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API framework written in Golang.

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# Don - Go API Framework

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Don is a fast & simple API framework written in Go. It features a super-simple API and thanks to
[fasthttp](https://github.com/valyala/fasthttp) and a custom version of
[httprouter](https://github.com/abemedia/httprouter) it's blazing fast and has a low memory
footprint.

While Don is still on v0, minor version updates should be considered breaking changes.

## Contents

- [Overview](#don---go-api-framework)
  - [Basic Example](#basic-example)
  - [Configuration](#configuration)
  - [Support multiple formats](#support-multiple-formats)
    - [Currently supported formats](#currently-supported-formats)
    - [Adding custom encoding](#adding-custom-encoding)
  - [Request parsing](#request-parsing)
  - [Headers & response codes](#headers--response-codes)
  - [Sub-routers](#sub-routers)
  - [Middleware](#middleware)
  - [Benchmarks](#benchmarks)

## Basic Example

```go
package main

import (
  "context"
  "errors"
  "fmt"
  "net/http"

"github.com/abemedia/go-don"
  _ "github.com/abemedia/go-don/encoding/json" // Enable JSON parsing & rendering.
  _ "github.com/abemedia/go-don/encoding/yaml" // Enable YAML parsing & rendering.
)

type GreetRequest struct {
  Name string `path:"name"`         // Get name from the URL path.
  Age  int    `header:"X-User-Age"` // Get age from HTTP header.
}

type GreetResponse struct {
  // Remember to add all the tags for the renderers you enable.
  Greeting string `json:"data" yaml:"data"`
}

func Greet(ctx context.Context, req GreetRequest) (*GreetResponse, error) {
  if req.Name == "" {
    return nil, don.Error(errors.New("missing name"), http.StatusBadRequest)
  }

res := &GreetResponse{
    Greeting: fmt.Sprintf("Hello %s, you're %d years old.", req.Name, req.Age),
  }

return res, nil
}

func Pong(context.Context, any) (string, error) {
  return "pong", nil
}

func main() {
  r := don.New(nil)
  r.Get("/ping", don.H(Pong)) // Handlers are wrapped with `don.H`.
  r.Post("/greet/:name", don.H(Greet))
  r.ListenAndServe(":8080")
}
```

## Configuration

Don is configured by passing in the `Config` struct to `don.New`.

```go
r := don.New(&don.Config{
  DefaultEncoding: "application/json",
  DisableNoContent: false,
})
```

### DefaultEncoding

Set this to the format you'd like to use if no `Content-Type` or `Accept` headers are in the
request.

### DisableNoContent

If you return `nil` from your handler, Don will respond with an empty body and a `204 No Content`
status code. Set this to `true` to disable that behaviour.

## Support multiple formats

Support multiple request & response formats without writing extra parsing or rendering code. The API
uses the `Content-Type` and `Accept` headers to determine what input and output encoding to use.

You can mix multiple formats, for example if the `Content-Type` header is set to `application/json`,
however the `Accept` header is set to `application/x-yaml`, then the request will be parsed as JSON,
and the response will be YAML encoded.

If no `Content-Type` or `Accept` header is passed the default will be used.

### Currently supported formats

Formats need to be explicitly imported to be registered.

#### JSON

MIME: `application/json`

Parses JSON requests & encodes responses as JSON. Use the `json` tag in your request & response
structs.

```go
import _ "github.com/abemedia/go-don/encoding/json"
```

#### XML

MIME: `application/xml`, `text/xml`

Parses XML requests & encodes responses as XML. Use the `xml` tag in your request & response
structs.

```go
import _ "github.com/abemedia/go-don/encoding/xml"
```

#### YAML

MIME: `application/yaml`, `text/yaml`, `application/x-yaml`, `text/x-yaml`, `text/vnd.yaml`

Parses YAML requests & encodes responses as YAML. Use the `yaml` tag in your request & response
structs.

```go
import _ "github.com/abemedia/go-don/encoding/yaml"
```

#### Form (input only)

MIME: `application/x-www-form-urlencoded`, `multipart/form-data`

Parses form data requests. Use the `form` tag in your request struct.

```go
import _ "github.com/abemedia/go-don/encoding/form"
```

#### Text

MIME: `text/plain`

Parses non-struct requests and encodes non-struct responses e.g. `string`, `int`, `bool` etc.

```go
func MyHandler(ctx context.Context, req int64) (string, error) {
  // ...
}
```

If the request is a struct and the `Content-Type` header is set to `text/plain` it returns a
`415 Unsupported Media Type` error.

```go
import _ "github.com/abemedia/go-don/encoding/text"
```

#### MessagePack

MIME: `application/msgpack`, `application/x-msgpack`, `application/vnd.msgpack`

Parses MessagePack requests & encodes responses as MessagePack. Use the `msgpack` tag in your
request & response structs.

```go
import _ "github.com/abemedia/go-don/encoding/msgpack"
```

#### TOML

MIME: `application/toml`

Parses TOML requests & encodes responses as TOML. Use the `toml` tag in your request & response
structs.

```go
import _ "github.com/abemedia/go-don/encoding/toml"
```

#### Protocol Buffers

MIME: `application/protobuf`, `application/x-protobuf`

Parses protobuf requests & encodes responses as protobuf. Use pointer types generated with `protoc`
as your request & response structs.

```go
import _ "github.com/abemedia/go-don/encoding/protobuf"
```

### Adding custom encoding

Adding your own is easy. See [encoding/json/json.go](./encoding/json/json.go).

## Request parsing

Automatically unmarshals values from headers, URL query, URL path & request body into your request
struct.

```go
type MyRequest struct {
  // Get from the URL path.
  ID int64 `path:"id"`

// Get from the URL query.
  Filter string `query:"filter"`

// Get from the JSON, YAML, XML or form body.
  Content float64 `form:"bar" json:"bar" yaml:"bar" xml:"bar"`

// Get from the HTTP header.
  Lang string `header:"Accept-Language"`
}
```

Please note that using a pointer as the request type negatively affects performance.

## Headers & response codes

Implement the `StatusCoder` and `Headerer` interfaces to customise headers and response codes.

```go
type MyResponse struct {
  Foo  string `json:"foo"`
}

// Set a custom HTTP response code.
func (nr *MyResponse) StatusCode() int {
  return 201
}

// Add custom headers to the response.
func (nr *MyResponse) Header() http.Header {
  header := http.Header{}
  header.Set("foo", "bar")
  return header
}
```

## Sub-routers

You can create sub-routers using the `Group` function:

```go
r := don.New(nil)
sub := r.Group("/api")
sub.Get("/hello", don.H(Hello))
```

## Middleware

Don uses the standard fasthttp middleware format of
`func(fasthttp.RequestHandler) fasthttp.RequestHandler`.

For example:

```go
func loggingMiddleware(next fasthttp.RequestHandler) fasthttp.RequestHandler {
  return func(ctx *fasthttp.RequestCtx) {
    log.Println(string(ctx.RequestURI()))
    next(ctx)
  }
}
```

It is registered on a router using `Use` e.g.

```go
r := don.New(nil)
r.Post("/", don.H(handler))
r.Use(loggingMiddleware)
```

Middleware registered on a group only applies to routes in that group and child groups.

```go
r := don.New(nil)
r.Get("/login", don.H(loginHandler))
r.Use(loggingMiddleware) // applied to all routes

api := r.Group("/api")
api.Get("/hello", don.H(helloHandler))
api.Use(authMiddleware) // applied to routes `/api/hello` and `/api/v2/bye`

v2 := api.Group("/v2")
v2.Get("/bye", don.H(byeHandler))
v2.Use(corsMiddleware) // only applied to `/api/v2/bye`

```

To pass values from the middleware to the handler extend the context e.g.

```go
func myMiddleware(next fasthttp.RequestHandler) fasthttp.RequestHandler {
  return func(ctx *fasthttp.RequestCtx) {
    ctx.SetUserValue(ContextUserKey, "my_user")
    next(ctx)
  }
}
```

This can now be accessed in the handler:

```go
user := ctx.Value(ContextUserKey).(string)
```

## Benchmarks

To give you a rough idea of Don's performance, here is a comparison with Gin.

### Request Parsing

Don has extremely fast & efficient binding of request data.

| Benchmark name           |     (1) |         (2) |       (3) |          (4) |
| ------------------------ | ------: | ----------: | --------: | -----------: |
| BenchmarkDon_BindRequest | 2947474 | 390.3 ns/op |   72 B/op |  2 allocs/op |
| BenchmarkGin_BindRequest |  265609 |  4377 ns/op | 1193 B/op | 21 allocs/op |

Source: [benchmarks/binding_test.go](./benchmarks/binding_test.go)

### Serving HTTP Requests

Keep in mind that the majority of time here is actually the HTTP roundtrip.

| Benchmark name    |   (1) |         (2) |       (3) |          (4) |
| ----------------- | ----: | ----------: | --------: | -----------: |
| BenchmarkDon_HTTP | 45500 | 25384 ns/op |   32 B/op |  3 allocs/op |
| BenchmarkGin_HTTP | 22995 | 49865 ns/op | 2313 B/op | 21 allocs/op |

Source: [benchmarks/http_test.go](./benchmarks/http_test.go)

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