todos.md

Rust HTTP Client Libraries (add to Cargo.toml):

[dependencies]
reqwest = { version = "0.11", features = ["json"] }
serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
serde_json = "1.0"
tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
md5 = "0.7"

VS Code Extensions for API Work:

code --install-extension humao.rest-client
code --install-extension rangav.vscode-thunder-client
code --install-extension ms-vscode.vscode-json

Environment Testing:

Verify the REST API tooling setup:

# Test httpie is working
http --version

# Test fx JSON processor
echo '{"test": "data"}' | fx

# Test jq JSON processor  
echo '{"test": "data"}' | jq '.test'

# Test xh (modern httpie alternative)
xh --version

Marvel API Attribution: All Marvel API usage must include: "Data provided by Marvel. © 2025 MARVEL"

Install Vercel CLI

npm install -g vercel

Login to Vercel

vercel login

Link project for deployment

vercel link

**Environment Variables for Vercel:**

```sh

## Set Marvel API credentials for Vercel deployment

# For authorized users: reference actual values from ~/Code/Projects/Marvel-API-Private/secrets/.env.marvel

vercel env add MARVEL_PUBLIC_KEY
vercel env add MARVEL_PRIVATE_KEY

Terraform

For multi-cloud infrastructure management: vercel env add MARVEL_PRIVATE_KEY

## Install Terraform

brew install terraform

## Install Terraform Language Server for VS Code

code --install-extension hashicorp.terraform

# Verify installation

terraform --version

Initialize Terraform for AWS:

## Work from an organized Code directory

cd ~/Code/Projects

## Create Terraform configuration directory

mkdir -p terraform-aws-infrastructure
cd terraform-aws-infrastructure

## Create main.tf for AWS provider

cat > main.tf << 'EOF'
terraform {
  required_providers {
    aws = {
      source  = "hashicorp/aws"
      version = "~> 5.0"
    }
  }
}

provider "aws" {
  region  = "us-east-1"
  profile = "rnd"  # or "websites"
}
EOF

## Initialize Terraform

terraform init