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Exemplary RESTFul API built with go, gin, gorm

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Rest API with golang and gin, gorm

This project is an exemplary rest api server built with Go :)

See API Spec (modified from RealWorld API Spec to simplify)

API Server technology stack is

  • Server code: golang
  • REST Server: gin
  • Database: MySQL with golang-migrate to migrate
  • ORM: gorm v2
  • Dependency Injection: fx
  • Unit Testing: go test and testify
  • Configuration management: cobra

Getting started

1. Start with docker compose

build a docker image

// docker build -f cmd/server/Dockerfile -t gin-example/article-server .
$ make build-docker

run api server with mysql (see docker-compose.yaml)

// docker-compose up --force-recreate
$ make compose.up

$  docker ps -a
CONTAINER ID        IMAGE                        COMMAND                  CREATED             STATUS              PORTS                               NAMES
e01564708984        gin-example/article-server   "article-server --co…"   40 seconds ago      Up 39 seconds       0.0.0.0:3000->3000/tcp              article-server
105cb25b6d3a        mysql:8.0.17                 "docker-entrypoint.s…"   40 seconds ago      Up 39 seconds       0.0.0.0:3306->3306/tcp, 33060/tcp   my-mysql

$ make compose.down

Check apis

Run intellij's .http files in tools/http/sample directory(./tools/http/sample)


TODO

  • [x] add user, article with comment api spec
  • [x] add common error response
  • [x] configure project layer
  • [x] impl account db
  • [x] impl account handler (binding, serialize, common error middleware, etc...)
  • [x] impl article db
  • [x] impl article handler
  • [ ] refactor binding and validation of request
  • [x] configure docker compose
  • [ ] add metrics
  • [ ] configure tests (newman or http)
  • [ ] another project layer with different branch