[INITIAL] -> Did a basic API implementation

start with:
```cargo install cargo-watch && cargo watch -q -c -w src/ -x run```

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this currently only returns "This is a Simple CRUD API";

Cargo.toml

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+[package]
+name = "rsAPI"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2024"
+
+[dependencies]
+chrono = { version = "0.4.41", features = ["serde"] }
+pretty_env_logger = "0.5.0"
+serde = { version = "1.0.219", features = ["derive"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.47.0", features = ["full"] }
+uuid = { version = "1.17.0", features = ["v4"] }
+warp = "0.3.7"

src/main.rs

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+use std::env;
+
+use serde::Serialize;
+use warp::{reply::json, Filter, Rejection, Reply};
+
+type WebResult<T> = std::result::Result<T, Rejection>;
+
+#[derive(Serialize)]
+pub struct GenericResponse {
+    pub status: String,
+    pub message: String,
+}
+
+pub async fn health_checker_handler() -> WebResult<impl Reply> {
+    const MESSAGE: &str = "This is a Simple CRUD API";
+
+    let jsonresponse = GenericResponse {
+        status: "success".to_string(),
+        message: MESSAGE.to_string(),
+    };
+
+    Ok(json(&jsonresponse))
+}
+
+#[tokio::main] // needed for async main
+async fn main() {
+    pretty_env_logger::init();
+
+    let health_checker = warp::path!("api" / "healthchecker")
+        .and(warp::get())
+        .and_then(health_checker_handler); // don't call the function here!
+
+    let routes = health_checker.with(warp::log("api"));
+
+    println!("[LOG]: Server started successfully.");
+
+    // serve the server on localhost:8080
+    warp::serve(routes).run(([0, 0, 0, 0], 8080)).await;
+}