iris/doc.go

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/*
Iris back-end web framework provides efficient and well-designed toolbox with robust set of features to
create your own perfect high performance web application
with unlimited portability using the Go Programming Language.

Note: This package is under active development status.
Each month a new version is releasing
to adapt the latest web trends and technologies.

Basic HTTP API.

Iris is a very pluggable ecosystem,
router can be customized by adapting a 'RouterBuilderPolicy && RouterReversionPolicy'.

By adapted a router users are able to use router's features on the route's Path,
the rest of the HTTP API and Context's calls remains the same for all routers, as expected.

- httprouter, it's a custom version of https://github.comjulienschmidt/httprouter,
  which is edited to support iris' subdomains, reverse routing, custom http errors and a lot features,
  it should be a bit faster than the original too because of iris' Context.
  It uses `/mypath/:firstParameter/path/:secondParameter` and `/mypath/*wildcardParamName` .

- gorillamuxa, it's the https://github.com/gorilla/mux which supports subdomains,
  custom http errors, reverse routing, pattern matching via regex and the rest of the iris' features.
  It uses `/mypath/{firstParameter:any-regex-valid-here}/path/{secondParameter}` and `/mypath/{wildcardParamName:.*}`

Example code:


        package main

        import (
          "gopkg.in/kataras/iris.v6"
          "gopkg.in/kataras/iris.v6/adaptors/httprouter" // <--- or adaptors/gorillamux
        )

        func main(){
          app := iris.New()
          app.Adapt(httprouter.New()) // <--- or gorillamux.New()

          // HTTP Method: GET
          // PATH: http://127.0.0.1/
          // Handler(s): index
          app.Get("/", index)


          app.Listen(":80")
        }

        func index(ctx *iris.Context){
          ctx.HTML(iris.StatusOK, "<h1> Welcome to my page!</h1>")
        }


All HTTP methods are supported, users can register handlers for same paths on different methods.
The first parameter is the HTTP Method,
second parameter is the request path of the route,
third variadic parameter should contains one or more iris.Handler/HandlerFunc executed
by the registered order when a user requests for that specific resouce path from the server.

Example code:


        app := iris.New()

        app.Handle("GET", "/about", aboutHandler)

        type aboutHandler struct {}
        func (a aboutHandler) Serve(ctx *iris.Context){
          ctx.HTML("Hello from /about, executed from an iris.Handler")
        }

        app.HandleFunc("GET", "/contact", func(ctx *iris.Context){
          ctx.HTML(iris.StatusOK, "Hello from /contact, executed from an iris.HandlerFunc")
        })


In order to make things easier for the user, Iris provides functions for all HTTP Methods.
The first parameter is the request path of the route,
second variadic parameter should contains one or more iris.HandlerFunc executed
by the registered order when a user requests for that specific resouce path from the server.

Example code:


      app := iris.New()

      // Method: "GET"
      app.Get("/", handler)

      // Method: "POST"
      app.Post("/", handler)

      // Method: "PUT"
      app.Put("/", handler)

      // Method: "DELETE"
      app.Delete("/", handler)

      // Method: "OPTIONS"
      app.Options("/", handler)

      // Method: "TRACE"
      app.Trace("/", handler)

      // Method: "CONNECT"
      app.Connect("/", handler)

      // Method: "HEAD"
      app.Head("/", handler)

      // Method: "PATCH"
      app.Patch("/", handler)

      // register the route for all HTTP Methods
      app.Any("/", handler)

      func handler(ctx *iris.Context){
        ctx.Writef("Hello from method: %s and path: %s", ctx.Method(), ctx.Path())
      }


Parameterized route's Path, depends on the selected router.

Note: This is the only difference between the routers, the registered path form, the API remains the same for both.

Example `gorillamux` code:


      package main

      import (
        "gopkg.in/kataras/iris.v6"
        "gopkg.in/kataras/iris.v6/adaptors/gorillamux"
      )

      func main() {
        app := iris.New()
        app.Adapt(iris.DevLogger())
        app.Adapt(gorillamux.New())


        app.OnError(iris.StatusNotFound, func(ctx *iris.Context){
          ctx.HTML(iris.StatusNotFound, "<h1> custom http error page </h1>")
        })


        app.Get("/healthcheck", h)

        gamesMiddleware := func(ctx *iris.Context) {
          println(ctx.Method() + ": " + ctx.Path())
          ctx.Next()
        }

        games:= app.Party("/games", gamesMiddleware)
        { // braces are optional of course, it's just a style of code
        	 games.Get("/{gameID:[0-9]+}/clans", h)
        	 games.Get("/{gameID:[0-9]+}/clans/clan/{publicID:[0-9]+}", h)
        	 games.Get("/{gameID:[0-9]+}/clans/search", h)

        	 games.Put("/{gameID:[0-9]+}/players/{publicID:[0-9]+}", h)
        	 games.Put("/{gameID:[0-9]+}/clans/clan/{publicID:[0-9]+}", h)

        	 games.Post("/{gameID:[0-9]+}/clans", h)
        	 games.Post("/{gameID:[0-9]+}/players", h)
        	 games.Post("/{gameID:[0-9]+}/clans/{publicID:[0-9]+}/leave", h)
        	 games.Post("/{gameID:[0-9]+}/clans/{clanPublicID:[0-9]+}/memberships/application", h)
        	 games.Post("/{gameID:[0-9]+}/clans/{clanPublicID:[0-9]+}/memberships/application/:action", h)
        	 games.Post("/{gameID:[0-9]+}/clans/{clanPublicID:[0-9]+}/memberships/invitation", h)
        	 games.Post("/{gameID:[0-9]+}/clans/{clanPublicID:[0-9]+}/memberships/invitation/:action", h)
        	 games.Post("/{gameID:[0-9]+}/clans/{clanPublicID:[0-9]+}/memberships/delete", h)
        	 games.Post("/{gameID:[0-9]+}/clans/{clanPublicID:[0-9]+}/memberships/promote", h)
        	 games.Post("/{gameID:[0-9]+}/clans/{clanPublicID:[0-9]+}/memberships/demote", h)
        }

        app.Get("/anything/{anythingparameter:.*}", func(ctx *iris.Context){
          s := ctx.Param("anythingparameter")
          ctx.Writef("The path after /anything is: %s",s)
        })

        mysubdomain:= app.Party("mysubdomain.")
        // http://mysubdomain.myhost.com/
        mysudomain.Get("/", h)

        app.Listen("myhost.com:80")
      }

      func h(ctx *iris.Context) {
      	ctx.HTML(iris.StatusOK, "<h1>Path<h1/>"+ctx.Path())
      }


Example `httprouter` code:


      package main

      import (
        "gopkg.in/kataras/iris.v6"
        "gopkg.in/kataras/iris.v6/adaptors/httprouter" // <---- NEW
      )

      func main() {
        app := iris.New()
        app.Adapt(iris.DevLogger())
        app.Adapt(httprouter.New()) // <---- NEW


        app.OnError(iris.StatusNotFound, func(ctx *iris.Context){
          ctx.HTML(iris.StatusNotFound, "<h1> custom http error page </h1>")
        })


        app.Get("/healthcheck", h)

        gamesMiddleware := func(ctx *iris.Context) {
          println(ctx.Method() + ": " + ctx.Path())
          ctx.Next()
        }

        games:= app.Party("/games", gamesMiddleware)
        { // braces are optional of course, it's just a style of code
        	 games.Get("/:gameID/clans", h)
        	 games.Get("/:gameID/clans/clan/:publicID", h)
        	 games.Get("/:gameID/clans/search", h)

        	 games.Put("/:gameID/players/:publicID", h)
        	 games.Put("/:gameID/clans/clan/:publicID", h)

        	 games.Post("/:gameID/clans", h)
        	 games.Post("/:gameID/players", h)
        	 games.Post("/:gameID/clans/:publicID/leave", h)
        	 games.Post("/:gameID/clans/:clanPublicID/memberships/application", h)
        	 games.Post("/:gameID/clans/:clanPublicID/memberships/application/:action", h)
        	 games.Post("/:gameID/clans/:clanPublicID/memberships/invitation", h)
        	 games.Post("/:gameID/clans/:clanPublicID/memberships/invitation/:action", h)
        	 games.Post("/:gameID/clans/:clanPublicID/memberships/delete", h)
        	 games.Post("/:gameID/clans/:clanPublicID/memberships/promote", h)
        	 games.Post("/:gameID/clans/:clanPublicID/memberships/demote", h)
        }

        app.Get("/anything/*anythingparameter", func(ctx *iris.Context){
          s := ctx.Param("anythingparameter")
          ctx.Writef("The path after /anything is: %s",s)
        })

        mysubdomain:= app.Party("mysubdomain.")
        // http://mysubdomain.myhost.com/
        mysudomain.Get("/", h)

        app.Listen("myhost.com:80")
      }

      func h(ctx *iris.Context) {
      	ctx.HTML(iris.StatusOK, "<h1>Path<h1/>"+ctx.Path())
      }

Grouping routes that can (optionally) share the same middleware handlers, template layout and path prefix.

Example code:


      users:= app.Party("/users", myAuthHandler)

      // http://myhost.com/users/42/profile
      users.Get("/:userid/profile", userProfileHandler) // httprouter path parameters
      // http://myhost.com/users/messages/1
      users.Get("/inbox/:messageid", userMessageHandler)

      app.Listen("myhost.com:80")


Custom HTTP Errors page

With iris users are able to register their own handlers for http statuses like 404 not found, 500 internal server error and so on.

Example code:

      // when 404 then render the template $templatedir/errors/404.html
      // *read below for information about the view engine.*
      app.OnError(iris.StatusNotFound, func(ctx *iris.Context){
        ctx.RenderWithstatus(iris.StatusNotFound, "errors/404.html", nil)
      })

      app.OnError(500, func(ctx *iris.Context){
        // ...
      })


Custom http errors can be also be registered to a specific group of routes.

Example code:


      games:= app.Party("/games", gamesMiddleware)
      {
          games.Get("/{gameID:[0-9]+}/clans", h) // gorillamux path parameters
          games.Get("/{gameID:[0-9]+}/clans/clan/{publicID:[0-9]+}", h)
          games.Get("/{gameID:[0-9]+}/clans/search", h)
      }

      games.OnError(iris.StatusNotFound, gamesNotFoundHandler)


Middleware ecosystem.

Middleware is just a concept of ordered chain of handlers.
Middleware can be registered globally, per-party, per-subdomain and per-route.


Example code:

      // globally
      // before any routes, appends the middleware to all routes
      app.UseFunc(func(ctx *iris.Context){
         // ... any code here

         ctx.Next() // in order to continue to the next handler,
         // if that is missing then the next in chain handlers will be not executed,
         // useful for authentication middleware
      })

      // globally
      // after or before any routes, prepends the middleware to all routes
      app.UseGlobalFunc(handlerFunc1, handlerFunc2, handlerFunc3)

      // per-route
      app.Post("/login", authenticationHandler, loginPageHandler)

      // per-party(group of routes)
      users := app.Party("/users", usersMiddleware)
      users.Get("/", usersIndex)

      // per-subdomain
      mysubdomain := app.Party("mysubdomain.", firstMiddleware)
      mysubdomain.UseFunc(secondMiddleware)
      mysubdomain.Get("/", mysubdomainIndex)

      // per wildcard, dynamic subdomain
      dynamicSub := app.Party(".*", firstMiddleware, secondMiddleware)
      dynamicSub.Get("/", func(ctx *iris.Context){
        ctx.Writef("Hello from subdomain: "+ ctx.Subdomain())
      })


`iris.ToHandler` converts(by wrapping) any `http.Handler/HandlerFunc` or
`func(w http.ResponseWriter,r *http.Request, next http.HandlerFunc)` to an `iris.HandlerFunc`.

iris.ToHandler(nativeNethttpHandler)

Let's convert the https://github.com/rs/cors net/http external middleware which returns a `next form` handler.


Example code:

      package main

      import (
      	"gopkg.in/kataras/iris.v6"
        "github.com/kataras/adaptors/gorillamux"
      	"github.com/rs/cors"
      )

      // myCors returns a new cors middleware
      // with the provided options.
      myCors := func(opts cors.Options) iris.HandlerFunc {
        handlerWithNext := cors.New(opts).ServeHTTP

        // this is the only func you will have to use if you're going to make use of any external net/http middleware.
        // iris.ToHandler converts the net/http middleware to an iris-compatible.
      	return iris.ToHandler(handlerWithNext)
      }

      func main(){
         app := iris.New()
         app.Adapt(httprouter.New())

         // Any registers a route to all http methods.
         app.Any("/user", myCors(cors.Options{AllowOrigins: "*"}), func(ctx *iris.Context){
           // ....
         })

         app.Listen(":8080")
      }


Visit https://godoc.org/github.com/kataras/iris#Router for more.


View engine, supports 5 template engines, developers can still use any external golang template engine,
as `context.ResponseWriter` is an `io.Writer`.

All of these five template engines have common features with common API,
like Layout, Template Funcs, Party-specific layout, partial rendering and more.

   - the standard html, based on https://github.com/kataras/go-template/tree/master/html
     its template parser is the https://golang.org/pkg/html/template/.

   - django, based on https://github.com/kataras/go-template/tree/master/django
    its template parser is the https://github.com/flosch/pongo2

   - pug, based on https://github.com/kataras/go-template/tree/master/pug
    its template parser is the https://github.com/Joker/jade

   - handlebars, based on https://github.com/kataras/go-template/tree/master/handlebars
    its template parser is the https://github.com/aymerick/raymond

   - amber, based on https://github.com/kataras/go-template/tree/master/amber
    its template parser is the https://github.com/eknkc/amber

Each one of these template engines has different options,
view adaptors are located here: https://github.com/kataras/iris/tree/master/adaptors/view .

Example code:

      package main

      import (
      	"gopkg.in/kataras/iris.v6"
      	"gopkg.in/kataras/iris.v6/adaptors/gorillamux"
      	"gopkg.in/kataras/iris.v6/adaptors/view" // <--- it contains all the template engines
      )

      func main() {
		app := iris.New(iris.Configuration{Gzip: false, Charset: "UTF-8"}) // defaults to these

      	app.Adapt(iris.DevLogger())
      	app.Adapt(gorillamux.New())

        // - standard html  | view.HTML(...)
        // - django         | view.Django(...)
        // - pug(jade)      | view.Pug(...)
        // - handlebars     | view.Handlebars(...)
        // - amber          | view.Amber(...)
      	app.Adapt(view.HTML("./templates", ".html")) // <---- use the standard html

        // default template funcs:
        //
        // - {{ url "mynamedroute" "pathParameter_ifneeded"} }
        // - {{ urlpath "mynamedroute" "pathParameter_ifneeded" }}
        // - {{ render "header.html" }}
        // - {{ render_r "header.html" }} // partial relative path to current page
        // - {{ yield }}
        // - {{ current }}
        //
        // to adapt custom funcs, use:
        app.Adapt(iris.TemplateFuncsPolicy{"myfunc": func(s string) string {
              return "hi "+s
        }}) // usage inside template: {{ hi "kataras"}}

      	app.Get("/hi", func(ctx *iris.Context) {
      		ctx.Render(
             // the file name of the template relative to the './templates'.
      			"hi.html",
      			iris.Map{"Name": "Iris"},
            // the .Name inside the ./templates/hi.html,
            // you can use any custom struct that you want to bind to the requested template.
      			iris.Map{"gzip": false},  // set to true to enable gzip compression.
      		)

      	})

        // http://127.0.0.1:8080/hi
      	app.Listen(":8080")
      }

View engine supports bundled(https://github.com/jteeuwen/go-bindata) template files too.
go-bindata gives you two functions, asset and assetNames,
these can be setted to each of the template engines using the `.Binary` func.

Example code:

      djangoEngine := view.Django("./templates", ".html")
      djangoEngine.Binary(asset, assetNames)
      app.Adapt(djangoEngine)

A real example can be found here: https://github.com/kataras/iris/tree/v6/adaptors/view/_examples/template_binary .

Enable auto-reloading of templates on each request. Useful while users are in dev mode
because they don't have to restart their app on every edit you make on the template files.

Example code:


    pugEngine := view.Pug("./templates", ".jade")
    pugEngine.Reload(true) // <--- set to true to re-build the templates on each request.
    app.Adapt(pugEngine)


You should have a basic idea of the framework by now, we just scratched the surface.
If you enjoy what you just saw and want to learn more, please follow the below links:

    - examples: https://github.com/iris-contrib/examples
    - book: https://docs.iris-go.com
    - adaptors: https://github.com/kataras/iris/tree/v6/adaptors
    - middleware: https://github.com/kataras/iris/tree/v6/middleware & https://github.com/iris-contrib/middleware
    - godocs: https://godoc.org/github.com/kataras/iris


*/
package iris