⚡ Golang Http API

• Golang JSON REST API using Gorilla Mux as the HTTP router and URL matcher. Tutorial code from Devstackr, Youtube video: Build a RESTful HTTP API in Golang w/ Mux
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📄 Table of contents

• ⚡ Golang Http API
  • 📄 Table of contents
  • 📚 General info
  • 📷 Screenshots
  • 📶 Technologies
  • 💾 Setup
  • 💻 Code Examples
  • 🆒 Features
  • 📋 Status & To-do list
  • 👏 Inspiration
  • 📁 License
  • ✉️ Contact

📚 General info

• Go’s default request handler signature is func (w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request)

📷 Screenshots

📶 Technologies

• go version go1.14 windows/amd64 programming language
• Gorilla web toolkit HTTP request multiplexer

💾 Setup

• You need to download & install Go
• Set the path of your workspace location in your platform Environment Variables
• Install Go in Visual Studio
• Install the Go toolchain in Visual Studio

💻 Code Examples

• function to get a post using the Gorilla mux, with pointer type *http.Request

func getPost(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
  // get the ID of the post from the route parameter
  // golang method strconv.Atoi is equivalent to ParseInt(s, 10, 0), converted to type int.
  ar idParam string = mux.Vars(r)["id"]
  id, err := strconv.Atoi(idParam)
  if err != nil {
    // there was an error
    w.WriteHeader(400)
    w.Write([]byte("ID could not be converted to integer"))
    return
  }

🆒 Features

• Method to delete post using append slice-manipulation

📋 Status & To-do list

• Status: Working
• To-do: Nothing

👏 Inspiration

• All code from Devstackr, Youtube video: Build a RESTful HTTP API in Golang w/ Mux
• Hugo Johnsson: Medium article REST-API with Golang and Mux
• Go Web Examples: Routing (using gorilla/mux)

📁 License

• This project is licensed under the terms of the MIT license.

✉️ Contact

• Repo created by ABateman, email: gomezbateman@yahoo.com