In this Rust quickstart we will learn how to:

  • Retrieve database credentials
  • Install the Rust libSQL crate
  • Connect to a local or remote Turso database
  • Execute a query using SQL
  • Sync changes to local database (optional)
1

Retrieve database credentials

You will need an existing database to continue. If you don’t have one, create one.

Get the database URL:

turso db show --url <database-name>

Get the database authentication token:

turso db tokens create <database-name>

Assign credentials to the environment variables inside .env.

TURSO_DATABASE_URL=
TURSO_AUTH_TOKEN=
You will want to store these as environment variables.
2

Install

First begin by installing the libsql crate:

cargo add libsql
3

Connect

You must first create a Database object and then open a Connection to it:

4

Execute

You can execute a SQL query against your existing database by calling execute():

conn.execute("SELECT * FROM users", ()).await?;

If you need to use placeholders for values, you can do that:

conn.execute("SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = ?1", libsql::params![1]).await?;

To retrieve results from a query, you can use the query() method:

let mut rows = conn.query("SELECT * FROM users", ()).await?;

while let Some(row) = rows.next().await? {
    let id: i64 = row.get(0)?;
    let name: String = row.get(1)?;
    println!("User: {} - {}", id, name);
}
5

Sync (Embedded Replicas only)

When using embedded replicas you should call sync() on the database type to sync your local database with the primary database:

db.sync().await.unwrap();

You can also set up automatic periodic syncing when creating the database:

use std::time::Duration;

let db = Builder::new_remote_replica("local.db", url, token)
    .sync_interval(Duration::from_secs(60))
    .build()
    .await?;

This will automatically sync the database every 60 seconds.