main.rs

#![feature(plugin)]
#![plugin(serde_macros)]
#![feature(custom_derive)]
#![feature(custom_attribute)]
extern crate serde;
extern crate serde_json;
extern crate hyper;
extern crate url;

use url::Url;
fn main() {
    // Construct the URL you want to access
    let url = "http://catfacts-api.appspot.com/api/facts?number=1"
        .parse::<Url>()
        .expect("Unable to parse URL");

   // Initialize the Hyper client and make the request.
   let client = hyper::Client::new();
   let mut response = client.get(url).send().unwrap();

  // Initialize a string buffer, and read the response into it.
  let mut result = String::new();
  response.read_to_string(&mut result).unwrap();

  // Deserialize the result.
  #[derive(Deserialize)]
  pub struct CatFacts {
       pub facts: Vec<String>,
       pub success: bool,
  }
  let cat_facts = serde_json::from_str::<CatFacts>(&result).unwrap().facts;
  
  println("{:?}", cat_facts);
}