basic-rest-example

Golang basic REST api example

Is a basic example how you can build a simple REST API in Go with go-chi and zap.

Based on https://github.com/golangdk

Used Packages

• https://github.com/uber-go/zap
• https://github.com/go-chi/chi
• https://github.com/go-chi/render
• https://cs.opensource.google/go/x/sync
• https://github.com/matryer/is
• https://github.com/go-playground/validator
• https://github.com/ggwhite/go-masker

Environment Variables

In this example we use some different ENV vars:

Features

• Basic RST-API with go-chi
• Singleton logger
• Request & Response Examples
• validation against post requests
• mask of personal information in response

Prerequisite

• golang >= 1.19.x

How to run

git clone git@github.com:bastian-kurz/go-basic-rest-example.git && cd go-basic-rest-example

HOST=localhost PORT=8081 go run cmd/server/main.go

or

make start

Endpoints

## Get specific user
GET http://localhost:8081/api/user/10
Accept: application/json

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## Get a list of user
GET http://localhost:8081/api/user
Accept: application/json

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## Valid Request

POST http://localhost:8081/api/user
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "userName": "doe",
  "email": "john.doe@testsubject.de",
  "firstName": "John",
  "lastName": "Doe",
  "password":"foobar"
}

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## Invalid Request

POST http://localhost:8081/api/user
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "userName": "!!",
  "email": "john.doe@@@testsubject.de",
  "firstName": "John",
  "lastName": "Doe13",
  "password":"foobar"
}

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