Packages/http/App

Node: express, cors, helmet, morgangithub.com/sahilkhaire/gox/http

App

Overview

App is the root HTTP application (Express app).

Part of the http package — Node.js analog: express, cors, helmet, morgan.

App is a type exported by gox. Methods on this type are documented separately.

Signature

type App struct {
	// contains filtered or unexported fields
}

Compare: Node.js · Standard Go · gox

Node.js

// Typical express, cors, helmet, morgan pattern in Node.js

Standard Go

func handler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
    // chi or net/http
}

gox

import "github.com/sahilkhaire/gox/http"

app := http.New()
app.Get("/", func(c *http.Ctx) error {
    return c.JSON(200, map[string]string{"ok": "true"})
})

Example

import "github.com/sahilkhaire/gox/http"

app := http.New()
app.Get("/", func(c *http.Ctx) error {
    return c.JSON(200, map[string]string{"ok": "true"})
})

Tips

Stack Logger, Recover, and Security middleware the way you would morgan + helmet in Express.

Standard library alternative

Use the standard library directly:

func handler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
    // chi or net/http
}

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