .create_row(
        "[DATABASE_ID]",
        "[TABLE_ID]",
        ID::unique(),
        json!({
            "title": "Hello World",
            "done": false
        }),
        None,
        None,
    )
    .await?;

// Query rows
let _rows = tables_db
    .list_rows(
        "[DATABASE_ID]",
        "[TABLE_ID]",
        Some(vec![
            Query::equal("done", false).to_string(),
            Query::limit(10).to_string(),
        ]),
        None,
        Some(true),
        None,
    )
    .await?;

// Get row
let _row = tables_db
    .get_row("[DATABASE_ID]", "[TABLE_ID]", "[ROW_ID]", None, None)
    .await?;

// Update row
let _updated = tables_db
    .update_row(
        "[DATABASE_ID]",
        "[TABLE_ID]",
        "[ROW_ID]",
        Some(json!({ "done": true })),
        None,
        None,
    )
    .await?;

// Delete row
tables_db
    .delete_row("[DATABASE_ID]", "[TABLE_ID]", "[ROW_ID]", None)
    .await?;
```

#### String Column Types

> **Note:** The legacy `string` column type is deprecated. Use explicit string column types for new tables.

| Type | Max characters | Indexing | Storage |
|------|---------------|----------|---------|
| `varchar` | 16,383 | Full index (if size <= 768) | Inline in row |
| `text` | 16,383 | Prefix only | Off-page |
| `mediumtext` | 4,194,303 | Prefix only | Off-page |
| `longtext` | 1,073,741,823 | Prefix only | Off-page |

- `varchar` is stored inline and counts toward the 64 KB row size limit. Prefer it for short, indexed fields like names, slugs, and identifiers.
- `text`, `mediumtext`, and `longtext` are stored off-page, so they do not consume the row size budget. `size` is not required for these types.

```rust
use appwrite::enums::{OrderBy, TablesDBIndexType};

// Short, indexed string
let _title = tables_db
    .create_varchar_column(
        "[DATABASE_ID]",
        "[TABLE_ID]",
        "title",
        255,
        true,
        None,
        None,
        None,
    )
    .await?;

// Off-page longer text
let _summary = tables_db
    .create_text_column("[DATABASE_ID]", "[TABLE_ID]", "summary", false, None, None, None)
    .await?;

let _body = tables_db
    .create_mediumtext_column("[DATABASE_ID]", "[TABLE_ID]", "body", false, None, None, None)
    .await?;

let _raw_data = tables_db
    .create_longtext_column("[DATABASE_ID]", "[TABLE_ID]", "raw_data", false, None, None, None)
    .await?;

// Index only the varchar column fully.
let _index = tables_db
    .create_index(
        "[DATABASE_ID]",
        "[TABLE_ID]",
        "title_idx",
        TablesDBIndexType::Key,
        vec!["title"],
        Some(vec![OrderBy::Asc]),
        Some(vec![255]),
    )
    .await?;
```

### Query Methods

`TablesDB` methods accept `Option<Vec<String>>` for queries. Convert each `Query` to a string.

```rust
use appwrite::query::Query;
use serde_json::Value;

let queries = vec![
    Query::equal("status", "published").to_string(),
    Query::not_equal("archived", true).to_string(),
    Query::greater_than("views", 100).to_string(),
    Query::less_than_equal("priority", 5).to_string(),
    Query::between("score", 1, 100).to_string(),
    Query::is_not_null("publishedAt").to_string(),
    Query::search("title", "rust appwrite").to_string(),
    Query::contains("tags", "rust").to_string(),
    Query::order_desc("$createdAt").to_string(),
    Query::limit(25).to_string(),
    Query::offset(50).to_string(),
];

let multi_value = Query::equal(
    "status",
    Value::Array(vec![
        Value::String("draft".to_string()),
        Value::String("published".to_string()),
    ]),
)
.to_string();
```

### File Storage

```rust
use appwrite::id::ID;
use appwrite::input_file::InputFile;
use appwrite::permission::Permission;
use appwrite::query::Query;
use appwrite::role::Role;
use appwrite::services::Storage;

let storage = Storage::new(&client);

// Create bucket
let _bucket = storage
    .create_bucket(
        ID::unique(),
        "Uploads",
        Some(vec![
            Permission::read(Role::any()).to_string(),
            Permission::create(Role::users(None)).to_string(),
        ]),
        Some(true),
        Some(true),
        Some(30_000_000),
        Some(vec!["jpg".to_string(), "png".to_string(), "pdf".to_string()]),
        None,
        Some(true),
        Some(true),
        Some(true),
    )
    .await?;

// Upload from disk
let input = InputFile::from_path("avatar.png", Some("image/png")).await?;
let _file = storage
    .create_file(
        "[BUCKET_ID]",
        ID::unique(),
        input,
        Some(vec![Permission::read(Role::any()).to_string()]),
    )
    .await?;

// Upload from bytes
let input = InputFile::from_bytes(b"hello".to_vec(), "hello.txt", Some("text/plain"));
let _file = storage.create_file("[BUCKET_ID]", ID::unique(), input, None).await?;

// List files
let _files = storage
    .list_files("[BUCKET_ID]", Some(vec![Query::limit(10).to_string()]), None, Some(true))
    .await?;

// Download file bytes
let _content = storage
    .get_file_download("[BUCKET_ID]", "[FILE_ID]", None)
    .await?;

// Delete file
storage.delete_file("[BUCKET_ID]", "[FILE_ID]").awai
Files: 1
Size: 10.2 KB
Complexity: 15/100
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