Run Your Server
Distributed Services with Go — by Travis Jeffery (13 / 84)
👈 Build a JSON over HTTP Server | TOC | Test Your API 👉
The last code you need to write is a main package with a main function to start your server. In the root directory of your project, create a cmd/server directory tree, and in the server directory create a file named main.go with this code:
package main
import (
"log"
"github.com/travisjeffery/proglog/internal/server"
)
func main() {
srv := server.NewHTTPServer(":8080")
log.Fatal(srv.ListenAndServe())
}
Our main function just needs to create and start the server, passing in the address to listen on (localhost:8080) and telling the server to listen for and handle requests by calling ListenAndServe. Wrapping our server with the *net/http.Server in NewHTTPServer saved us from writing a bunch of code here — and anywhere else we’d create an HTTP server.
It’s time to test our slick new service.
👈 Build a JSON over HTTP Server | TOC | Test Your API 👉
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