simple-webserver-with-reactJS

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simple-webserver-with-reactJS example

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TBD.

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PREREQUISITES

go get -u -v github.com/gorilla/mux
go get -u -v github.com/sirupsen/logrus

SOFTWARE STACK

• GUI golang net/http package and ReactJS
• Routing & REST API framework golang gorilla/mux package
• Backend golang
• Database N/A

HOW IT WORKS

HOW IT WORKS

The ???? package lets us map request paths to functions.

1. Set which IP and port you would like to listen on,

   log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe("127.0.0.1:1234", nil))
   

2. When a request is made for a particular URL kick off your function,

   http.HandleFunc("/jeff", jeffHandler)
   

3. Create your handler function jeffHandler,

   func jeffHandler(res http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
       fmt.Printf("req is %+v\n\n", req.URL)
       io.WriteString(res, "hello, Jeff!\n")
   }
   

This illustration may help,

RUN

go run simple-webserver.go

Press return to exit.

You can interact with the web server many different ways.

USING A BROWSER

http://127.0.0.1:1234/

http://127.0.0.1:1234/jeff

http://127.0.0.1:1234/monkey

USING HTTPIE

In another terminal, use a CLI http client like httpie and you can do the following,

http localhost:1234
http localhost:1234/jeff
http localhost:1234/monkey

Or you can use the IP Address,

http 127.0.0.1:1234
http 127.0.0.1:1234/jeff
http 127.0.0.1:1234/monkey

USING CURL

Or you can use curl,

curl 127.0.0.1:1234
curl 127.0.0.1:1234/jeff
curl 127.0.0.1:1234/monkey