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v1

v1.0.4

Jul 19, 2026

v1.0.3

Jul 19, 2026

v1.0.2

Jul 14, 2026

Changes in this version

+ type RouteRegistrar interface

+ Get func(path string, handler http.HandlerFunc)

+ Post func(path string, handler http.HandlerFunc)

v1.0.1

Jul 13, 2026

Changes in this version

+ const DefaultMaxJSONBody

+ const HeaderRequestID

+ func BindJSON[T any](w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) (T, bool)

+ func HandleJSON[TReq any, TResp any](fn func(context.Context, TReq) (TResp, error)) http.HandlerFunc

+ func JSON(w http.ResponseWriter, status int, value any)

+ func NewServer(addr string, handler http.Handler, opts ...Option) *http.Server

+ func ReadBody(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) ([]byte, bool)

+ func RequestID(ctx context.Context) string

+ type Config struct

+ IdleTimeout time.Duration

+ MaxBodyBytes int64

+ ReadHeaderTimeout time.Duration

+ ReadTimeout time.Duration

+ WriteTimeout time.Duration

+ type Engine struct

+ func NewEngine(opts ...Option) *Engine

+ func (e *Engine) Get(path string, handler http.HandlerFunc)

+ func (e *Engine) Group(prefix string) *Group

+ func (e *Engine) Handler() http.Handler

+ func (e *Engine) Post(path string, handler http.HandlerFunc)

+ func (e *Engine) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request)

+ func (e *Engine) Use(middlewares ...func(http.Handler) http.Handler)

+ type Group struct

+ func (g *Group) Get(path string, handler http.HandlerFunc)

+ func (g *Group) Post(path string, handler http.HandlerFunc)

+ func (g *Group) Use(middlewares ...func(http.Handler) http.Handler)

+ type Option func(*Config)

+ func WithMaxBodyBytes(n int64) Option

+ func WithTimeouts(readHeader, read, write, idle time.Duration) Option