REST Methods

[tfasano1]

From my research of the docs, net/http only handles GET and POST requests. Are there plans to use a mux which can handle PUT or DELETE requests? You can trigger these requests from the templates just like any other form element using htmx.

Using Post for deleting/updating will have consequences, since Post isn't idempotent.

[tfasano1]

The gorilla mux looks like a solution, but maybe we can get away with enabling CORS requests on the web server? Let me know any input you have.

https://code.whatever.social/questions/46310113/consume-a-delete-endpoint-from-go

[pattmax00]

I think you have to make PUT and DELETE requests with fetch
https://stackoverflow.com/a/68529248
I will look into CORS

[tfasano1]

As far as the backend / middleware goes, should delete routes / controllers be in their own go files? I've tried supporting multiple methods on handles /users/{id} (sending DELETE would delete the user, sending PUT to that same url would update the user's info) but in the current setup of this project each url handle is limited to one http method.

I'm aware you can sort of achieve what I'm trying to do by switching on the request method, like this https://git.sr.ht/~m15o/midnight-pub/tree/master/item/ui/post_remove.go , but in this framework handlers are segregated by http method into separate controller files. Is there an intended work-around for this issue ?

[pattmax00]

New controller files should be named and created according to their purpose like userController.go I should change this and make it more clear in the default setup.

For routes, I suggest having a couple big master files, so it's easy to find the logic associated with them (eg. user reports an error on page /url/thing/example).

So for your use case I'd say make a new routes file called multiMethodRoutes.go (or whatever name you find better) and those can be tied to Go functions that are tied to a switch statement like in the example you gave (the controllers these functions exist in should just be grouped by use case, so it's fine to have a controller with functions for GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE requests if needed). It's really all just a naming convention though, you could define these routes in getRoutes.go or postRoutes.go but that would be improper.

Hopefully this all makes sense.

[tfasano1]

Big help! Thanks