Rust TCP/JSON server implementation

src/server.rs

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+use json;
+use std::{
+    io::prelude::*,
+    net::{IpAddr, TcpListener, TcpStream},
+    thread,
+};
+
+pub fn start(address: IpAddr, port: u16) {
+    let address_string = format!("{address}:{port}");
+
+    let listener = TcpListener::bind(&address_string).unwrap_or_else(|error| {
+        panic!("Problem starting listener: {error:?}");
+    });
+
+    println!("Listening for connections on {address_string}");
+
+    for stream in listener.incoming() {
+        let stream = stream.unwrap();
+
+        thread::spawn(|| {
+            handle_connection(stream);
+        });
+    }
+}
+
+fn handle_connection(mut stream: TcpStream) {
+    let mut buffer = String::new();
+    stream
+        .read_to_string(&mut buffer)
+        .expect("Unable to read from buffer!");
+
+    let json_request = json::parse(&buffer).expect("Malformed JSON!");
+
+    match json_request["command"].as_str().unwrap() {
+        "ping" => println!("ping"),
+        "compile" => {
+            let program = &json_request["code"].as_str().unwrap();
+            println!("compile code:\n\n{program}\n");
+        }
+        _ => panic!("Unexpected command!"),
+    }
+}