go-api-template

This project is a GoLang-based template designed to serve as a foundation for developing future projects. It includes directory structures, packages, and functions needed for API development, error handling, database interaction, and more.

Project Structure

├── cmd
│   ├── api
│   │   └── main.go
│   └── workers
│       └── ... (various worker services)
├── internal
│   ├── api
│   │   ├── dto (API Data Transfer Objects)
│   │   ├── handlers (API handlers)
│   │   ├── repositories (Database models)
│   │   ├── services (Business logic)
│   │   └── app.go (API routes and configurations)
│   ├── config
│   │   └── config.go (Configuration, goenv environment variable initialization)
│   └── ... (Various project packages)
├── pkg
│   ├── utils
│   │   ├── handle_error.go (Error handling function)
│   │   └── ... (Other helper functions for the project)
│   └── ... (Other packages that can be called from external projects)

Getting Started

1. Clone this repository:

$ git clone https://github.com/vseriousv/go-api-template

2. Navigate to the project directory:

$ cd go-api-template

3. Install the required dependencies:

$ go mod download

4. *Build and run the project:

$ go build -o bin/api cmd/api/main.go
$ ./bin/api

Configuration

Configuration settings can be found and modified in the internal/config/config.go file. You can also use the goenv package to initialize environment variables.
To specify developer environment variables, create an .env file at the root of the project

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! To contribute, please follow these steps:

1. Fork this repository
2. Create a new branch with your changes
3. Submit a pull request

Please make sure your code is well-formatted and follows the project's coding style.