Rust rules

rust_library
rust_binary
rust_benchmark
rust_test
rust_doc
rust_doc_test
rust_proto_toolchain
rust_proto_library
rust_grpc_library
rust_bindgen_toolchain
rust_bindgen_library
rust_bindgen
rust_wasm_bindgen_toolchain
rust_wasm_bindgen
cargo_build_script

rust_benchmark

Builds a Rust benchmark test.

Warning: This rule is currently experimental. Rust Benchmark tests require the Bencher interface in the unstable libtest crate, which is behind the test unstable feature gate. As a result, using this rule would require using a nightly binary release of Rust.

Example:

Suppose you have the following directory structure for a Rust project with a library crate, fibonacci with benchmarks under the benches/ directory:

[workspace]/
  WORKSPACE
  fibonacci/
      BUILD
      src/
          lib.rs
      benches/
          fibonacci_bench.rs

fibonacci/src/lib.rs:

pub fn fibonacci(n: u64) -> u64 {
    if n < 2 {
        return n;
    }
    let mut n1: u64 = 0;
    let mut n2: u64 = 1;
    for _ in 1..n {
        let sum = n1 + n2;
        n1 = n2;
        n2 = sum;
    }
    n2
}

fibonacci/benches/fibonacci_bench.rs:

#![feature(test)]

extern crate test;
extern crate fibonacci;

use test::Bencher;

#[bench]
fn bench_fibonacci(b: &mut Bencher) {
    b.iter(|| fibonacci::fibonacci(40));
}

To build the benchmark test, add a rust_benchmark target:

fibonacci/BUILD:

package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])

load("@io_bazel_rules_rust//rust:rust.bzl", "rust_library", "rust_benchmark")

rust_library(
  name = "fibonacci",
  srcs = ["src/lib.rs"],
)

rust_benchmark(
  name = "fibonacci_bench",
  srcs = ["benches/fibonacci_bench.rs"],
  deps = [":fibonacci"],
)

Run the benchmark test using: bazel run //fibonacci:fibonacci_bench.

ATTRIBUTES

Name	Description	Type	Mandatory	Default
name	A unique name for this target.	Name	required
aliases	Remap crates to a new name or moniker for linkage to this target These are other rust_library targets and will be presented as the new name given.	Dictionary: Label -> String	optional	{}
crate_features	List of features to enable for this crate. Features are defined in the code using the #[cfg(feature = “foo”)] configuration option. The features listed here will be passed to rustc with --cfg feature=“${feature_name}” flags.	List of strings	optional	[]
crate_root	The file that will be passed to rustc to be used for building this crate. If crate_root is not set, then this rule will look for a lib.rs file (or main.rs for rust_binary) or the single file in srcs if srcs contains only one file.	Label	optional	None
data	List of files used by this rule at runtime. This attribute can be used to specify any data files that are embedded into the library, such as via the include_str! macro.	List of labels	optional	[]
deps	List of other libraries to be linked to this library target. These can be either other rust_library targets or cc_library targets if linking a native library.	List of labels	optional	[]
edition	The rust edition to use for this crate. Defaults to the edition specified in the rust_toolchain.	String	optional	""
out_dir_tar	Deprecated, do not use, see [#cargo_build_script] instead.	Label	optional	None
proc_macro_deps	List of rust_library targets with kind proc-macro used to help build this library target.	List of labels	optional	[]
rustc_env	Dictionary of additional “key”: “value” environment variables to set for rustc.	Dictionary: String -> String	optional	{}
rustc_flags	List of compiler flags passed to rustc.	List of strings	optional	[]
srcs	List of Rust .rs source files used to build the library. If srcs contains more than one file, then there must be a file either named lib.rs. Otherwise, crate_root must be set to the source file that is the root of the crate to be passed to rustc to build this crate.	List of labels	optional	[]
version	A version to inject in the cargo environment variable.	String	optional	“0.0.0”

rust_binary

Builds a Rust binary crate.

Example:

Suppose you have the following directory structure for a Rust project with a library crate, hello_lib, and a binary crate, hello_world that uses the hello_lib library:

[workspace]/
    WORKSPACE
    hello_lib/
        BUILD
        src/
            lib.rs
    hello_world/
        BUILD
        src/
            main.rs

hello_lib/src/lib.rs:

pub struct Greeter {
    greeting: String,
}

impl Greeter {
    pub fn new(greeting: &str) -> Greeter {
        Greeter { greeting: greeting.to_string(), }
    }

    pub fn greet(&self, thing: &str) {
        println!("{} {}", &self.greeting, thing);
    }
}

hello_lib/BUILD:

package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])

load("@io_bazel_rules_rust//rust:rust.bzl", "rust_library")

rust_library(
    name = "hello_lib",
    srcs = ["src/lib.rs"],
)

hello_world/src/main.rs:

extern crate hello_lib;

fn main() {
    let hello = hello_lib::Greeter::new("Hello");
    hello.greet("world");
}

hello_world/BUILD:

load("@io_bazel_rules_rust//rust:rust.bzl", "rust_binary")

rust_binary(
    name = "hello_world",
    srcs = ["src/main.rs"],
    deps = ["//hello_lib"],
)

Build and run hello_world:

$ bazel run //hello_world
INFO: Found 1 target...
Target //examples/rust/hello_world:hello_world up-to-date:
  bazel-bin/examples/rust/hello_world/hello_world
INFO: Elapsed time: 1.308s, Critical Path: 1.22s

INFO: Running command line: bazel-bin/examples/rust/hello_world/hello_world
Hello world

ATTRIBUTES

Name	Description	Type	Mandatory	Default
name	A unique name for this target.	Name	required
aliases	Remap crates to a new name or moniker for linkage to this target These are other rust_library targets and will be presented as the new name given.	Dictionary: Label -> String	optional	{}
crate_features	List of features to enable for this crate. Features are defined in the code using the #[cfg(feature = “foo”)] configuration option. The features listed here will be passed to rustc with --cfg feature=“${feature_name}” flags.	List of strings	optional	[]
crate_root	The file that will be passed to rustc to be used for building this crate. If crate_root is not set, then this rule will look for a lib.rs file (or main.rs for rust_binary) or the single file in srcs if srcs contains only one file.	Label	optional	None
crate_type	-	String	optional	“bin”
data	List of files used by this rule at runtime. This attribute can be used to specify any data files that are embedded into the library, such as via the include_str! macro.	List of labels	optional	[]
deps	List of other libraries to be linked to this library target. These can be either other rust_library targets or cc_library targets if linking a native library.	List of labels	optional	[]
edition	The rust edition to use for this crate. Defaults to the edition specified in the rust_toolchain.	String	optional	""
linker_script	Link script to forward into linker via rustc options.	Label	optional	None
out_binary	-	Boolean	optional	False
out_dir_tar	Deprecated, do not use, see [#cargo_build_script] instead.	Label	optional	None
proc_macro_deps	List of rust_library targets with kind proc-macro used to help build this library target.	List of labels	optional	[]
rustc_env	Dictionary of additional “key”: “value” environment variables to set for rustc.	Dictionary: String -> String	optional	{}
rustc_flags	List of compiler flags passed to rustc.	List of strings	optional	[]
srcs	List of Rust .rs source files used to build the library. If srcs contains more than one file, then there must be a file either named lib.rs. Otherwise, crate_root must be set to the source file that is the root of the crate to be passed to rustc to build this crate.	List of labels	optional	[]
version	A version to inject in the cargo environment variable.	String	optional	“0.0.0”

rust_bindgen

Generates a rust source file from a cc_library and a header.

ATTRIBUTES

Name	Description	Type	Mandatory	Default
name	A unique name for this target.	Name	required
bindgen_flags	Flags to pass directly to the bindgen executable. See https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-bindgen/ for details.	List of strings	optional	[]
cc_lib	The cc_library that contains the .h file. This is used to find the transitive includes.	Label	optional	None
clang_flags	Flags to pass directly to the clang executable.	List of strings	optional	[]
header	The .h file to generate bindings for.	Label	optional	None

rust_bindgen_toolchain

The tools required for the rust_bindgen rule.

ATTRIBUTES

Name	Description	Type	Mandatory	Default
name	A unique name for this target.	Name	required
bindgen	The label of a bindgen executable.	Label	optional	None
clang	The label of a clang executable.	Label	optional	None
libclang	A cc_library that provides bindgen's runtime dependency on libclang.	Label	optional	None
libstdcxx	A cc_library that satisfies libclang's libstdc++ dependency.	Label	optional	None
rustfmt	The label of a rustfmt executable. If this is provided, generated sources will be formatted.	Label	optional	None

rust_doc

ATTRIBUTES

Name	Description	Type	Mandatory	Default
name	A unique name for this target.	Name	required
dep	The crate to generate documentation for.	Label	required
html_after_content	-	Label	optional	None
html_before_content	-	Label	optional	None
html_in_header	-	Label	optional	None
markdown_css	-	List of labels	optional	[]

rust_doc_test

Runs Rust documentation tests.

Example:

Suppose you have the following directory structure for a Rust library crate:

[workspace]/
  WORKSPACE
  hello_lib/
      BUILD
      src/
          lib.rs

To run documentation tests for the hello_lib crate, define a rust_doc_test target that depends on the hello_lib rust_library target:

package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])

load("@io_bazel_rules_rust//rust:rust.bzl", "rust_library", "rust_doc_test")

rust_library(
    name = "hello_lib",
    srcs = ["src/lib.rs"],
)

rust_doc_test(
    name = "hello_lib_doc_test",
    dep = ":hello_lib",
)

Running bazel test //hello_lib:hello_lib_doc_test will run all documentation tests for the hello_lib library crate.

ATTRIBUTES

Name	Description	Type	Mandatory	Default
name	A unique name for this target.	Name	required
dep	The label of the target to run documentation tests for. rust_doc_test can run documentation tests for the source files of rust_library or rust_binary targets.	Label	required

rust_grpc_library

Builds a Rust library crate from a set of proto_librarys suitable for gRPC.

Example:

load("@io_bazel_rules_rust//proto:proto.bzl", "rust_grpc_library")
load("@io_bazel_rules_rust//proto:toolchain.bzl", "GRPC_COMPILE_DEPS")

proto_library(
    name = "my_proto",
    srcs = ["my.proto"]
)

rust_grpc_library(
    name = "rust",
    deps = [":my_proto"],
)

rust_binary(
    name = "my_service",
    srcs = ["my_service.rs"],
    deps = [":rust"] + GRPC_COMPILE_DEPS,
)

ATTRIBUTES

Name	Description	Type	Mandatory	Default
name	A unique name for this target.	Name	required
deps	List of proto_library dependencies that will be built. One crate for each proto_library will be created with the corresponding gRPC stubs.	List of labels	required
rust_deps	The crates the generated library depends on.	List of labels	optional	[“@io_bazel_rules_rust//proto/raze:protobuf”, “@io_bazel_rules_rust//proto/raze:grpc”, “@io_bazel_rules_rust//proto/raze:tls_api”, “@io_bazel_rules_rust//proto/raze:tls_api_stub”]

rust_library

Builds a Rust library crate.

Example:

Suppose you have the following directory structure for a simple Rust library crate:

[workspace]/
    WORKSPACE
    hello_lib/
        BUILD
        src/
            greeter.rs
            lib.rs

hello_lib/src/greeter.rs:

pub struct Greeter {
    greeting: String,
}

impl Greeter {
    pub fn new(greeting: &str) -> Greeter {
        Greeter { greeting: greeting.to_string(), }
    }

    pub fn greet(&self, thing: &str) {
        println!("{} {}", &self.greeting, thing);
    }
}

hello_lib/src/lib.rs:

pub mod greeter;

hello_lib/BUILD:

package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])

load("@io_bazel_rules_rust//rust:rust.bzl", "rust_library")

rust_library(
    name = "hello_lib",
    srcs = [
        "src/greeter.rs",
        "src/lib.rs",
    ],
)

Build the library:

$ bazel build //hello_lib
INFO: Found 1 target...
Target //examples/rust/hello_lib:hello_lib up-to-date:
  bazel-bin/examples/rust/hello_lib/libhello_lib.rlib
INFO: Elapsed time: 1.245s, Critical Path: 1.01s

ATTRIBUTES

Name	Description	Type	Mandatory	Default
name	A unique name for this target.	Name	required
aliases	Remap crates to a new name or moniker for linkage to this target These are other rust_library targets and will be presented as the new name given.	Dictionary: Label -> String	optional	{}
crate_features	List of features to enable for this crate. Features are defined in the code using the #[cfg(feature = “foo”)] configuration option. The features listed here will be passed to rustc with --cfg feature=“${feature_name}” flags.	List of strings	optional	[]
crate_root	The file that will be passed to rustc to be used for building this crate. If crate_root is not set, then this rule will look for a lib.rs file (or main.rs for rust_binary) or the single file in srcs if srcs contains only one file.	Label	optional	None
crate_type	The type of linkage to use for building this library. Options include “lib”, “rlib”, “dylib”, “cdylib”, “staticlib”, and “proc-macro”. The exact output file will depend on the toolchain used.	String	optional	“rlib”
data	List of files used by this rule at runtime. This attribute can be used to specify any data files that are embedded into the library, such as via the include_str! macro.	List of labels	optional	[]
deps	List of other libraries to be linked to this library target. These can be either other rust_library targets or cc_library targets if linking a native library.	List of labels	optional	[]
edition	The rust edition to use for this crate. Defaults to the edition specified in the rust_toolchain.	String	optional	""
out_dir_tar	Deprecated, do not use, see [#cargo_build_script] instead.	Label	optional	None
proc_macro_deps	List of rust_library targets with kind proc-macro used to help build this library target.	List of labels	optional	[]
rustc_env	Dictionary of additional “key”: “value” environment variables to set for rustc.	Dictionary: String -> String	optional	{}
rustc_flags	List of compiler flags passed to rustc.	List of strings	optional	[]
srcs	List of Rust .rs source files used to build the library. If srcs contains more than one file, then there must be a file either named lib.rs. Otherwise, crate_root must be set to the source file that is the root of the crate to be passed to rustc to build this crate.	List of labels	optional	[]
version	A version to inject in the cargo environment variable.	String	optional	“0.0.0”

rust_proto_library

Builds a Rust library crate from a set of proto_librarys.

Example:

load("@io_bazel_rules_rust//proto:proto.bzl", "rust_proto_library")
load("@io_bazel_rules_rust//proto:toolchain.bzl", "PROTO_COMPILE_DEPS")

proto_library(
    name = "my_proto",
    srcs = ["my.proto"]
)

proto_rust_library(
    name = "rust",
    deps = [":my_proto"],
)

rust_binary(
    name = "my_proto_binary",
    srcs = ["my_proto_binary.rs"],
    deps = [":rust"] + PROTO_COMPILE_DEPS,
)

ATTRIBUTES

Name	Description	Type	Mandatory	Default
name	A unique name for this target.	Name	required
deps	List of proto_library dependencies that will be built. One crate for each proto_library will be created with the corresponding stubs.	List of labels	required
rust_deps	The crates the generated library depends on.	List of labels	optional	[“@io_bazel_rules_rust//proto/raze:protobuf”]

rust_proto_toolchain

Declares a Rust Proto toolchain for use.

This is used to configure proto compilation and can be used to set different protobuf compiler plugin.

Example:

Suppose a new nicer gRPC plugin has came out. The new plugin can be used in Bazel by defining a new toolchain definition and declaration:

load('@io_bazel_rules_rust//proto:toolchain.bzl', 'rust_proto_toolchain')

rust_proto_toolchain(
   name="rust_proto_impl",
   grpc_plugin="@rust_grpc//:grpc_plugin",
   grpc_compile_deps=["@rust_grpc//:grpc_deps"],
)

toolchain(
    name="rust_proto",
    exec_compatible_with = [
        "@platforms//cpu:cpuX",
    ],
    target_compatible_with = [
        "@platforms//cpu:cpuX",
    ],
    toolchain = ":rust_proto_impl",
)

Then, either add the label of the toolchain rule to register_toolchains in the WORKSPACE, or pass it to the “--extra_toolchains” flag for Bazel, and it will be used.

See @io_bazel_rules_rust//proto:BUILD for examples of defining the toolchain.

ATTRIBUTES

Name	Description	Type	Mandatory	Default
name	A unique name for this target.	Name	required
edition	The edition used by the generated rust source.	String	optional	“2015”
grpc_plugin	The location of the Rust protobuf compiler plugin to generate rust gRPC stubs.	Label	optional	@io_bazel_rules_rust//proto:protoc_gen_rust_grpc
proto_plugin	The location of the Rust protobuf compiler plugin used to generate rust sources.	Label	optional	@io_bazel_rules_rust//proto:protoc_gen_rust
protoc	The location of the protoc binary. It should be an executable target.	Label	optional	@com_google_protobuf//:protoc

rust_test

Builds a Rust test crate.

Examples:

Suppose you have the following directory structure for a Rust library crate with unit test code in the library sources:

[workspace]/
    WORKSPACE
    hello_lib/
        BUILD
        src/
            lib.rs

hello_lib/src/lib.rs:

pub struct Greeter {
    greeting: String,
}

impl Greeter {
    pub fn new(greeting: &str) -> Greeter {
        Greeter { greeting: greeting.to_string(), }
    }

    pub fn greet(&self, thing: &str) {
        println!("{} {}", &self.greeting, thing);
    }
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod test {
    use super::Greeter;

    #[test]
    fn test_greeting() {
        let hello = Greeter::new("Hi");
        assert_eq!("Hi Rust", hello.greeting("Rust"));
    }
}

To build and run the tests, simply add a rust_test rule with no srcs and only depends on the hello_lib rust_library target:

hello_lib/BUILD:

package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])

load("@io_bazel_rules_rust//rust:rust.bzl", "rust_library", "rust_test")

rust_library(
    name = "hello_lib",
    srcs = ["src/lib.rs"],
)

rust_test(
    name = "hello_lib_test",
    deps = [":hello_lib"],
)

Run the test with bazel build //hello_lib:hello_lib_test.

To run a crate or lib with the #[cfg(test)] configuration, handling inline tests, you should specify the crate directly like so.

rust_test(
    name = "hello_lib_test",
    crate = ":hello_lib",
    # You may add other deps that are specific to the test configuration
    deps = ["//some/dev/dep"],
)

Example: `test` directory

Integration tests that live in the tests directory, they are essentially built as separate crates. Suppose you have the following directory structure where greeting.rs is an integration test for the hello_lib library crate:

[workspace]/
    WORKSPACE
    hello_lib/
        BUILD
        src/
            lib.rs
        tests/
            greeting.rs

hello_lib/tests/greeting.rs:

extern crate hello_lib;

use hello_lib;

#[test]
fn test_greeting() {
    let hello = greeter::Greeter::new("Hello");
    assert_eq!("Hello world", hello.greeting("world"));
}

To build the greeting.rs integration test, simply add a rust_test target with greeting.rs in srcs and a dependency on the hello_lib target:

hello_lib/BUILD:

package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])

load("@io_bazel_rules_rust//rust:rust.bzl", "rust_library", "rust_test")

rust_library(
    name = "hello_lib",
    srcs = ["src/lib.rs"],
)

rust_test(
    name = "greeting_test",
    srcs = ["tests/greeting.rs"],
    deps = [":hello_lib"],
)

Run the test with bazel build //hello_lib:hello_lib_test.

ATTRIBUTES

Name	Description	Type	Mandatory	Default
name	A unique name for this target.	Name	required
aliases	Remap crates to a new name or moniker for linkage to this target These are other rust_library targets and will be presented as the new name given.	Dictionary: Label -> String	optional	{}
crate	Target inline tests declared in the given crate These tests are typically those that would be held out under #[cfg(test)] declarations.	Label	optional	None
crate_features	List of features to enable for this crate. Features are defined in the code using the #[cfg(feature = “foo”)] configuration option. The features listed here will be passed to rustc with --cfg feature=“${feature_name}” flags.	List of strings	optional	[]
crate_root	The file that will be passed to rustc to be used for building this crate. If crate_root is not set, then this rule will look for a lib.rs file (or main.rs for rust_binary) or the single file in srcs if srcs contains only one file.	Label	optional	None
data	List of files used by this rule at runtime. This attribute can be used to specify any data files that are embedded into the library, such as via the include_str! macro.	List of labels	optional	[]
deps	List of other libraries to be linked to this library target. These can be either other rust_library targets or cc_library targets if linking a native library.	List of labels	optional	[]
edition	The rust edition to use for this crate. Defaults to the edition specified in the rust_toolchain.	String	optional	""
out_dir_tar	Deprecated, do not use, see [#cargo_build_script] instead.	Label	optional	None
proc_macro_deps	List of rust_library targets with kind proc-macro used to help build this library target.	List of labels	optional	[]
rustc_env	Dictionary of additional “key”: “value” environment variables to set for rustc.	Dictionary: String -> String	optional	{}
rustc_flags	List of compiler flags passed to rustc.	List of strings	optional	[]
srcs	List of Rust .rs source files used to build the library. If srcs contains more than one file, then there must be a file either named lib.rs. Otherwise, crate_root must be set to the source file that is the root of the crate to be passed to rustc to build this crate.	List of labels	optional	[]
version	A version to inject in the cargo environment variable.	String	optional	“0.0.0”

rust_wasm_bindgen

Generates javascript and typescript bindings for a webassembly module.

ATTRIBUTES

Name	Description	Type	Mandatory	Default
name	A unique name for this target.	Name	required
bindgen_flags	Flags to pass directly to the bindgen executable. See https://github.com/rustwasm/wasm-bindgen/ for details.	List of strings	optional	[]
wasm_file	The .wasm file to generate bindings for.	Label	optional	None

rust_wasm_bindgen_toolchain

The tools required for the rust_wasm_bindgen rule.

ATTRIBUTES

Name	Description	Type	Mandatory	Default
name	A unique name for this target.	Name	required
bindgen	The label of a bindgen executable.	Label	optional	None

cargo_build_script

Compile and execute a rust build script to generate build attributes

This rules take the same arguments as rust_binary.

Example:

Suppose you have a crate with a cargo build script build.rs:

[workspace]/
    hello_lib/
        BUILD
        build.rs
        src/
            lib.rs

Then you want to use the build script in the following:

hello_lib/BUILD:

package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])

load("@io_bazel_rules_rust//rust:rust.bzl", "rust_binary", "rust_library")
load("@io_bazel_rules_rust//cargo:cargo_build_script.bzl", "cargo_build_script")

# This will run the build script from the root of the workspace, and
# collect the outputs.
cargo_build_script(
    name = "build_script",
    srcs = ["build.rs"],
    # Data are shipped during execution.
    data = ["src/lib.rs"],
    # Environment variables passed during build.rs execution
    build_script_env = {"CARGO_PKG_VERSION": "0.1.2"},
)

rust_library(
    name = "hello_lib",
    srcs = [
        "src/lib.rs",
    ],
    deps = [":build_script"],
)

The hello_lib target will be build with the flags and the environment variables declared by the build script in addition to the file generated by it.

PARAMETERS

Name	Description	Default Value
name	-	none
crate_name	-	""
crate_features	-	[]
deps	-	[]
build_script_env	-	{}
kwargs	-	none

rust_bindgen_library

Generates a rust source file for header, and builds a rust_library.

Arguments are the same as rust_bindgen, and kwargs are passed directly to rust_library.

PARAMETERS

Name	Description	Default Value
name	-	none
header	-	none
cc_lib	-	none
bindgen_flags	-	None
clang_flags	-	None
kwargs	-	none

Rust rules

rust_benchmark

rust_binary

rust_bindgen

rust_bindgen_toolchain

rust_doc

rust_doc_test

rust_grpc_library

rust_library

rust_proto_library

rust_proto_toolchain

rust_test

Example: test directory

rust_wasm_bindgen

rust_wasm_bindgen_toolchain

cargo_build_script

rust_bindgen_library

Example: `test` directory