The latest articles on DEV Community by Israel (@aesrael). https://dev.to/aesrael https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F32180%2F733a23a8-2452-4d59-a4a8-2d9bd2d931ba.png https://dev.to/aesrael en Israel Mon, 22 Jul 2019 22:28:09 +0000 https://dev.to/aesrael/go-react-starter-5g4h https://dev.to/aesrael/go-react-starter-5g4h <p>For everyone looking to get started with building web apps and auth APIs with go.</p> <p>I worked on a go and react project over the weekend to help you get started on authentication with golang, complete with a postgresql database and token based authentication using JWT.</p> <p>Here is the url.</p> <div class="ltag-github-readme-tag"> <div class="readme-overview"> <h2> <img src="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev.to%2Fassets%2Fgithub-logo-5a155e1f9a670af7944dd5e12375bc76ed542ea80224905ecaf878b9157cdefc.svg" alt="GitHub logo"> <a href="https://github.com/aesrael" rel="noopener noreferrer"> aesrael </a> / <a href="https://github.com/aesrael/go-postgres-react-starter" rel="noopener noreferrer"> go-postgres-react-starter </a> </h2> <h3> A go, postgres API with basic jwt auth starter, complete with a react frontend </h3> </div> <div class="ltag-github-body"> <div id="readme" class="md"> <div class="markdown-heading"> <h1 class="heading-element">GO-React starter</h1> </div> <p><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://github.com/aesrael/go-postgres-react-starter.github/logo.png"><img src="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Faesrael%2Fgo-postgres-react-starter.github%2Flogo.png" alt=""></a></p> <p>This is a basic example of a go web server with a react frontend.</p> <p>It uses the <a href="https://github.com/gofiber/fiber" rel="noopener noreferrer">go fiber</a> framework</p> <div class="markdown-heading"> <h2 class="heading-element">Getting started</h2> </div> <div class="markdown-heading"> <h3 class="heading-element">Running locally</h3> </div> <p>Clone this repository Download and install <a href="https://golang.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">golang</a></p> <p>Download and install <a href="https://www.postgresql.org/download/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">postgres</a></p> <p>Setup your postgres database, env secrets can be changed in the <a href="https://github.com/aesrael/go-postgres-react-starter./server/.env" rel="noopener noreferrer">.env</a> file</p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="https://prabhupant.medium.com/a-complete-guide-to-postgresql-e4d1cefb9866" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">A complete guide to PostgreSQL</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@dan.chiniara/installing-postgresql-for-windows-7ec8145698e3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Installing PostgreSQL for Mac, Linux, and Windows</a></p> </li> </ul> <p>Ensure you have <code>make</code> installed.</p> <div class="highlight highlight-source-shell notranslate position-relative overflow-auto js-code-highlight"> <pre>make run</pre> </div> <p>This will start the go server &amp; the react frontend.</p> <div class="markdown-heading"> <h3 class="heading-element">Using docker</h3> </div> <p>Ensure you have <code>docker</code> installed</p> <div class="highlight highlight-source-shell notranslate position-relative overflow-auto js-code-highlight"> <pre>make docker-build make docker-run</pre> </div> <p>Server is live on <code>:8081</code> and UI is on <code>:3000</code></p> <div class="markdown-heading"> <h2 class="heading-element">Endpoints</h2> </div> <div class="table-wrapper-paragraph"><table> <thead> <tr> <th>endpoint</th> <th>method</th> <th>body</th> <th>description</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>/api/session</td> <td>GET</td> <td>GET user session</td> </tr> <tr> <td>/api/login</td> <td>POST</td> <td>{ email String, password String }</td> <td>login user</td> </tr> <tr> <td>/api/register</td> <td>POST</td> <td>{ email String, password String, name String }</td> <td>register new user</td> </tr> <tr> </tr> </tbody> </table></div> <div class="markdown-heading"> <h2 class="heading-element">Contributing</h2> </div> <p>Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you…</p> </div> </div> <div class="gh-btn-container"><a class="gh-btn" href="https://github.com/aesrael/go-postgres-react-starter" rel="noopener noreferrer">View on GitHub</a></div> </div> <p>I hope you like it!</p> <p>Contributions are welcome. Cheers🎉</p> go react jwt postgres