weather monster API

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Simple REST API in Golang

uses

• Go 1.15
• Go mods
• go-chi
• database sql and go sql driver
• mysql
• db migrations library

build & run (macOS and *nix based OS)

• mysql in localhost, create a DB <weather_monster> or any other in the env variable (DB_NAME), and set username and password in env variables (DB_USER and DB_PASS). Otherwise username root and password root will be set.

• build with make, with the command make build

• run the tests, with the command make test

• (optional) format the code with the command make fmt

• (optional) a linter is available using those commands make lint-prepare and make lint

• run the project with the command make web and by default uses port 9000

• Docker TBD

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• the dependencies management is from go mods, use go mod tidy to set up the dependencies and go mod vendor to use the vendor folder.

out of scope

• the http request are not validated at all

• not mocking tests are done since all the logic resides in db queries. Some tests in http APIs only

• not documented to run it on Windows

• error handling is just the basics

• no dockerfile since is not deployed yet

• no godocs for the PoC