# Rust Object Storage Plugin
**URL:** https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/t/rust-object-storage-plugin/3141
**Category:** Google Groups archive
**Created:** [November 21, 2022, 9:14pm UTC](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/t/rust-object-storage-plugin/3141 "2022-11-21T21:14:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Andrew\_Webber](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/u/Andrew_Webber)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2022, 9:14pm UTC](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/t/rust-object-storage-plugin/3141/1 "2022-11-21T21:14:46Z")
Hello everyone,
finally got round to finding some spare side-project time and wanted to share this showcase for anyone interested.
The sample shows change notifications and implements S3 storage as a “StorageArea”. Integration is performed using the C/C++ SDK.
[https://github.com/andrewwebber/orthanc-rust-plugins](https://github.com/andrewwebber/orthanc-rust-plugins)
Apologies in advance if the README is lacking.
kind regards,
Andrew
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### Author:  [@jodogne](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/u/jodogne)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2022, 5:51pm UTC](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/t/rust-object-storage-plugin/3141/2 "2022-11-23T17:51:06Z")
Dear Andrew,
This is a great achievement! Thanks for sharing!
I have just indexed your plugin in the Orthanc Book:
[https://book.orthanc-server.com/plugins.html#rust-plugins](https://book.orthanc-server.com/plugins.html#rust-plugins)
I would look forward to a talk about this topic at the next edition of the Orthanc conference 😉
Regards,
Sébastien-
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### Author:  [@Christopher](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/u/Christopher)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2022, 10:00am UTC](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/t/rust-object-storage-plugin/3141/3 "2022-11-25T10:00:43Z")
Hi Andrew,
That’s very interesting. May I ask that the RUST code is binded into the C++ order it is compiled to native lib which is compatible with C++ ?
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### Author:  [@Andrew\_Webber](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/u/Andrew_Webber)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2022, 11:25am UTC](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/t/rust-object-storage-plugin/3141/4 "2022-11-25T11:25:03Z")
Hi tdpar…,
The Rust code must first be complied to a system dynamic library
- –crate-type=cdylib, #![crate\_type = “cdylib”] - A dynamic system library will be produced. This is used when compiling a dynamic library to be loaded from another language. This output type will create \*.so files on Linux, \*.dylib files on macOS, and \*.dll files on Windows.
The Rust code is actually loaded dynamically into memory by Orthanc via the plugin architecture.
[https://hg.orthanc-server.com/orthanc/file/tip/OrthancFramework/Sources/SharedLibrary.cpp#l47](https://hg.orthanc-server.com/orthanc/file/tip/OrthancFramework/Sources/SharedLibrary.cpp#l47)
The Rust plugin only needs to be compiled with a C runtime version that matches the same C runtime version used by the Orthanc installation.
For example on an ubuntu machine:
ldd --version
ldd (Ubuntu GLIBC 2.31-0ubuntu9.9) 2.31
On an Arch Linux machine:
ldd --version
ldd (GNU libc) 2.36
kind regards,
Andrew
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### Author:  [@walco](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/u/walco)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2022, 12:01pm UTC](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/t/rust-object-storage-plugin/3141/5 "2022-11-25T12:01:23Z")
Hi Andrew,
Thanks for sharing! I had attempted a simple plugin before, but Rust FFI is not for the uninitiated, I learned quite a lot when checking out your code.
Am I correct in assuming the bindgen approach could be extended into a base library that would allow others to create pure (safe) Rust plugins?
Regards
Walco
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### Author:  [@Andrew\_Webber](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/u/Andrew_Webber)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2022, 9:17pm UTC](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/t/rust-object-storage-plugin/3141/6 "2022-11-26T21:17:11Z")
Hi Walco,
I updated the sample to use a public dependency which contains the pre-generated bindings.
[https://crates.io/crates/orthanc-plugin-bindings](https://crates.io/crates/orthanc-plugin-bindings)
This should hopefully make plugin development easier for you.
As shown below one can simply add this dependency.
[dependencies]
orthanc-plugin-bindings = “0.1”
kind regards,
Andrew
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### Author:  [@walco](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/u/walco)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2022, 7:51am UTC](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/t/rust-object-storage-plugin/3141/7 "2022-11-30T07:51:05Z")
Hi Andrew,
Thanks a lot! I will try it out and see if I can expand on it. Would be great to gain the possibility of creating pure Rust plugins with an idiomatic API.
Regards
Walco