go-gin-rest

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Go Gin REST starter

A backend starter project for implementing REST APIs in Go and using Gin framework, including:

• Gin as web framework
• PostgreSQL as database
• GORM for ORM (object–relational mapping)
• ULID (Universally Unique Lexicographically Sortable Identifier) for IDs
• A devcontainer with dependencies that can be used with VS Code or independently with docker compose

The starter example implements the following endpoints:

GET /v1/albums
POST /v1/albums
PUT /v1/albums
GET /v1/albums/:id
DELETE /v1/albums/:id

TODO:

• Logging
• JSON validation
• OpenAPI/Swagger
• API request examples in the repo with Bruno
• Mock generation from interfaces
• Add unit tests