Rest API using GO-Lang (usings clinics datasets)

⭐ For API we are using GIN http server.
⭐ Instead of database we are using JSON files in the data directory.
⭐ Essentially it load info about some clinics from remote url(set in the config toml), and publish them in an online searchable APIs.
⭐ We have demonstrated how to use security related headers for the endpoints.
⭐ Set-up docker-compose for easier deployments.
⭐ Set-up GitHub actions for CI purposes.
⭐ Included TEST suites
⭐ Included POSTMAN collections for easier testing.

POSTMAN API testing:

How to config

• API search data are stored in following configs:
  • data/dental-clinics.json
  • data/vet-clinics.json
• HTTP configurations (port, data-states) are in the toml file: ./conf.d/app.toml

API Security

We are taking following measures to ensure API security.

• Setting up CORS security headers.
• Setting up the 'attack-vector' headers

	//setting-up cors headers
	r.Use(cors.New(cors.Config{
		AllowOrigins:     []string{"*"},
		AllowMethods:     []string{"GET"},
		AllowHeaders:     []string{"Origin"},
		ExposeHeaders:    []string{"Content-Length"},
		AllowCredentials: true,
		MaxAge:           12 * time.Hour,
	}))

	//setting-up security headers
	r.Use(secure.New(secure.Config{
		FrameDeny:             true,
		ContentTypeNosniff:    true,
		BrowserXssFilter:      true,
		ContentSecurityPolicy: "default-src 'self'",
		IENoOpen:              true,
		ReferrerPolicy:        "strict-origin-when-cross-origin",
		//SSLProxyHeaders:       map[string]string{"X-Forwarded-Proto": "https"},
	}))

How to run

go build -o clinics-apis
./clinics-apis

How to run test

go clean -testcache  
go test ./...

How to find clinics

• Use the POSTMAN collection JSON config and test there or you can use CURL.
• Name, State and Availability criteria are supported. multiple criteria is supported too.

search it with criteria: name

curl http://127.0.0.1:5000/search?name=good

search it with criteria:state code/name

curl http://127.0.0.1:5000/search?state=ca

curl http://127.0.0.1:5000/search?state=California

search it with criteria:availability

curl http://127.0.0.1:5000/search?opening=12:00

search it with multiple criterias: name and state

curl http://127.0.0.1:5000/search?opening=12:00&name=center&state=ca

How to build docker images

docker-compose up