go-backend-server-base-code

Description:

Base code for creating a Golang server/backend to quickly get started and build upon

Items already included:

1. main.go: contains server configurations and starts the HTTP server
2. Gorilla Mux router: for handling routes
3. Route '/status': to check status of the server
4. Middlewares:
   1. For all routes - enableCORS, logRequestWithDetails
   2. For desired routes - validateJWT
5. Utilities:
   1. writeJSON - write response to browser
   2. errorJSON - write error response to browser
   3. wrapMiddlewares - wrap a route with one or more middleware functions
6. Mongo: for establishing connection with a MongoDB server
7. API: for writing api/graphql related functions that could be called from app/handlers.go

Steps to run the server:

1. Clone this repository
2. Run: go run cmd/main.go

PS: Note the TODOs