Golang routing in different controllers - go

I am new to Golang and I am trying to learn how to do efficient routing. For instance I have a controller folder/directory and inside that controller I want to have different Func/methods with their own unique routes but I do not know how to do that. I have downloaded the github.com/gorilla/mux package and my application looks like this
The main section of my application looks like this and it is working perfectly: tim.go
package main
import(
"net/http"
"fmt"
"github.com/gorilla/mux"
)
func HomeHandler(writer http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
writer.WriteHeader(200)
fmt.Fprintf(writer, "Home!!!\n")
}
func main() {
r := mux.NewRouter()
r.HandleFunc("/home", HomeHandler).Name("bob")
http.Handle("/",r)
http.ListenAndServe(":8000", nil)
}
The issue is how can I get the func/methods inside my Controller file(s) to also display on the browser. My sample.go file does not show in the browser when I go to that URL
package Controllers
import(
"net/http"
"fmt"
"github.com/gorilla/mux"
)
func HomeHandler(writer http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
writer.WriteHeader(200)
fmt.Fprintf(writer, "New Home")
}
func main() {
r := mux.NewRouter()
r.HandleFunc("/new", HomeHandler).Name("bob")
http.Handle("/",r)
http.ListenAndServe(":8000/new", nil)
}
When I go into my browser and type localhost:8000/new it says file not found. Any suggestions would be great

I suppose you run the tim.go file to start the server.
If so, the problem is you don't have the route you're calling /new, you should have an answer with /home.
To do it, you should move your HomeHandler function to Controllers package and then import this package in your main ad instantiate the routes you need.
Hope this helps.

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Blank page when using swaggo/http-swagger with julienschmidt/httprouter

I am making an api and used swaggo/swag to build a swagger interface. Previously, I used the net/http package, and everything was working fine.
I switched to julienschmidt/httprouter, but I don't manage to make the swagger interface work again. Here is my code
package main
import (
"fmt"
"log"
"net/http"
"github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter"
httpSwagger "github.com/swaggo/http-swagger"
)
func main() {
router := httprouter.New()
router.ServeFiles("/api/doc/static/*filepath", http.Dir("api/swagger/static"))
router.HandlerFunc(http.MethodGet, "/api/doc/index.html", swaggerHandler)
// router.HandlerFunc(http.MethodGet, "/api/doc", swaggerHandler)
fmt.Println("Server on port 8080")
log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":8080", router))
}
func swaggerHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
swaggerFileUrl := "http://localhost:8080/api/doc/static/swagger.json"
handler := httpSwagger.Handler(httpSwagger.URL(swaggerFileUrl))
handler.ServeHTTP(w, r)
}
I checked if swaggerFileUrl variable is correct, and I am able to access the json file with this url. The interface is a complete blank page titled "Swagger UI". Because the title is replaced, I am assuming, that something happened, but I don't know if the issue comes from httpSwagger or httprouter.
Edit: Issue is caused because javascript files loading the interface are not present. See this github issue
You can do it like this:
routes := httprouter.New()
routes.GET("/doc/:any", swaggerHandler)
func swaggerHandler(res http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, p httprouter.Params) {
httpSwagger.WrapHandler(res, req)
}
Do not forget import doc files
import (
_ "example.project/docs"
)

How in Golang use struct in other package file?

I am new in Golang and need some help.
As you can see in the code below I am tring to create REST API in Golang. I use mux (Gorilla Mux) and pq (PostgreSQL driver) as third party libraries. Don't want to use ORM.
Inside application.go file I have InitializeRoutes function with a list of all aviable routes. GetFactors function process one of these routes. I am tring to define GetFactors function logic in other file called factors.go. Inside factors.go file I want to use Application struct which was defined in application.go. How to make it correctly? Right now as you can see they are in different packages. For thats why factors.go file don't see Application struct.
Project structure:
main.go
application.go
controllers
factors.go
main.go:
package main
func main() {
application := Application{}
application.Initialization()
application.Run("localhost:8000")
}
application.go:
package main
import (
"database/sql"
"github.com/gorilla/mux"
"log"
"net/http"
"rest-api/configurations"
)
type Application struct {
Router *mux.Router
Database *sql.DB
}
func (application *Application) Initialization() {
var err error
application.Database, err = configurations.DatabaseConnection()
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
application.Router = mux.NewRouter()
application.Router.StrictSlash(true)
application.InitializeRoutes()
}
func (application *Application) Run(address string) {
log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(address, application.Router))
}
func (application *Application) InitializeRoutes() {
application.Router.HandleFunc("/api/factors", application.GetFactors).Methods("GET")
// other code
}
controllers/factors.go:
package controllers
import (
"net/http"
)
func (application *Application) GetFactors(rw http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
// code
}
Well, finally I decided to redesign the project structure.
main.go
routes
routes.go
controllers
factors.go
models
factors.go
main.go:
import (
"your_project_name/routes"
)
func main() {
// code
router := mux.NewRouter()
routes.Use(router)
// code
}
routes/routes.go:
package routes
import (
"github.com/gorilla/mux"
"your_application_name/controllers"
)
func Use(router *mux.Router) {
router.HandleFunc("/api/factors", controllers.GetFactors).Methods("GET")
}
controllers/factors.go:
package controllers
var GetFactors = func(res http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
// code
}

How to access another file in GO

I'm trying to access a controller from main.go but I'm getting the following error:
./main.go:34:28: cannot refer to unexported name controllers.getUserDetails
./main.go:34:28: undefined: controllers.getUserDetails
here's a snippet of my main.go, I've removed some extra code
package main
import (
"net/http"
"os"
"log"
"github.com/urfave/negroni"
"github.com/gorilla/mux"
"github.com/joho/godotenv"
"Go-Social/controllers"
)
func main() {
router := mux.NewRouter()
UserRouter := router.PathPrefix("/api/user").Subrouter()
UserRouter.HandleFunc("", controllers.getUserDetails).Methods("GET")
env := os.Getenv("GO_ENV")
if "" == env {
env = "Development"
}
// appending middlewares
server := negroni.Classic()
// router handler with negroni
server.UseHandler(router)
// starting server
server.Run(":" + os.Getenv(env + "_PORT"))
}
my controller.go file
package controllers
import (
"net/http"
"fmt"
)
func getUserDetails(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
fmt.Println("here")
message := "Hello World"
w.Write([]byte(message))
}
Please Help I'm new to Go. Thanks in advance.
to use a function from another package, you need to export it (GetUserDetails)
as said here
An identifier may be exported to permit access to it from another package
func GetUserDetails(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
fmt.Println("here")
message := "Hello World"
w.Write([]byte(message))
}
Since the getUserDetails function is in another package it cannot be accessed. Only functions starting with capital letter can be accessed. That's how encapsulation works in Go.
func GetUserDetails(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
fmt.Println("here")
message := "Hello World"
w.Write([]byte(message))
}
So in your main:
UserRouter.HandleFunc("", controllers.GetUserDetails).Methods("GET")
Language like Java, enCAPSulation in class-based OOP is achieved through private and public class variables / methods.
In Go, encapsulation is achieved on a package level.
In other words, in Go, starting with capital letter for any package object (type, variable or function) will allow you to access it from another package.

Serve static files with golang

I'm trying to develop a simple web application but I'mhaving problem with serving my static files.
The file structure is:
main
--main.go
-serve
--listenAndServe.go
--templates
---login.html
---assets
----css
----fonts
----js
my code is this:
import (
"log"
"net/http"
"time"
"github.com/gorilla/mux"
)
var (
router = mux.NewRouter()
)
func (c *Conn) ListenAndServe() {
fs := http.FileServer(http.Dir("./templates/assets"))
http.Handle("/assets/", http.StripPrefix("/assets/", fs))
router.HandleFunc("/", c.IndexPageHandler)
router.HandleFunc("/login.html", c.LoginPageHandler)
log.Println("Listening...")
http.Handle("/", router)
muxWithMiddlewares := http.TimeoutHandler(router, time.Minute*30,
"Timeout!")
http.ListenAndServe(":8080", muxWithMiddlewares)
}
But for some reason when I run it from main.go it serves the html but not the assets. I would really apreciate some tips. Thanks!
Try This:
mux.Handle("/static/", http.StripPrefix("/static", fileServer))
Note that static, in your case assets only has a single forward slash within the stripPreFix function.
Hope this helps.

Go MUX controller returns 404

I must be missing something really obvious, but I've created a MUX routed controller and the server returns 404. Running the following:
package main
import (
"fmt"
"log"
"net/http"
"github.com/gorilla/mux"
)
func main() {
router := mux.NewRouter()
router.HandleFunc("/hi", SayHi)
log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":8080", nil))
}
func SayHi(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
fmt.Fprintln(w, "Hi")
}
Visit : http://localhost:8080/hi and I get a 404.
What am I doing wrong?
Just pass router variable as second parameter to http.ListenAndServe() instead of nil

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