ReelSaver Rust Backend

A Rust-powered backend service that allows users to extract and download videos from social media platforms like Facebook. It provides a simple HTTP API to retrieve video URLs and thumbnail images.

Features

• Extract direct video URLs from Facebook links
• Retrieve thumbnail image URLs
• RESTful API using Actix-web framework
• Supports various compression formats (Brotli, Gzip, Deflate)
• Containerized with Docker for easy deployment

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Rust 1.54 or higher
• Cargo package manager

Installation

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/neerajshdev/ReelSaverRustBackend.git
cd ReelSaverRustBackend

Build the project:

cargo build --release

Run the server:

cargo run --release

By default, the server will run on 0.0.0.0:8000.

Docker

You can also run the application using Docker:

docker build -t reelsaver-backend .
docker run -p 8000:8000 reelsaver-backend

Or using Docker Compose:

docker-compose up -d

API Endpoints

GET /

A simple health check endpoint that returns "Hello, world!".

GET /get-video-data

Extract video data from a social media URL.

Request Body:

{
  "video_url": "https://www.facebook.com/example/videos/123456789"
}

Response:

{
  "result": "ok",
  "thumbnail_url": "https://example.com/thumbnail.jpg",
  "video_url": "https://example.com/video.mp4"
}

If no video data is found, the result field will be "none".

Development

Project Structure

• src/main.rs - Application entry point
• src/routes/ - API route definitions
• src/fb_url_extractor.rs - Facebook video extraction logic
• src/instagram.rs - Instagram video extraction logic
• src/util.rs - Utility functions for compression and file operations