http HandleFunc argument in golang - go

Question

I want to use a rate limiting or throttler library to limit the number of client requests. I use a vendor library in my code base. I want to pass in a ResponseWriter, Request and a third variable retrieved from the URL. When I use the library for throttling, it gives me back a handler that only handles two arguments. How can I pass my third argument into the handler?
Here is my current code:
package main
import (
"fmt"
"github.com/didip/tollbooth"
"net/http"
)
func viewHandler(
w http.ResponseWriter,
r *http.Request,
uniqueId string,
) {
//data := getData(uniqueId)
fmt.Println("Id:", uniqueId)
p := &objects.ModelApp{LoggedUser: "Ryan Hardy", ViewData: "data"}
renderTemplate(w, "view", p)
}
//URL validation for basic web services
var validPath = regexp.MustCompile("^/$|/(home|about|view)/(|[a-zA-Z0-9]+)$")
func makeHandler(
fn func(
http.ResponseWriter,
*http.Request, string,
)) http.HandlerFunc {
return func(
w http.ResponseWriter,
r *http.Request,
) {
m := validPath.FindStringSubmatch(r.URL.Path)
if m == nil {
http.NotFound(w, r)
return
}
fn(w, r, m[2])
}
}
func main() {
http.Handle("/view/", makeHandler(tollbooth.LimitFuncHandler(tollbooth.NewLimiter(1, time.Second), viewHandler)))
http.ListenAndServe(":8080", nil)
}
Could anyone help me with this?

Answer 1

I'm on my phone so this may be difficult to type but you could use the http.Handle function which takes an interface of Handler something like
type makeHandler struct {
YourVariable string
}
func (m *makeHandler) ServeHTTP (w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
yourVariableYouNeed := m.YourVariable
// do whatever
w.Write()
}
// do whatever you need to get your variable
blah := &makeHandler{ yourThing }
http.Handle("/views", blah)
On my phone so can't test but it should work, let me know if it doesn't.