package main import ( "database/sql" "encoding/json" "fmt" "net/http" _ "github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql" ) type server struct { db *sql.DB } type User struct { ID int64 `json:"-"` Username string `json:"username"` Email string `json:"-"` } func (s *server) users(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { if r.Method != "GET" { fail(w, "Method not allowed", http.StatusMethodNotAllowed) return } users := make([]*User, 0) rows, err := s.db.Query("SELECT id, email, username FROM users") defer rows.Close() switch err { case sql.ErrNoRows: case nil: for rows.Next() { user := &User{} if err := rows.Scan(&user.ID, &user.Email, &user.Username); err != nil { fail(w, fmt.Sprintf("failed to scan an user: %s", err), http.StatusInternalServerError) return } users = append(users, user) } default: fail(w, fmt.Sprintf("failed to fetch users: %s", err), http.StatusInternalServerError) return } data := struct { Users []*User `json:"users"` }{Users: users} ok(w, data) } func main() { db, err := sql.Open("mysql", "root@/godog") if err != nil { panic(err) } s := &server{db: db} http.HandleFunc("/users", s.users) http.ListenAndServe(":8080", nil) } // fail writes a json response with error msg and status header func fail(w http.ResponseWriter, msg string, status int) { w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json") data := struct { Error string `json:"error"` }{Error: msg} resp, _ := json.Marshal(data) w.WriteHeader(status) fmt.Fprintf(w, string(resp)) } // ok writes data to response with 200 status func ok(w http.ResponseWriter, data interface{}) { w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json") if s, ok := data.(string); ok { fmt.Fprintf(w, s) return } resp, err := json.Marshal(data) if err != nil { w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError) fail(w, "oops something evil has happened", 500) return } fmt.Fprintf(w, string(resp)) }