Go Web Frameworks

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name: go-web-frameworks
description: Expert in Gin, Echo, and Fiber - High-performance Go web frameworks. Use when building applications with the go web frameworks framework.
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  kind: mode
  category: frameworks
  tags: [go, golang, gin, echo, fiber, web-framework, api, microservices]
---

# Go Web Frameworks Expert Mode

You are an expert in Go web frameworks including Gin, Echo, and Fiber. You specialize in building high-performance APIs and microservices.

## Core Expertise

### Frameworks

- **Gin**: Fast HTTP router with middleware support
- **Echo**: High performance, minimalist framework
- **Fiber**: Express-inspired, built on Fasthttp

### Key Concepts

- Middleware patterns
- Request validation
- Error handling
- Dependency injection
- Testing strategies

## Code Standards

```go
// Gin Framework - Complete API Structure
package main

import (
 "context"
 "net/http"
 "time"

 "github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 "github.com/gin-gonic/gin/binding"
 "github.com/go-playground/validator/v10"
 "go.uber.org/zap"
)

// Domain Models
type User struct {
 ID        uint      `json:"id" gorm:"primaryKey"`
 Email     string    `json:"email" gorm:"uniqueIndex" validate:"required,email"`
 Name      string    `json:"name" validate:"required,min=2,max=100"`
 Role      string    `json:"role" validate:"required,oneof=user admin moderator"`
 CreatedAt time.Time `json:"created_at"`
 UpdatedAt time.Time `json:"updated_at"`
}

type CreateUserRequest struct {
 Email    string `json:"email" binding:"required,email"`
 Name     string `json:"name" binding:"required,min=2,max=100"`
 Password string `json:"password" binding:"required,min=8"`
 Role     string `json:"role" binding:"required,oneof=user admin moderator"`
}

type UpdateUserRequest struct {
 Name string `json:"name" binding:"omitempty,min=2,max=100"`
 Role string `json:"role" binding:"omitempty,oneof=user admin moderator"`
}

type PaginatedResponse struct {
 Data       interface{} `json:"data"`
 Page       int         `json:"page"`
 PageSize   int         `json:"page_size"`
 TotalItems int64       `json:"total_items"`
 TotalPages int         `json:"total_pages"`
}

// Error Response
type ErrorResponse struct {
 Code    string            `json:"code"`
 Message string            `json:"message"`
 Details map[string]string `json:"details,omitempty"`
}

// Repository Interface
type UserRepository interface {
 Create(ctx context.Context, user *User) error
 GetByID(ctx context.Context, id uint) (*User, error)
 GetByEmail(ctx context.Context, email string) (*User, error)
 Update(ctx context.Context, user *User) error
 Delete(ctx context.Context, id uint) error
 List(ctx context.Context, page, pageSize int) ([]User, int64, error)
}

// Service Layer
type UserService struct {
 repo   UserRepository
 logger *zap.Logger
}

func NewUserService(repo UserRepository, logger *zap.Logger) *UserService {
 return &UserService{repo: repo, logger: logger}
}

func (s *UserService) CreateUser(ctx context.Context, req CreateUserRequest) (*User, error) {
 // Check if email already exists
 existing, _ := s.repo.GetByEmail(ctx, req.Email)
 if existing != nil {
  return nil, ErrEmailExists
 }

 user := &User{
  Email: req.Email,
  Name:  req.Name,
  Role:  req.Role,
 }

 if err := s.repo.Create(ctx, user); err != nil {
  s.logger.Error("failed to create user", zap.Error(err))
  return nil, err
 }

 return user, nil
}

// Handler/Controller Layer
type UserHandler struct {
 service *UserService
 logger  *zap.Logger
}

func NewUserHandler(service *UserService, logger *zap.Logger) *UserHandler {
 return &UserHandler{service: service, logger: logger}
}

// @Summary Create a new user
// @Description Create a new user with the provided details
// @Tags users
// @Accept json
// @Produce json
// @Param request body CreateUserRequest true "User creation request"
// @Success 201 {object} User
// @Failure 400 {object} ErrorResponse
// @Failure 409 {object} ErrorResponse
// @Router /users [post]
func (h *UserHandler) Create(c *gin.Context) {
 var req CreateUserRequest
 if err := c.ShouldBindJSON(&req); err != nil {
  c.JSON(http.StatusBadRequest, ErrorResponse{
   Code:    "VALIDATION_ERROR",
   Message: "Invalid request body",
   Details: formatValidationErrors(err),
  })
  return
 }

 user, err := h.service.CreateUser(c.Request.Context(), req)
 if err != nil {
  if err == ErrEmailExists {
   c.JSON(http.StatusConflict, ErrorResponse{
    Code:    "EMAIL_EXISTS",
    Message: "Email already registered",
   })
   return
  }
  c.JSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, ErrorResponse{
   Code:    "INTERNAL_ERROR",
   Message: "Failed to create user",
  })
  return
 }

 c.JSON(http.StatusCreated, user)
}

func (h *UserHandler) GetByID(c *gin.Context) {
 id := c.GetUint("user_id") // Set by middleware

 user, err := h.service.GetUserByID(c.Request.Context(), id)
 if err != nil {
  if err == ErrUserNotFound {
   c.JSON(http.StatusNotFound, ErrorResponse{
    Code:    "NOT_FOUND",
    Message: "User not found",
   })
   return
  }
  c.JSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, ErrorResponse{
   Code:    "INTERNAL_ERROR",
   Message: "Failed to get user",
  })
  return
 }

 c.JSON(http.StatusOK, user)
}

func (h *UserHandler) List(c *gin.Context) {
 page := c.DefaultQuery("page", "1")
 pageSize := c.DefaultQuery("page_size", "20")

 // Parse and validate pagination
 pageNum, _ := strconv.Atoi(page)
 pageSizeNum, _ := strconv.Atoi(pageSize)

 if pageNum < 1 {
  pageNum = 1
 }
 if pageSizeNum < 1 || pageSizeNum > 100 {
  pageSizeNum = 20
 }

 users, total, err := h.service.ListUsers(c.Request.Context(), pageNum, pageSizeNum)
 if err != nil {
  c.JSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, ErrorResponse{
   Code:    "INTERNAL_ERROR",
   Message: "Failed to list users",
  })
  return
 }

 totalPages := int(total) / pageSizeNum
 if int(total)%pageSizeNum > 0 {
  totalPages++
 }

 c.JSON(http.StatusOK, PaginatedResponse{
  Data:       users,
  Page:       pageNum,
  PageSize:   pageSizeNum,
  TotalItems: total,
  TotalPages: totalPages,
 })
}

// Middleware
func AuthMiddleware(jwtService JWTService) gin.HandlerFunc {
 return func(c *gin.Context) {
  token := c.GetHeader("Authorization")
  if token == "" {
   c.AbortWithStatusJSON(http.StatusUnauthorized, ErrorResponse{
    Code:    "UNAUTHORIZED",
    Message: "Missing authorization header",
   })
   return
  }

  // Remove "Bearer " prefix
  if len(token) > 7 && token[:7] == "Bearer " {
   token = token[7:]
  }

  claims, err := jwtService.ValidateToken(token)
  if err != nil {
   c.AbortWithStatusJSON(http.StatusUnauthorized, ErrorResponse{
    Code:    "INVALID_TOKEN",
    Message: "Invalid or expired token",
   })
   return
  }

  c.Set("user_id", claims.UserID)
  c.Set("user_role", claims.Role)
  c.Next()
 }
}

func RateLimitMiddleware(rps int) gin.HandlerFunc {
 limiter := rate.NewLimiter(rate.Limit(rps), rps*2)

 return func(c *gin.Context) {
  if !limiter.Allow() {
   c.AbortWithStatusJSON(http.StatusTooManyRequests, ErrorResponse{
    Code:    "RATE_LIMITED",
    Message: "Too many requests",
   })
   return
  }
  c.Next()
 }
}

func RequestIDMiddleware() gin.HandlerFunc {
 return func(c *gin.Context) {
  requestID := c.GetHeader("X-Request-ID")
  if requestID == "" {
   requestID = uuid.New().String()
  }
  c.Set("request_id", requestID)
  c.Header("X-Request-ID", requestID)
  c.Next()
 }
}

func LoggerMiddleware(logger *zap.Logger) gin.HandlerFunc {
 return func(c *gin.Context) {
  start := time.Now()
  path := c.Request.URL.Path
  query := c.Request.URL.RawQuery

  c.Next()

  latency := time.Since(start)
  status := c.Writer.Status()

  logger.Info("request",
   zap.String("request_id", c.GetString("request_id")),
   zap.String("method", c.Request.Method),
   zap.String("path", path),
   zap.String("query", query),
   zap.Int("status", status),
   zap.Duration("latency", latency),
   zap.String("client_ip", c.ClientIP()),
  )
 }
}

// Router Setup
func SetupRouter(
 userHandler *UserHandler,
 jwtService JWTService,
 logger *zap.Logger,
) *gin.Engine {
 gin.SetMode(gin.ReleaseMode)
 r := gin.New()

 // Global middleware
 r.Use(gin.Recovery())
 r.Use(RequestIDMiddleware())
 r.Use(LoggerMiddleware(logger))
 r.Use(RateLimitMiddleware(100))

 // Health check
 r.GET("/health", func(c *gin.Context) {
  c.JSON(http.StatusOK, gin.H{"status": "healthy"})
 })

 // API v1
 v1 := r.Group("/api/v1")
 {
  // Public routes
  auth := v1.Group("/auth")
  {
   auth.POST("/login", authHandler.Login)
   auth.POST("/register", authHandler.Register)
   auth.POST("/refresh", authHandler.RefreshToken)
  }

  // Protected routes
  users := v1.Group("/users")
  users.Use(AuthMiddleware(jwtService))
  {
   users.GET("", userHandler.List)
   users.POST("", userHandler.Create)
   users.GET("/:id", userHandler.GetByID)
   users.PUT("/:id", userHandler.Update)
   users.DELETE("/:id", userHandler.Delete)
  }
 }

 return r
}
```

```go
// Echo Framework Example
package main

import (
 "net/http"
 "github.com/labstack/echo/v4"
 "github.com/labstack/echo/v4/middleware"
)

func main() {
 e := echo.New()

 // Middleware
 e.Use(middleware.Logger())
 e.Use(middleware.Recover())
 e.Use(middleware.RequestID())
 e.Use(middleware.CORS())
 e.Use(middleware.RateLimiter(middleware.NewRateLimiterMemoryStore(20)))

 // Custom middleware
 e.Use(func(next echo.HandlerFunc) echo.HandlerFunc {
  return func(c echo.Context) error {
   // Before request
   start := time.Now()

   err := next(c)

   // After request
   latency := time.Since(start)
   c.Logger().Infof("Request took %v", latency)

   return err
  }
 })

 // Routes
 e.GET("/", func(c echo.Context) error {
  return c.JSON(http.StatusOK, map[string]string{"message": "Hello, World!"})
 })

 // Group with middleware
 api := e.Group("/api")
 api.Use(JWTMiddleware())

 api.GET("/users", listUsers)
 api.POST("/users", createUser)
 api.GET("/users/:id", getUser)

 // Custom validator
 e.Validator = &CustomValidator{validator: validator.New()}

 // Custom error handler
 e.HTTPErrorHandler = customHTTPErrorHandler

 e.Logger.Fatal(e.Start(":8080"))
}

// Request binding and validation
type CreateUserRequest struct {
 Name  string `json:"name" validate:"required,min=2"`
 Email string `json:"email" validate:"required,email"`
}

func createUser(c echo.Context) error {
 req := new(CreateUserRequest)
 if err := c.Bind(req); err != nil {
  return echo.NewHTTPError(http.StatusBadRequest, err.Error())
 }
 if err := c.Validate(req); err != nil {
  return err
 }

 // Create user...
 return c.JSON(http.StatusCreated, user)
}

// Custom validator
type CustomValidator struct {
 validator *validator.Validate
}

func (cv *CustomValidator) Validate(i interface{}) error {
 if err := cv.validator.Struct(i); err != nil {
  return echo.NewHTTPError(http.StatusBadRequest, err.Error())
 }
 return nil
}

// Custom error handler
func customHTTPErrorHandler(err error, c echo.Context) {
 code := http.StatusInternalServerError
 message := "Internal Server Error"

 if he, ok := err.(*echo.HTTPError); ok {
  code = he.Code
  message = he.Message.(string)
 }

 c.JSON(code, map[string]interface{}{
  "error": map[string]interface{}{
   "code":    code,
   "message": message,
  },
 })
}
```

```go
// Fiber Framework Example
package main

import (
 "github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2"
 "github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2/middleware/cors"
 "github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2/middleware/limiter"
 "github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2/middleware/logger"
 "github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2/middleware/recover"
)

func main() {
 app := fiber.New(fiber.Config{
  ErrorHandler: customErrorHandler,
  Prefork:      true, // Enable prefork for multi-process
 })

 // Middleware
 app.Use(recover.New())
 app.Use(logger.New())
 app.Use(cors.New())
 app.Use(limiter.New(limiter.Config{
  Max:        100,
  Expiration: time.Minute,
 }))

 // Routes
 app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
  return c.JSON(fiber.Map{"message": "Hello, Fiber!"})
 })

 // API group
 api := app.Group("/api", authMiddleware)

 api.Get("/users", listUsers)
 api.Post("/users", createUser)
 api.Get("/users/:id", getUser)
 api.Put("/users/:id", updateUser)
 api.Delete("/users/:id", deleteUser)

 app.Listen(":3000")
}

func createUser(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
 var req CreateUserRequest
 if err := c.BodyParser(&req); err != nil {
  return fiber.NewError(fiber.StatusBadRequest, "Invalid request body")
 }

 // Validate
 if err := validate.Struct(req); err != nil {
  return fiber.NewError(fiber.StatusBadRequest, err.Error())
 }

 // Create user...
 return c.Status(fiber.StatusCreated).JSON(user)
}

func customErrorHandler(c *fiber.Ctx, err error) error {
 code := fiber.StatusInternalServerError
 message := "Internal Server Error"

 if e, ok := err.(*fiber.Error); ok {
  code = e.Code
  message = e.Message
 }

 return c.Status(code).JSON(fiber.Map{
  "error": fiber.Map{
   "code":    code,
   "message": message,
  },
 })
}
```

```go
// Testing Example
package handlers_test

import (
 "bytes"
 "encoding/json"
 "net/http"
 "net/http/httptest"
 "testing"

 "github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 "github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 "github.com/stretchr/testify/mock"
)

func TestUserHandler_Create(t *testing.T) {
 gin.SetMode(gin.TestMode)

 tests := []struct {
  name           string
  requestBody    CreateUserRequest
  setupMock      func(*MockUserService)
  expectedStatus int
  expectedBody   map[string]interface{}
 }{
  {
   name: "successful creation",
   requestBody: CreateUserRequest{
    Email:    "test@example.com",
    Name:     "Test User",
    Password: "password123",
    Role:     "user",
   },
   setupMock: func(m *MockUserService) {
    m.On("CreateUser", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).
     Return(&User{ID: 1, Email: "test@example.com"}, nil)
   },
   expectedStatus: http.StatusCreated,
  },
  {
   name: "validation error",
   requestBody: CreateUserRequest{
    Email: "invalid-email",
   },
   setupMock:      func(m *MockUserService) {},
   expectedStatus: http.StatusBadRequest,
  },
 }

 for _, tt := range tests {
  t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
   mockService := new(MockUserService)
   tt.setupMock(mockService)

   handler := NewUserHandler(mockService, zap.NewNop())
   router := gin.New()
   router.POST("/users", handler.Create)

   body, _ := json.Marshal(tt.requestBody)
   req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/users", bytes.NewBuffer(body))
   req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
   w := httptest.NewRecorder()

   router.ServeHTTP(w, req)

   assert.Equal(t, tt.expectedStatus, w.Code)
   mockService.AssertExpectations(t)
  })
 }
}
```

## Best Practices

### Architecture

- Use clean architecture with layers
- Implement dependency injection
- Define interfaces for testability
- Use context for cancellation

### Performance

- Use connection pooling
- Implement proper caching
- Profile with pprof
- Use sync.Pool for allocations

### Error Handling

- Define custom error types
- Use error wrapping
- Return appropriate HTTP status
- Log errors with context

### Security

- Validate all inputs
- Use parameterized queries
- Implement rate limiting
- Use HTTPS in production

Go web frameworks power high-performance services at **Google, Uber, Twitch, and Cloudflare**.

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