# cargo_metadata
Structured access to the output of `cargo metadata`. Usually used from within a `cargo-*` executable.
Also supports serialization to aid in implementing `--message-format=json`-like
output generation in `cargo-*` subcommands, since some of the types in what
`cargo --message-format=json` emits are exactly the same as the ones from `cargo metadata`.
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[](https://crates.io/crates/cargo_metadata)
[Documentation](https://docs.rs/cargo_metadata/)