Attempting to implement meower (https://github.com/CodingGarden/meower) using actix (server-rs folder). Node server from the example in the
Actix boiler plate was used from: https://github.com/JohnBra/actix-mongodb-example.
To run Rust backend:
Make sure to start MONGO server and set MONGO_HOST, MONGO_PORT environment variables before running.
Set PORT environment variable as 5000.