package main import ( "net/http" "strings" "github.com/kataras/iris/v12" ) // In this example you'll just see one use case of .WrapRouter. // You can use the .WrapRouter to add custom logic when or when not the router should // be executed in order to execute the registered routes' handlers. func newApp() *iris.Application { app := iris.New() app.OnErrorCode(iris.StatusNotFound, func(ctx iris.Context) { ctx.HTML("Resource Not found") }) app.Get("/profile/{username}", func(ctx iris.Context) { ctx.Writef("Hello %s", ctx.Params().Get("username")) }) app.HandleDir("/", iris.Dir("./public")) myOtherHandler := func(ctx iris.Context) { ctx.Writef("inside a handler which is fired manually by our custom router wrapper") } // wrap the router with a native net/http handler. // if url does not contain any "." (i.e: .css, .js...) // (depends on the app , you may need to add more file-server exceptions), // then the handler will execute the router that is responsible for the // registered routes (look "/" and "/profile/{username}") // if not then it will serve the files based on the root "/" path. app.WrapRouter(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, router http.HandlerFunc) { path := r.URL.Path if strings.HasPrefix(path, "/other") { // acquire and release a context in order to use it to execute // our custom handler // remember: we use net/http.Handler because here we are in the "low-level", before the router itself. ctx := app.ContextPool.Acquire(w, r) myOtherHandler(ctx) app.ContextPool.Release(ctx) return } router.ServeHTTP(w, r) // else continue serving routes as usual. }) return app } func main() { app := newApp() // http://localhost:8080 // http://localhost:8080/index.html // http://localhost:8080/app.js // http://localhost:8080/css/main.css // http://localhost:8080/profile/anyusername // http://localhost:8080/other/random app.Listen(":8080") // Note: In this example we just saw one use case, // you may want to .WrapRouter or .Downgrade in order to bypass the iris' default router, i.e: // you can use that method to setup custom proxies too. }