go-rest

README

go-rest

This is a simple application that interfaces with a PostgreSQL database and exposes a REST API with GET, POST, PUT and DELETE methods to access and manipulate it.

Configuration

The database details are fetched from the following ennvironment variables: db_host - The database server host, e.g localhost db_user - The database server user, e.g root db_port - The port used to access the database server, e.g 5432 db_port - The database password, e.g 1q2w44f5g db_name - The database name, e.g my_database db_type - This should be set to 'postgres'

Running

Simply run 'rest.exe'. The program will be launched on localhost:8000/users. Ensure you have set up the environment variables in your local environment.

Building from source

Prerequisites

You must have a recent version of the Go compiler installed. GOROOT, GOPATH and GOBIN environment variables should be set up for convenience. Visit https://www.golang.org to learn how to set up Go.

The following third-party libraries are required to build the program from the source.

1. gorilla/mux
2. jinzhu/gorm
3. lib/pq
4. joho/godotenv

Process

Navigate to the program folder and run the go build command. You may also use go install path/to/package to create a binary, or go run path/to/package to compile and run.