go-todo

go-todo

Demo REST API in Go written for an IEEE workshop

Running locally

First install Go, then clone the project repository and finally run it using:

go run main.go

The database file, todo.db, will be created automatically if it doesn't exist already.

curl commands

You can use cURL to make HTTP requests from the command line and interact with the REST API.

GET all

To get all TODO items:

curl -s -X GET 'http://localhost:8080/todos' | jq

GET one

To get all TODO items by its ID (for example one with ID 2):

curl -s -X GET 'http://localhost:8080/todo/2' | jq

POST

To create some TODO items:

curl -s -X POST -d '{"description":"number 1 test todo", "done":false}' 'http://localhost:8080/todo' | jq
curl -s -X POST -d '{"description":"number 2 test todo", "done":false}' 'http://localhost:8080/todo' | jq
curl -s -X POST -d '{"description":"number 3 test todo", "done":false}' 'http://localhost:8080/todo' | jq
curl -s -X POST -d '{"description":"number 4 test todo", "done":false}' 'http://localhost:8080/todo' | jq
curl -s -X POST -d '{"description":"number 5 test todo", "done":false}' 'http://localhost:8080/todo' | jq
curl -s -X POST -d '{"description":"number 60 test todo", "done":true}' 'http://localhost:8080/todo' | jq
curl -s -X POST -d '{"description":"number 7 test todo", "done":true}'  'http://localhost:8080/todo' | jq

PUT

To change a TODO item by its ID (for example the one with ID 6):

curl -s -X PUT -d '{"description":"number 6 test todo","done":true}' 'http://localhost:8080/todo/6' | jq

DELETE

To DELETE a TODO item by its ID (for example the one with ID 7):

curl -s -X DELETE 'http://localhost:8080/todo/7' | jq