qrest

A small CLI tool to query ArcGIS REST API services, implemented in Rust. The server response is returned as pretty JSON.

Said another way, Query REST, aka qrest. Pronounced crest ⛰️

Usage example:

./qrest https://gisservices.its.ny.gov/arcgis/rest/services/NYS_Place_Points/FeatureServer/0/query --where "County = 'Essex' AND PlaceType = 'Incorporated Town'" --count
# Outputs:
# {
#   "count": 18
# }

Compiling

Brief instructions follow. For more detail, see Screwtape's Notepad's article, which this is based on.

Use cargo to build for your system.

cargo build --release

To cross-compile from Debian to 64-bit Windows,

# One-time setup
rustup target add x86_64-pc-windows-gnu
rustup toolchain install stable-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu
sudo apt install mingw-w64

Then configure the linker ~/.cargo/config:

[target.x86_64-pc-windows-gnu]
linker = "/usr/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc"

Once setup, you can build with:

cargo build --target x86_64-pc-windows-gnu --release