/echo-api-example

Example about restful API base crud with echo golang

Primary LanguageGo

example: Golang RESTful API

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How to build and install

Go 1.11 or higher is required.

After installing required version of Go, you can build and install apig by

$ go get -d -u github.com/codehand/echo-restful-crud-api-example
$ cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/codehand/echo-restful-crud-api-example
$ make
$ make install

make generates binary into bin/src. make install put it to $GOPATH/bin.

How to use

First, creating by command.

$ go run main.go

Link postman public: https://documenter.getpostman.com/view/1036207/SVSDQXM1?version=latest

Endpoints v1

Each resource has 5 RESTful API endpoints. Resource name is written in the plural form.

Endpoint Description Example (User resource)
GET /api/v1/<resources> List items GET /api/v1/products List products
POST /api/v1/<resources> Create new item POST /api/v1/products Create new product
GET /api/v1/<resources>/{id} Retrieve the item GET /api/v1/products/1 Get the product which ID is 1
PUT /api/v1/<resources>/{id} Update the item PUT /api/v1/products/1 Update the product which ID is 1
DELETE /api/v1/<resources>/{id} Delete the item DELETE /api/v1/products/1 Delete the product which ID is 1

Endpoints v2

Version 2 is difference version 1, it must to have token in header such as: Authorization: Bearer example-test

Unless, API return :

    {
        "message": "missing key in request header"
    }

Each resource has 5 RESTful API endpoints. Resource name is written in the plural form.

Endpoint Description Example (User resource)
GET /api/v2/<resources> List items GET /api/v2/products List products
POST /api/v2/<resources> Create new item POST /api/v2/products Create new product
GET /api/v2/<resources>/{id} Retrieve the item GET /api/v2/products/1 Get the product which ID is 1
PUT /api/v2/<resources>/{id} Update the item PUT /api/v2/products/1 Update the product which ID is 1
DELETE /api/v2/<resources>/{id} Delete the item DELETE /api/v2/products/1 Delete the product which ID is 1

Data Type

Request

API server accepts the form of JSON or Form.

application/json

curl -X POST http://localhost:9090/api/v1/resources \
     -H "Content-type: application/json" \
     -d '{"field":"value"}'

Response

Response data type is always application/json.

Pagination (not support)

API server supports 2 pagination types.

Offset-based pagination

Retrieve items by specifying page number and the number of items per page.

For example:

http://103.20.150.235/api/v1/products?limit=5&page=2

+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| ID: 5   | ID: 6   | ID: 7   | ID: 8   | ID: 9   | ID: 10  | ID: 11  |
+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
          |                                                 |
 Page 1 ->|<-------------------- Page 2 ------------------->|<- Page 3

Response header includes Link header.

Link:   <http://103.20.150.235/api/v1/products?limit=5&page=3>; rel="next",
        <http://103.20.150.235/api/v1/products?limit=5&page=1>; rel="prev"

ID/Time-based pagination

Retrieve items by specifying range from a certain point.

For example:

http://103.20.150.235/api/v1/products?limit=5&last_id=100&order=desc

+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| ID: 94  | ID: 95  | ID: 96  | ID: 97  | ID: 98  | ID: 99  | ID: 100 |
+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
          |               5 items (ID < 100)                |
          |<------------------------------------------------|

Response header includes Link header.

Link:   <http://103.20.150.235/api/v1/products?limit=5&last_id=95&order=desc>; rel="next"

License

MIT License