Gin is a web framework written in Go (Golang). It features a martini-like API with much better performance, up to 40 times faster thanks to httprouter. If you need performance and good productivity, you will love Gin.
# assume the following codes in example.go file
$ cat example.go
package main
import "github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
func main() {
r := gin.Default()
r.GET("/ping", func(c *gin.Context) {
c.JSON(200, gin.H{
"message": "pong",
})
})
r.Run() // listen and serve on 0.0.0.0:8080
}
# run example.go and visit 0.0.0.0:8080/ping on browser
$ go run example.go
Gin uses a custom version of HttpRouter
Benchmark name | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
---|---|---|---|---|
BenchmarkGin_GithubAll | 30000 | 48375 | 0 | 0 |
BenchmarkAce_GithubAll | 10000 | 134059 | 13792 | 167 |
BenchmarkBear_GithubAll | 5000 | 534445 | 86448 | 943 |
BenchmarkBeego_GithubAll | 3000 | 592444 | 74705 | 812 |
BenchmarkBone_GithubAll | 200 | 6957308 | 698784 | 8453 |
BenchmarkDenco_GithubAll | 10000 | 158819 | 20224 | 167 |
BenchmarkEcho_GithubAll | 10000 | 154700 | 6496 | 203 |
BenchmarkGocraftWeb_GithubAll | 3000 | 570806 | 131656 | 1686 |
BenchmarkGoji_GithubAll | 2000 | 818034 | 56112 | 334 |
BenchmarkGojiv2_GithubAll | 2000 | 1213973 | 274768 | 3712 |
BenchmarkGoJsonRest_GithubAll | 2000 | 785796 | 134371 | 2737 |
BenchmarkGoRestful_GithubAll | 300 | 5238188 | 689672 | 4519 |
BenchmarkGorillaMux_GithubAll | 100 | 10257726 | 211840 | 2272 |
BenchmarkHttpRouter_GithubAll | 20000 | 105414 | 13792 | 167 |
BenchmarkHttpTreeMux_GithubAll | 10000 | 319934 | 65856 | 671 |
BenchmarkKocha_GithubAll | 10000 | 209442 | 23304 | 843 |
BenchmarkLARS_GithubAll | 20000 | 62565 | 0 | 0 |
BenchmarkMacaron_GithubAll | 2000 | 1161270 | 204194 | 2000 |
BenchmarkMartini_GithubAll | 200 | 9991713 | 226549 | 2325 |
BenchmarkPat_GithubAll | 200 | 5590793 | 1499568 | 27435 |
BenchmarkPossum_GithubAll | 10000 | 319768 | 84448 | 609 |
BenchmarkR2router_GithubAll | 10000 | 305134 | 77328 | 979 |
BenchmarkRivet_GithubAll | 10000 | 132134 | 16272 | 167 |
BenchmarkTango_GithubAll | 3000 | 552754 | 63826 | 1618 |
BenchmarkTigerTonic_GithubAll | 1000 | 1439483 | 239104 | 5374 |
BenchmarkTraffic_GithubAll | 100 | 11383067 | 2659329 | 21848 |
BenchmarkVulcan_GithubAll | 5000 | 394253 | 19894 | 609 |
(1): Total Repetitions achieved in constant time, higher means more confident result
(2): Single Repetition Duration (ns/op), lower is better
(3): Heap Memory (B/op), lower is better
(4): Average Allocations per Repetition (allocs/op), lower is better
- Zero allocation router.
- Still the fastest http router and framework. From routing to writing.
- Complete suite of unit tests
- Battle tested
- API frozen, new releases will not break your code.
- Download and install it:
$ go get github.com/gin-gonic/gin
- Import it in your code:
import "github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
- (Optional) Import
net/http
. This is required for example if using constants such ashttp.StatusOK
.
import "net/http"
Use a vendor tool like Govendor
go get
govendor
$ go get github.com/kardianos/govendor
- Create your project folder and
cd
inside
$ mkdir -p ~/go/src/github.com/myusername/project && cd "$_"
- Vendor init your project and add gin
$ govendor init
$ govendor fetch github.com/gin-gonic/[email protected]
- Copy a starting template inside your project
$ curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gin-gonic/gin/master/examples/basic/main.go > main.go
- Run your project
$ go run main.go
Build with jsoniter
Gin use encoding/json
as default json package but you can change to jsoniter by build from other tags.
$ go build -tags=jsoniter .
func main() {
// Disable Console Color
// gin.DisableConsoleColor()
// Creates a gin router with default middleware:
// logger and recovery (crash-free) middleware
router := gin.Default()
router.GET("/someGet", getting)
router.POST("/somePost", posting)
router.PUT("/somePut", putting)
router.DELETE("/someDelete", deleting)
router.PATCH("/somePatch", patching)
router.HEAD("/someHead", head)
router.OPTIONS("/someOptions", options)
// By default it serves on :8080 unless a
// PORT environment variable was defined.
router.Run()
// router.Run(":3000") for a hard coded port
}
func main() {
router := gin.Default()
// This handler will match /user/john but will not match neither /user/ or /user
router.GET("/user/:name", func(c *gin.Context) {
name := c.Param("name")
c.String(http.StatusOK, "Hello %s", name)
})
// However, this one will match /user/john/ and also /user/john/send
// If no other routers match /user/john, it will redirect to /user/john/
router.GET("/user/:name/*action", func(c *gin.Context) {
name := c.Param("name")
action := c.Param("action")
message := name + " is " + action
c.String(http.StatusOK, message)
})
router.Run(":8080")
}
func main() {
router := gin.Default()
// Query string parameters are parsed using the existing underlying request object.
// The request responds to a url matching: /welcome?firstname=Jane&lastname=Doe
router.GET("/welcome", func(c *gin.Context) {
firstname := c.DefaultQuery("firstname", "Guest")
lastname := c.Query("lastname") // shortcut for c.Request.URL.Query().Get("lastname")
c.String(http.StatusOK, "Hello %s %s", firstname, lastname)
})
router.Run(":8080")
}
func main() {
router := gin.Default()
router.POST("/form_post", func(c *gin.Context) {
message := c.PostForm("message")
nick := c.DefaultPostForm("nick", "anonymous")
c.JSON(200, gin.H{
"status": "posted",
"message": message,
"nick": nick,
})
})
router.Run(":8080")
}
POST /post?id=1234&page=1 HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
name=manu&message=this_is_great
func main() {
router := gin.Default()
router.POST("/post", func(c *gin.Context) {
id := c.Query("id")
page := c.DefaultQuery("page", "0")
name := c.PostForm("name")
message := c.PostForm("message")
fmt.Printf("id: %s; page: %s; name: %s; message: %s", id, page, name, message)
})
router.Run(":8080")
}
id: 1234; page: 1; name: manu; message: this_is_great
References issue #774 and detail example code.
func main() {
router := gin.Default()
router.POST("/upload", func(c *gin.Context) {
// single file
file, _ := c.FormFile("file")
log.Println(file.Filename)
// Upload the file to specific dst.
// c.SaveUploadedFile(file, dst)
c.String(http.StatusOK, fmt.Sprintf("'%s' uploaded!", file.Filename))
})
router.Run(":8080")
}
How to curl
:
curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/upload \
-F "file=@/Users/appleboy/test.zip" \
-H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data"
See the detail example code.
func main() {
router := gin.Default()
router.POST("/upload", func(c *gin.Context) {
// Multipart form
form, _ := c.MultipartForm()
files := form.File["upload[]"]
for _, file := range files {
log.Println(file.Filename)
// Upload the file to specific dst.
// c.SaveUploadedFile(file, dst)
}
c.String(http.StatusOK, fmt.Sprintf("%d files uploaded!", len(files)))
})
router.Run(":8080")
}
How to curl
:
curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/upload \
-F "upload[]=@/Users/appleboy/test1.zip" \
-F "upload[]=@/Users/appleboy/test2.zip" \
-H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data"
func main() {
router := gin.Default()
// Simple group: v1
v1 := router.Group("/v1")
{
v1.POST("/login", loginEndpoint)
v1.POST("/submit", submitEndpoint)
v1.POST("/read", readEndpoint)
}
// Simple group: v2
v2 := router.Group("/v2")
{
v2.POST("/login", loginEndpoint)
v2.POST("/submit", submitEndpoint)
v2.POST("/read", readEndpoint)
}
router.Run(":8080")
}
Use
r := gin.New()
instead of
r := gin.Default()
func main() {
// Creates a router without any middleware by default
r := gin.New()
// Global middleware
r.Use(gin.Logger())
r.Use(gin.Recovery())
// Per route middleware, you can add as many as you desire.
r.GET("/benchmark", MyBenchLogger(), benchEndpoint)
// Authorization group
// authorized := r.Group("/", AuthRequired())
// exactly the same as:
authorized := r.Group("/")
// per group middleware! in this case we use the custom created
// AuthRequired() middleware just in the "authorized" group.
authorized.Use(AuthRequired())
{
authorized.POST("/login", loginEndpoint)
authorized.POST("/submit", submitEndpoint)
authorized.POST("/read", readEndpoint)
// nested group
testing := authorized.Group("testing")
testing.GET("/analytics", analyticsEndpoint)
}
// Listen and serve on 0.0.0.0:8080
r.Run(":8080")
}
To bind a request body into a type, use model binding. We currently support binding of JSON, XML and standard form values (foo=bar&boo=baz).
Gin uses go-playground/validator.v8 for validation. Check the full docs on tags usage here.
Note that you need to set the corresponding binding tag on all fields you want to bind. For example, when binding from JSON, set json:"fieldname"
.
When using the Bind-method, Gin tries to infer the binder depending on the Content-Type header. If you are sure what you are binding, you can use BindWith.
You can also specify that specific fields are required. If a field is decorated with binding:"required"
and has a empty value when binding, the current request will fail with an error.
// Binding from JSON
type Login struct {
User string `form:"user" json:"user" binding:"required"`
Password string `form:"password" json:"password" binding:"required"`
}
func main() {
router := gin.Default()
// Example for binding JSON ({"user": "manu", "password": "123"})
router.POST("/loginJSON", func(c *gin.Context) {
var json Login
if c.BindJSON(&json) == nil {
if json.User == "manu" && json.Password == "123" {
c.JSON(http.StatusOK, gin.H{"status": "you are logged in"})
} else {
c.JSON(http.StatusUnauthorized, gin.H{"status": "unauthorized"})
}
}
})
// Example for binding a HTML form (user=manu&password=123)
router.POST("/loginForm", func(c *gin.Context) {
var form Login
// This will infer what binder to use depending on the content-type header.
if c.Bind(&form) == nil {
if form.User == "manu" && form.Password == "123" {
c.JSON(http.StatusOK, gin.H{"status": "you are logged in"})
} else {
c.JSON(http.StatusUnauthorized, gin.H{"status": "unauthorized"})
}
}
})
// Listen and serve on 0.0.0.0:8080
router.Run(":8080")
}
BindQuery
function only binds the query params and not the post data. See the detail information.
package main
import (
"log"
"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
)
type Person struct {
Name string `form:"name"`
Address string `form:"address"`
}
func main() {
route := gin.Default()
route.Any("/testing", startPage)
route.Run(":8085")
}
func startPage(c *gin.Context) {
var person Person
if c.BindQuery(&person) == nil {
log.Println("====== Only Bind By Query String ======")
log.Println(person.Name)
log.Println(person.Address)
}
c.String(200, "Success")
}
See the detail information.
package main
import "log"
import "github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
type Person struct {
Name string `form:"name"`
Address string `form:"address"`
}
func main() {
route := gin.Default()
route.GET("/testing", startPage)
route.Run(":8085")
}
func startPage(c *gin.Context) {
var person Person
// If `GET`, only `Form` binding engine (`query`) used.
// If `POST`, first checks the `content-type` for `JSON` or `XML`, then uses `Form` (`form-data`).
// See more at https://github.com/gin-gonic/gin/blob/master/binding/binding.go#L48
if c.Bind(&person) == nil {
log.Println(person.Name)
log.Println(person.Address)
}
c.String(200, "Success")
}
See the detail information
main.go
...
type myForm struct {
Colors []string `form:"colors[]"`
}
...
func formHandler(c *gin.Context) {
var fakeForm myForm
c.Bind(&fakeForm)
c.JSON(200, gin.H{"color": fakeForm.Colors})
}
...
form.html
<form action="/" method="POST">
<p>Check some colors</p>
<label for="red">Red</label>
<input type="checkbox" name="colors[]" value="red" id="red" />
<label for="green">Green</label>
<input type="checkbox" name="colors[]" value="green" id="green" />
<label for="blue">Blue</label>
<input type="checkbox" name="colors[]" value="blue" id="blue" />
<input type="submit" />
</form>
result:
{"color":["red","green","blue"]}
package main
import (
"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
)
type LoginForm struct {
User string `form:"user" binding:"required"`
Password string `form:"password" binding:"required"`
}
func main() {
router := gin.Default()
router.POST("/login", func(c *gin.Context) {
// you can bind multipart form with explicit binding declaration:
// c.MustBindWith(&form, binding.Form)
// or you can simply use autobinding with Bind method:
var form LoginForm
// in this case proper binding will be automatically selected
if c.Bind(&form) == nil {
if form.User == "user" && form.Password == "password" {
c.JSON(200, gin.H{"status": "you are logged in"})
} else {
c.JSON(401, gin.H{"status": "unauthorized"})
}
}
})
router.Run(":8080")
}
Test it with:
$ curl -v --form user=user --form password=password http://localhost:8080/login
func main() {
r := gin.Default()
// gin.H is a shortcut for map[string]interface{}
r.GET("/someJSON", func(c *gin.Context) {
c.JSON(http.StatusOK, gin.H{"message": "hey", "status": http.StatusOK})
})
r.GET("/moreJSON", func(c *gin.Context) {
// You also can use a struct
var msg struct {
Name string `json:"user"`
Message string
Number int
}
msg.Name = "Lena"
msg.Message = "hey"
msg.Number = 123
// Note that msg.Name becomes "user" in the JSON
// Will output : {"user": "Lena", "Message": "hey", "Number": 123}
c.JSON(http.StatusOK, msg)
})
r.GET("/someXML", func(c *gin.Context) {
c.XML(http.StatusOK, gin.H{"message": "hey", "status": http.StatusOK})
})
r.GET("/someYAML", func(c *gin.Context) {
c.YAML(http.StatusOK, gin.H{"message": "hey", "status": http.StatusOK})
})
// Listen and serve on 0.0.0.0:8080
r.Run(":8080")
}
Using SecureJSON to prevent json hijacking. Default prepends "while(1),"
to response body if the given struct is array values.
func main() {
r := gin.Default()
// You can also use your own secure json prefix
// r.SecureJsonPrefix(")]}',\n")
r.GET("/someJSON", func(c *gin.Context) {
names := []string{"lena", "austin", "foo"}
// Will output : while(1);["lena","austin","foo"]
c.SecureJSON(http.StatusOK, names)
})
// Listen and serve on 0.0.0.0:8080
r.Run(":8080")
}
func main() {
router := gin.Default()
router.Static("/assets", "./assets")
router.StaticFS("/more_static", http.Dir("my_file_system"))
router.StaticFile("/favicon.ico", "./resources/favicon.ico")
// Listen and serve on 0.0.0.0:8080
router.Run(":8080")
}
Using LoadHTMLGlob() or LoadHTMLFiles()
func main() {
router := gin.Default()
router.LoadHTMLGlob("templates/*")
//router.LoadHTMLFiles("templates/template1.html", "templates/template2.html")
router.GET("/index", func(c *gin.Context) {
c.HTML(http.StatusOK, "index.tmpl", gin.H{
"title": "Main website",
})
})
router.Run(":8080")
}
templates/index.tmpl
<html>
<h1>
{{ .title }}
</h1>
</html>
Using templates with same name in different directories
func main() {
router := gin.Default()
router.LoadHTMLGlob("templates/**/*")
router.GET("/posts/index", func(c *gin.Context) {
c.HTML(http.StatusOK, "posts/index.tmpl", gin.H{
"title": "Posts",
})
})
router.GET("/users/index", func(c *gin.Context) {
c.HTML(http.StatusOK, "users/index.tmpl", gin.H{
"title": "Users",
})
})
router.Run(":8080")
}
templates/posts/index.tmpl
{{ define "posts/index.tmpl" }}
<html><h1>
{{ .title }}
</h1>
<p>Using posts/index.tmpl</p>
</html>
{{ end }}
templates/users/index.tmpl
{{ define "users/index.tmpl" }}
<html><h1>
{{ .title }}
</h1>
<p>Using users/index.tmpl</p>
</html>
{{ end }}
You can also use your own html template render
import "html/template"
func main() {
router := gin.Default()
html := template.Must(template.ParseFiles("file1", "file2"))
router.SetHTMLTemplate(html)
router.Run(":8080")
}
You may use custom delims
r := gin.Default()
r.Delims("{[{", "}]}")
r.LoadHTMLGlob("/path/to/templates"))
See the detail example code.
main.go
import (
"fmt"
"html/template"
"net/http"
"time"
"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
)
func formatAsDate(t time.Time) string {
year, month, day := t.Date()
return fmt.Sprintf("%d%02d/%02d", year, month, day)
}
func main() {
router := gin.Default()
router.Delims("{[{", "}]}")
router.SetFuncMap(template.FuncMap{
"formatAsDate": formatAsDate,
})
router.LoadHTMLFiles("./fixtures/basic/raw.tmpl")
router.GET("/raw", func(c *gin.Context) {
c.HTML(http.StatusOK, "raw.tmpl", map[string]interface{}{
"now": time.Date(2017, 07, 01, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
})
})
router.Run(":8080")
}
raw.tmpl
Date: {[{.now | formatAsDate}]}
Result:
Date: 2017/07/01
Gin allow by default use only one html.Template. Check a multitemplate render for using features like go 1.6 block template
.
Issuing a HTTP redirect is easy:
r.GET("/test", func(c *gin.Context) {
c.Redirect(http.StatusMovedPermanently, "http://www.google.com/")
})
Both internal and external locations are supported.
func Logger() gin.HandlerFunc {
return func(c *gin.Context) {
t := time.Now()
// Set example variable
c.Set("example", "12345")
// before request
c.Next()
// after request
latency := time.Since(t)
log.Print(latency)
// access the status we are sending
status := c.Writer.Status()
log.Println(status)
}
}
func main() {
r := gin.New()
r.Use(Logger())
r.GET("/test", func(c *gin.Context) {
example := c.MustGet("example").(string)
// it would print: "12345"
log.Println(example)
})
// Listen and serve on 0.0.0.0:8080
r.Run(":8080")
}
// simulate some private data
var secrets = gin.H{
"foo": gin.H{"email": "[email protected]", "phone": "123433"},
"austin": gin.H{"email": "[email protected]", "phone": "666"},
"lena": gin.H{"email": "[email protected]", "phone": "523443"},
}
func main() {
r := gin.Default()
// Group using gin.BasicAuth() middleware
// gin.Accounts is a shortcut for map[string]string
authorized := r.Group("/admin", gin.BasicAuth(gin.Accounts{
"foo": "bar",
"austin": "1234",
"lena": "hello2",
"manu": "4321",
}))
// /admin/secrets endpoint
// hit "localhost:8080/admin/secrets
authorized.GET("/secrets", func(c *gin.Context) {
// get user, it was set by the BasicAuth middleware
user := c.MustGet(gin.AuthUserKey).(string)
if secret, ok := secrets[user]; ok {
c.JSON(http.StatusOK, gin.H{"user": user, "secret": secret})
} else {
c.JSON(http.StatusOK, gin.H{"user": user, "secret": "NO SECRET :("})
}
})
// Listen and serve on 0.0.0.0:8080
r.Run(":8080")
}
When starting inside a middleware or handler, you SHOULD NOT use the original context inside it, you have to use a read-only copy.
func main() {
r := gin.Default()
r.GET("/long_async", func(c *gin.Context) {
// create copy to be used inside the goroutine
cCp := c.Copy()
go func() {
// simulate a long task with time.Sleep(). 5 seconds
time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
// note that you are using the copied context "cCp", IMPORTANT
log.Println("Done! in path " + cCp.Request.URL.Path)
}()
})
r.GET("/long_sync", func(c *gin.Context) {
// simulate a long task with time.Sleep(). 5 seconds
time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
// since we are NOT using a goroutine, we do not have to copy the context
log.Println("Done! in path " + c.Request.URL.Path)
})
// Listen and serve on 0.0.0.0:8080
r.Run(":8080")
}
Use http.ListenAndServe()
directly, like this:
func main() {
router := gin.Default()
http.ListenAndServe(":8080", router)
}
or
func main() {
router := gin.Default()
s := &http.Server{
Addr: ":8080",
Handler: router,
ReadTimeout: 10 * time.Second,
WriteTimeout: 10 * time.Second,
MaxHeaderBytes: 1 << 20,
}
s.ListenAndServe()
}
example for 1-line LetsEncrypt HTTPS servers.
package main
import (
"log"
"github.com/gin-gonic/autotls"
"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
)
func main() {
r := gin.Default()
// Ping handler
r.GET("/ping", func(c *gin.Context) {
c.String(200, "pong")
})
log.Fatal(autotls.Run(r, "example1.com", "example2.com"))
}
example for custom autocert manager.
package main
import (
"log"
"github.com/gin-gonic/autotls"
"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
"golang.org/x/crypto/acme/autocert"
)
func main() {
r := gin.Default()
// Ping handler
r.GET("/ping", func(c *gin.Context) {
c.String(200, "pong")
})
m := autocert.Manager{
Prompt: autocert.AcceptTOS,
HostPolicy: autocert.HostWhitelist("example1.com", "example2.com"),
Cache: autocert.DirCache("/var/www/.cache"),
}
log.Fatal(autotls.RunWithManager(r, &m))
}
Do you want to graceful restart or stop your web server? There are some ways this can be done.
We can use fvbock/endless to replace the default ListenAndServe
. Refer issue #296 for more details.
router := gin.Default()
router.GET("/", handler)
// [...]
endless.ListenAndServe(":4242", router)
An alternative to endless:
- manners: A polite Go HTTP server that shuts down gracefully.
- graceful: Graceful is a Go package enabling graceful shutdown of an http.Handler server.
- grace: Graceful restart & zero downtime deploy for Go servers.
If you are using Go 1.8, you may not need to use this library! Consider using http.Server's built-in Shutdown() method for graceful shutdowns. See the full graceful-shutdown example with gin.
// +build go1.8
package main
import (
"context"
"log"
"net/http"
"os"
"os/signal"
"time"
"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
)
func main() {
router := gin.Default()
router.GET("/", func(c *gin.Context) {
time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
c.String(http.StatusOK, "Welcome Gin Server")
})
srv := &http.Server{
Addr: ":8080",
Handler: router,
}
go func() {
// service connections
if err := srv.ListenAndServe(); err != nil {
log.Printf("listen: %s\n", err)
}
}()
// Wait for interrupt signal to gracefully shutdown the server with
// a timeout of 5 seconds.
quit := make(chan os.Signal)
signal.Notify(quit, os.Interrupt)
<-quit
log.Println("Shutdown Server ...")
ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second)
defer cancel()
if err := srv.Shutdown(ctx); err != nil {
log.Fatal("Server Shutdown:", err)
}
log.Println("Server exist")
}
Awesome project lists using Gin web framework.