Sample REST Api in GO

Clone the repo:

$ git clone https://github.com/irfanbaigse/sample-rest-api-go

Compile and install the code with:

$ go install

In the project directory, run the application:

$ PORT=8191 ./bin/rest-api

Make a HTTP request to the application:

Deploying To Heroku

Create a Heroku account here

$ brew install heroku

$ heroku login

$ heroku create -b https://github.com/kr/heroku-buildpack-go.git sample-rest-api-go

$ git push heroku master

now goto https://sample-rest-api-go.herokuapp.com

By default, your app is deployed on a free dyno. Free dynos will sleep after a half hour of inactivity. To avoid that run below command and make sure your account is verified.

$ heroku ps:scale web=1