Building a simple REST API with Go

mkdir server-api
cd server-api
go mod init server-api

package main

import (
    "encoding/json"
    "fmt"
    "log"
    "net/http"
)

type Server struct {
    ID     string `json:"id"`
    Name   string `json:"name"`
    IP     string `json:"ip"`
    Region string `json:"region`
}

var servers = []Server{
    {ID: "srv1", Name: "prod-1", IP: "10.0.1.1", Region: "us-east"},
    {ID: "srv2", Name: "prod-2", IP: "10.0.1.2", Region: "eu-west"},
}

func main() {
    mux := http.NewServeMux()

    mux.HandleFunc("GET /servers", listServers)
    mux.HandleFunc("GET /servers/{id}", showServer)
    mux.HandleFunc("POST /servers", createServer)
    mux.HandleFunc("DELETE /servers/{id}", deleteServer)

    fmt.Println("Server starting on port 8080...")
    log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":8080", mux))
}

func listServers(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
    w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
    json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(servers)
}

func showServer(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
    w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
    id := r.PathValue("id")

    for _, server := range servers {
        if server.ID == id {
            json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(server)
            return
        }
    }

    http.Error(w, "Server not found", http.StatusNotFound)
}

func createServer(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
    w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")

    var server Server
    if err := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&server); err != nil {
        http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusBadRequest)
        return
    }

    servers = append(servers, server)
    w.WriteHeader(http.StatusCreated)
    json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(server)
}

func deleteServer(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
    id := r.PathValue("id")

    for i, server := range servers {
        if server.ID == id {
            servers = append(servers[:i], servers[i+1:]...)
            w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNoContent)
            return
        }
    }

    http.Error(w, "Server not found", http.StatusNotFound)
}

go run main.go

curl localhost:8080/servers

curl localhost:8080/servers/srv1

curl -X POST localhost:8080/servers   -H "Content-Type: application/json";   -d '{"id":"srv3","name":"prod-3","ip":"10.0.1.3","region":"ap-south"}';

curl -X DELETE localhost:8080/servers/srv1