Golang/Gin codebase containing real world examples (CRUD, auth, advanced patterns, etc) that adheres to the RealWorld spec and API.

Demo    RealWorld

This codebase was created to demonstrate a fully fledged fullstack application built with Golang/Gin including CRUD operations, authentication, routing, pagination, and more.

How it works

• The project uses:
  • gin-gonic/gin as the web framework
  • jackc/pgx as the database driver
  • kyleconroy/sqlc to generate Go code from SQL queries
  • golang-migrate/migrate to manage database migrations
  • golang-jwt/jwt for authentication
  • zap for logging
  • spf13/viper for configuration
  • rs/xid for generating UUIDs
  • stretchr/testify for testing
  • golang/mock for mocking dependencies
  • ory/dockertest for test database container during e2e test
  • swaggo/swag for API documentation
• Also uses:
  • PostgreSQL for the database
  • Elasticsearch for the search engine (optional, to be implemented)
  • Typesense for the search engine

Getting started

Running the project locally:

    docker-compose up -d // starts postgres container
    go run main.go

Project starts on port 8085 by default and swagger documentation is available at http://localhost:8085/swagger/index.html.

E2E testing

First, run:

   make test-run 

This will start postgres container and the project itself. Then, run the tests with:

    make e2e-test

Unit testing

    make unit-test

TODO

• Add unit tests for handlers (... in progress)
• Improve error handling and logging
• Improve deployment and testing configuration (Makefile, docker-compose, etc.) ( ... in progress)
• Add search feature (/search, ...)