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.Go Programming Blueprints

You're reading from   .Go Programming Blueprints Build real-world, production-ready solutions in Go using cutting-edge technology and techniques

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786468949
Length 394 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Mat Ryer Mat Ryer
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chat Application with Web Sockets 2. Adding User Accounts FREE CHAPTER 3. Three Ways to Implement Profile Pictures 4. Command-Line Tools to Find Domain Names 5. Building Distributed Systems and Working with Flexible Data 6. Exposing Data and Functionality through a RESTful Data Web Service API 7. Random Recommendations Web Service 8. Filesystem Backup 9. Building a Q&A Application for Google App Engine 10. Micro-services in Go with the Go kit Framework 11. Deploying Go Applications Using Docker Appendix. Good Practices for a Stable Go Environment

Wrapping handler functions


We are going to utilize one of the most valuable patterns to learn when building services and websites in Go, something we already explored a little in Chapter 2, Adding User Accounts: wrapping handlers. We have seen how we can wrap http.Handler types to run code before and after our main handlers execute, and we are going to apply the same technique to http.HandlerFunc function alternatives.

API keys

Most web APIs require clients to register an API key for their application, which they are asked to send along with every request. Such keys have many purposes, ranging from simply identifying which app the requests are coming from to addressing authorization concerns in situations where some apps are only able to do limited things based on what a user has allowed. While we don't actually need to implement API keys for our application, we are going to ask clients to provide one, which will allow us to add an implementation later, while keeping the interface constant...

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