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Crates.io

Base URL: https://drain.lat/api/v1/crates
Fetch Rust crate information from crates.io.
GET /api/v1/crates/crate/:name
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name
string
required
The crate name to look up.
curl "https://drain.lat/api/v1/crates/crate/serde" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"
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name
string
Crate name.
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version
string
Latest version.
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description
string
Crate description.
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downloads
number
Total downloads.
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recentDownloads
number
Recent downloads (last 90 days).
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repository
string
Repository URL.
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homepage
string
Homepage URL.
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documentation
string
Documentation URL.
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keywords
array
Crate keywords.
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categories
array
Crate categories.
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createdAt
string
Crate creation date (ISO 8601).
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updatedAt
string
Last update date.
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versions
number
Total number of versions.
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cratesUrl
string
Link to the crates.io page.
Response
{
  "name": "serde",
  "version": "1.0.197",
  "description": "A generic serialization/deserialization framework",
  "downloads": 500000000,
  "recentDownloads": 25000000,
  "repository": "https://github.com/serde-rs/serde",
  "homepage": "https://serde.rs",
  "documentation": "https://docs.rs/serde",
  "keywords": ["serde", "serialization"],
  "categories": ["encoding"],
  "createdAt": "2014-11-11T00:00:00Z",
  "updatedAt": "2024-02-28T00:00:00Z",
  "versions": 198,
  "cratesUrl": "https://crates.io/crates/serde",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-31T00:00:00Z"
}