Slapdash API call demo

I can hit the endpoint and retrieve data. Excellent.

.gitignore

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 #  and can be added to the global gitignore or merged into this file.  For a more nuclear
 #  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
 #.idea/
+
+
+# Added by cargo
+
+/target

Cargo.toml

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+[package]
+name = "gt-tools"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2024"
+
+[dependencies]
+clap = "4.0.32"
+reqwest = { version = "0.11.13", features = ["json"] }
+serde = "1.0.152"
+tokio = { version = "1.24.2", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
+
+# Packages available in Debian (Sid)
+# clap = "4.5.23"
+# reqwest = "0.12.15"
+# tokio = "1.43.1"
+
+# Debian (Bookworm)
+# clap = "4.0.32"
+# reqwest = "0.11.13"
+# tokio = "1.24.2"

src/main.rs

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+
+use reqwest::Error;
+use reqwest::header::{
+    USER_AGENT,
+    ACCEPT
+};
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
+    let request_url = format!(
+        "http:/localhost:3000/api/v1/repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases",
+        owner = "robert",
+        repo = "rcalc",
+    );
+    let client = reqwest::Client::new();
+    let response = client
+        .get(request_url)
+        .header(USER_AGENT, "gt-tools-test-agent")
+        .header(ACCEPT, "application/json")
+        .send()
+        .await?;
+    let body_text: String = response.text().await?;
+
+    println!("{:?}", body_text);
+    Ok(())
+}