ginCorrelationID

README

Gin-CorrelationID

CorrelationID middleware for Golang Gin Web framework

Use case

Gin-CorraltaionID middleware is used to check if there is an corralation id added into http request header. If that header is not found middleware adds it to http request.

Correlation ID enriches logs and reduces your headache when it comes to tracing up an actions produced by application.

How to use it in Gin web-api

func main(){
    router := gin.New()
	router.Use(ginCorrelationID.CorrelationIDMiddleware())

    router.GET("api/test", func(c *gin.Context) {
		c.String(http.StatusOK, c.Request.Header.Get("CorrelationID"))
	})
}

Dependencies

• Gin Web framework - "gopkg.in/gin-gonic/gin.v1"
• UUID - "github.com/nu7hatch/gouuid"

Documentation

Index

• func CorrelationIDMiddleware() gin.HandlerFunc

Functions

func CorrelationIDMiddleware

func CorrelationIDMiddleware() gin.HandlerFunc

CorrelationIDMiddleware adds correlationID if it's not specified in HTTP request