The accepted answer is very practical. Make sure you see it. But there are two foundational differences I will discuss in depth: Where header and parameters are placed in an HTTP Request A URL is different from an HTTP Message. An HTTP Message can either be a Request or a Response. In this answer I … Read more
If you don’t want to use any of the multitude of the available routing packages, then you need to parse the path yourself: Route the /provisions path to your handler http.HandleFunc(“/provisions/”, Provisions) Then split up the path as needed in the handler id := strings.TrimPrefix(req.URL.Path, “/provisions/”) // or use strings.Split, or use regexp, etc.
Remember that with a REST API, it’s all a question of your point of view. The two key concepts in a REST API are the endpoints and the resources (entities). Loosely put, an endpoint either returns resources via GET or accepts resources via POST and PUT and so on (or a combination of the above). … Read more