msgflo-rust: Rust participant support for MsgFlo

MsgFlo is a distributed, polyglot FBP (flow-based-programming) runtime. It integrates with other FBP tools like the Flowhub visual programming IDE. msgflo-rust makes it easy to create MsgFlo participants in Rust.

Status

Working prototype

Can expose a Rust function on AMQP with a single in/outport
Sends the MsgFlo participant discovery message on startup
Passes MsgFlo participant tests
Not used in any applications yet (as far as we know)

See below TODO section for more notes

Installing

Add to your Cargo.toml

[dependencies.msgflo]
git = "https://github.com/msgflo/msgflo-rust"

API

See ./examples

License

MIT

TODO

0.1

Allow any number of in/outports
Allow sending multiple messages out
Make error handling sane
Add example of consuming/sending JSON data
Add test for NACK on error condition
Publish as Rust crate on http://crates.io

Later

Support 'hidden' ports (not associated with a queue), used as proxies
Support other transports, like MQTT