Packages/http/Middleware

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

Middleware

Overview

Middleware wraps the next handler in the chain.

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

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

Signature

type Middleware func(Handler) Handler

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.Use(http.Logger(), http.Recover())

Example

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

app.Use(http.Logger(), http.Recover())

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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