durid-ah / go_rest_web_server

A simple rest web server written in Go and implemented using sockets and a custom HTTP parser

go_rest_web_server

A simple rest web server written in Go and implemented using sockets and a custom HTTP parser The purpose of this project is to better understand http requests and how they can be handled in a REST API.

Routes handled:

• GET Requests at /contacts : The api returns a list of the contacts available in the database in JSON format
• POST Requests at /add : Adds a new contact to the contact table
• The web server can also return static files available in the resources folder of the type gif, html, json and jpeg

Set up:

• The server can be easily run using the server_binary file in a linux machine.
• Another option would be to compile the files using go build or go run
• When the project is run it uses PORT: 8080 by default but it can be changed using --port flag
• requesting index.html will return a page that has a form to submit new contacts as well as a list of all the existing contacts