while writing a golang webserver I had to use some sort of cache so i chose redis.
I had the need for some sort of function that takes any structure and saves it as is to redis as a value.
Is there any way to do this without using the interface{} as a receiving parameter or repeating myself too much and still staying type safe?
Encode the struct value to a []byte using the gob, json or similar encoding package. Store the []byte in Redis. Reverse the process when fetching the data.
Assuming a Redis client with methods for Set and Get, the code using the JSON package will look something like this:
func set(c *RedisClient, key string, value interface{}) error {
p, err := json.Marshal(value)
if err != nil {
return err
}
return c.Set(key, p)
}
func get(c *RedisClient, key string, dest interface{}) error {
p, err := c.Get(key)
if err != nil {
return err
}
return json.Unmarshal(p, dest)
}
Use it like this to save a value:
var v someType
if err := set(c, key, v); err != nil {
// handle error
}
and like this to retrieve a value. Note that a pointer to the value is passed to get.
var v someType
if err := get(c, key, &v); err != nil {
// handle error
}
The details will need to adjusted depending on the Redis client that you are using.
This approach avoids repetition and is type safe as long as the application sets and gets values for a given key using the same type.
Related
I'm using range to loop through an array of structs to extract data which will be used as a URL parameter for my API calls. Within this loop, I'm trying to push response data from one struct to another.
I'm able to get everything working, except for moving data from one struct to another, but not entirely sure how to solve for the errors I keep getting. I've tried multiple methods and seem to be stuck in the mud here for something I don't consider to be too hard, until now... In my code I'm using the append method but I'm not so sure that might be the correct way to proceed.
Presenting my code:
models.go
//Here is my existing struct, with populated data that I get from a CSV
type TravelItenaries struct {
Origin string
Destination string
Flight_num string
Origin_latitude string
Origin_longitude string
Destination_latitude string
Destination_longitude string
Origin_weather string
Destination_weather string
Coordinates_ori string
Coordinates_dest string
Temp_c_ori string
Temp_f_ori string
Temp_c_dest string
Temp_f_dest string
}
//Here is the response data that I'm expected to get from my API calls.
//I'm trying to "push" Temp_c_dest and Temp_f_dest data into TravelItenaries.Temp_f_dest and TravelItenaries.Temp_c_dest
//While also changing the data types to fit above.
type Response struct {
Current struct {
LastUpdatedEpoch int `json:"last_updated_epoch"`
LastUpdated string `json:"last_updated"`
Temp_c_dest float64 `json:"temp_c"`
Temp_c_dest float64 `json:"temp_f"`
IsDay int `json:"is_day"`
} `json:"current"
}
weather.go
func (s *Server) getWeather(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
// open file
f, err := os.Open("challenge_dataset.csv")
if err != nil {
responses.ERROR(w, http.StatusBadRequest, fmt.Errorf("helpful error"))
return
}
// remember to close the file at the end of the program
defer f.Close()
// read csv values using csv.Reader
csvReader := csv.NewReader(f)
data, err := csvReader.ReadAll()
if err != nil {
responses.ERROR(w, http.StatusBadRequest, fmt.Errorf("helpful error"))
return
}
// convert records to array of structs
travelItenaries := createTravelItenaries(data)
// remove duplicate flight records
cleanTravelItenaries:= remDupKeys(travelItenaries)
// set up params for API get request
params := url.Values{
"key": []string{"xxx"},
"q": []string{""},
}
// Construct URL for API request
u := &url.URL{
Scheme: "https",
Host: "api.weatherapi.com",
Path: "/v1/current.json",
RawQuery: params.Encode(),
}
client := &http.Client{}
// Will need this to populate the params using a range over a struct
values := u.Query()
// loop through cleaned data set
for _, service := range cleanTravelItenaries {
// dynamically acquire data from struct to pass as parameter
values.Set("q", service.Coordinates_dest)
u.RawQuery = values.Encode()
req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", u.String(), nil)
if err != nil {
responses.ERROR(w, http.StatusBadRequest, fmt.Errorf("helpful error"))
return
}
resp, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
responses.ERROR(w, http.StatusBadRequest, fmt.Errorf("helpful error"))
return
}
body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
// create empty struct to parse response data with using Inmarshal
var responseData models.Response
json.Unmarshal(body, &responseData)
// Here is the issue, I don't think append might be the correct procedure here?
// I simply just need to pass this response data to my already existing struct
service.Temp_c_dest = append(responseData.Current.Temp_c_dest , cleanTravelItenaries )
service.Temp_f_dest = append(responseData.Current.Temp_f_dest , cleanTravelItenaries )
}
}
The errors I get are related to both append statements at the end of the range function.
first argument to append must be slice; have float64
first argument to append must be slice; have float64
for both append methods.
Also, note how type TravelItenaries struct uses string type for:
Temp_c_dest string
Temp_f_dest string
Hence why I also need to do some field type conversion from Float64 to string.
How can I extract the fields Temp_c_dest and Temp_f_dest from API response struct to TravelItenaries struct fields while changing datatypes?
EDIT:
I've managed to get this somewhat working, but only inside the for loop. The data is not being saved outside the function.
service.Temp_f_dest = strconv.FormatFloat(responseData.Current.Temp_f_dest, 'g', -1, 64)
service.Temp_c_dest = strconv.FormatFloat(responseData.Current.Temp_c_dest, 'g', -1, 64)
When working with DynamoDB in Golang, if a call to query has more results, it will set LastEvaluatedKey on the QueryOutput, which you can then pass in to your next call to query as ExclusiveStartKey to pick up where you left off.
This works great when the values stay in Golang. However, I am writing a paginated API endpoint, so I would like to serialize this key so I can hand it back to the client as a pagination token. Something like this, where something is the magic package that does what I want:
type GetDomainObjectsResponse struct {
Items []MyDomainObject `json:"items"`
NextToken string `json:"next_token"`
}
func GetDomainObjects(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
// ... parse query params, set up dynamoIn ...
dynamoIn.ExclusiveStartKey = something.Decode(params.NextToken)
dynamoOut, _ := db.Query(dynamoIn)
response := GetDomainObjectsResponse{}
dynamodbattribute.UnmarshalListOfMaps(dynamoOut.Items, &response.Items)
response.NextToken := something.Encode(dynamoOut.LastEvaluatedKey)
// ... marshal and write the response ...
}
(please forgive any typos in the above, it's a toy version of the code I whipped up quickly to isolate the issue)
Because I'll need to support several endpoints with different search patterns, I would love a way to generate pagination tokens that doesn't depend on the specific search key.
The trouble is, I haven't found a clean and generic way to serialize the LastEvaluatedKey. You can marshal it directly to JSON (and then e.g. base64 encode it to get a token), but doing so is not reversible. LastEvaluatedKey is a map[string]types.AttributeValue, and types.AttributeValue is an interface, so while the json encoder can read it, it can't write it.
For example, the following code panics with panic: json: cannot unmarshal object into Go value of type types.AttributeValue.
lastEvaluatedKey := map[string]types.AttributeValue{
"year": &types.AttributeValueMemberN{Value: "1993"},
"title": &types.AttributeValueMemberS{Value: "Benny & Joon"},
}
bytes, err := json.Marshal(lastEvaluatedKey)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
decoded := map[string]types.AttributeValue{}
err = json.Unmarshal(bytes, &decoded)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
What I would love would be a way to use the DynamoDB-flavored JSON directly, like what you get when you run aws dynamodb query on the CLI. Unfortunately the golang SDK doesn't support this.
I suppose I could write my own serializer / deserializer for the AttributeValue types, but that's more effort than this project deserves.
Has anyone found a generic way to do this?
OK, I figured something out.
type GetDomainObjectsResponse struct {
Items []MyDomainObject `json:"items"`
NextToken string `json:"next_token"`
}
func GetDomainObjects(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
// ... parse query params, set up dynamoIn ...
eskMap := map[string]string{}
json.Unmarshal(params.NextToken, &eskMap)
esk, _ = dynamodbattribute.MarshalMap(eskMap)
dynamoIn.ExclusiveStartKey = esk
dynamoOut, _ := db.Query(dynamoIn)
response := GetDomainObjectsResponse{}
dynamodbattribute.UnmarshalListOfMaps(dynamoOut.Items, &response.Items)
lek := map[string]string{}
dynamodbattribute.UnmarshalMap(dynamoOut.LastEvaluatedKey, &lek)
response.NextToken := json.Marshal(lek)
// ... marshal and write the response ...
}
(again this is my real solution hastily transferred back to the toy problem, so please forgive any typos)
As #buraksurdar pointed out, attributevalue.Unmarshal takes an inteface{}. Turns out in addition to a concrete type, you can pass in a map[string]string, and it just works.
I believe this will NOT work if the AttributeValue is not flat, so this isn't a general solution [citation needed]. But my understanding is the LastEvaluatedKey returned from a call to Query will always be flat, so it works for this usecase.
Inspired by Dan, here is a solution to serialize and deserialize to/from base64
package dynamodb_helpers
import (
"encoding/base64"
"encoding/json"
"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/feature/dynamodb/attributevalue"
"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/dynamodb/types"
)
func Serialize(input map[string]types.AttributeValue) (*string, error) {
var inputMap map[string]interface{}
err := attributevalue.UnmarshalMap(input, &inputMap)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
bytesJSON, err := json.Marshal(inputMap)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
output := base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(bytesJSON)
return &output, nil
}
func Deserialize(input string) (map[string]types.AttributeValue, error) {
bytesJSON, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(input)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
outputJSON := map[string]interface{}{}
err = json.Unmarshal(bytesJSON, &outputJSON)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
return attributevalue.MarshalMap(outputJSON)
}
Original Question
When using the Update method in GORM the new data does not get saved. i.e. I want to set a bool from true to false, but it stays true even after the Update method.
In the description of the method there is a warning: "WARNING when update with struct, GORM will not update fields that with zero value"
Since I am using a struct to update and false is the zero value of bool, this seems expected behaviour, but I don't see any reason why to do so and how to overcome this.
func UpdateData(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
db := database.DBConn
data := new([]entities.Data)
if err := c.BodyParser(&data); err != nil {
return err
}
db.Update(&data)
return c.JSON(data)
}
Solution Summary
First, as suggested I left out the new keyword when instantiating the structs. Then, I used a helper function (from here) for converting a struct to map while keeping the json alias as keys:
// StructToMap Converts a struct to a map while maintaining the json alias as keys
func StructToMap(obj interface{}) (newMap map[string]interface{}, err error) {
data, err := json.Marshal(obj)
if err != nil {
return
}
err = json.Unmarshal(data, &newMap) // Convert to a map
return
}
Then I loop over each element in the data slice in order to convert it and update it one by one:
func UpdateData(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
db := database.DBConn
data := []entities.Dard{}
if err := c.BodyParser(&data); err != nil {
return err
}
for _, record := range data {
mappedData, _ := StructToMap(record)
db.Model(&entities.Data{}).Update(mappedData)
}
return c.JSON(data)
}
*Error handling is obviously reduced in this example.
From official doc
NOTE When update with struct, GORM will only update non-zero
fields, you might want to use map to update attributes or use Select
to specify fields to update
So use map[string]interface{} to update non-zero fields also. Example:
db.Model(&user).Updates(map[string]interface{}{"name": "hello", "age": 18, "actived": false})
As you have struct already you can convert struct into map[string]interface{} (See details about conversion) then update. Another way is change the type of field as pointer.
I have a use case where I have the code as below. I have a request coming in to hit the backend where I need to append data to a map. My question is how do I convert the below type to a []byte to unmarshal?
Any ideas would be appreciated.
type Example struct {
Category string `json:"category"`
Name string `json:"name"`
}
Incoming Postman request json looks like this:
[{"Category":"TestCategory", "Name":"Sample1"}]
but after doing
jsonString Type: []Example
if err := gc.ShouldBindJSON(&jsonString) it looks like [{TestCategory Sample1}] ; how do I convert this to a []byte?
for _, req := range blob{
var jsonString Example
if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(jsonString), &blob); err != nil { //this does not work
logger.Fatal(err)
}
//I am checking if a key-value is present and appending it to the map
dict := make(map[string][]Example)
dict[req.Category] = append(dict[req.Category], req)
fmt.Println(dict)
if value, ok := dict["TestCategory"]; ok {
fmt.Printf("Found %d\n", value)
} else {
fmt.Println("not found")
}
}
//I was able to test the above logic by declaring the jsonString as a const and it works
There are two directions in which you can move the data:
from JSON to a Go data structure
// This is your payload coming from the request.
jsonStr := `[{"Category":"TestCategory", "Name":"Sample1"}]`
// This is the Go struct that will hold the unmarshalled data.
var examples []Example
err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(jsonStr), &examples)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
fmt.Println("Examples:", examples) // prints "Examples: [{TestCategory Sample1}]"
from a Go data structure to JSON (either string or []byte)
exampleBytes, err := json.Marshal(examples)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
fmt.Println("Example bytes:", string(exampleBytes)) // prints "Example bytes: [{"category":"TestCategory","name":"Sample1"}]"
You should check out "Go by Example" if you haven't already: https://gobyexample.com/json
Looking at your code:
You are looping on blob but instead of using the req you are trying to unmarshal onto the entire blob each time. I'm not sure what you are trying to achieve there but nothing good can come out of changing a struct you're looping over from within the loop.
The request JSON you are listing is an array of JSON objects. You are trying to unmarshal that into a single Example struct. That won't work, you need an array of those.
I'm trying to build a generic function which will parse input (in JSON) into a specified structure. The structure may vary at run-time, based on parameters which are passed to the function. I'm currently trying to achieve this by passing an object of the right type and using reflect.New() to create a new output object of the same type.
I'm then parsing the JSON into this object, and scanning the fields.
If I create the object and specify the type in code, everything works. If I pass an object and try to create a replica, I get an "invalid indirect" error a few steps down (see code).
import (
"fmt"
"reflect"
"encoding/json"
"strings"
)
type Test struct {
FirstName *string `json:"FirstName"`
LastName *string `json:"LastName"`
}
func genericParser(incomingData *strings.Reader, inputStructure interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
//******* Use the line below and things work *******
//parsedInput := new(Test)
//******* Use vvv the line below and things don't work *******
parsedInput := reflect.New(reflect.TypeOf(inputStructure))
decoder := json.NewDecoder(incomingData)
err := decoder.Decode(&parsedInput)
if err != nil {
//parsing error
return nil, err
}
//******* This is the line that generates the error "invalid indirect of parsedInput (type reflect.Value)" *******
contentValues := reflect.ValueOf(*parsedInput)
for i := 0; i < contentValues.NumField(); i++ {
//do stuff with each field
fmt.Printf("Field name was: %s\n", reflect.TypeOf(parsedInput).Elem().Field(i).Name)
}
return parsedInput, nil
}
func main() {
inputData := strings.NewReader("{\"FirstName\":\"John\", \"LastName\":\"Smith\"}")
exampleObject := new(Test)
processedData, err := genericParser(inputData, exampleObject)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Parsing error")
} else {
fmt.Printf("Success: %v", processedData)
}
}
If I can't create a replica of the object, then a way of updating / returning the one supplied would be feasible. The key thing is that this function must be completely agnostic to the different structures available.
reflect.New isn't a direct analog to new, as it can't return a specific type, it only can return a reflect.Value. This means that you are attempting to unmarshal into a *reflect.Value, which obviously isn't going to work (even if it did, your code would have passed in **Type, which isn't what you want either).
Use parsedInput.Interface() to get the underlying value after creating the new value to unmarshal into. You then don't need to reflect on the same value a second time, as that would be a reflect.Value of a reflect.Value, which again isn't going to do anything useful.
Finally, you need to use parsedInput.Interface() before you return, otherwise you are returning the reflect.Value rather than the value of the input type.
For example:
func genericParser(incomingData io.Reader, inputStructure interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
parsedInput := reflect.New(reflect.TypeOf(inputStructure).Elem())
decoder := json.NewDecoder(incomingData)
err := decoder.Decode(parsedInput.Interface())
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
for i := 0; i < parsedInput.Elem().NumField(); i++ {
fmt.Printf("Field name was: %s\n", parsedInput.Type().Elem().Field(i).Name)
}
return parsedInput.Interface(), nil
}
https://play.golang.org/p/CzDrj6sgQNt