App-facing HTTP contracts with an Echo-backed runtime for GoForj applications.

web keeps application handlers behind focused Context, Router, and middleware contracts while Echo stays at the HTTP boundary. It includes an Echo adapter, route declarations, common middleware, WebSockets, Prometheus instrumentation, handler test helpers, and source-aware route and OpenAPI indexing.

The contracts deliberately expose less than Echo. Applications can stay on the smaller surface for ordinary HTTP work and use explicit Echo escape hatches when an integration needs the underlying engine or context.

Installation

Requires Go 1.25 or newer.

go get github.com/goforj/web

Quick start

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"net/http"

	"github.com/goforj/web"
	"github.com/goforj/web/adapter/echoweb"
	"github.com/goforj/web/webmiddleware"
)

func main() {
	adapter := echoweb.New()
	router := adapter.Router()

	router.Use(
		webmiddleware.Recover(),
		webmiddleware.RequestID(),
	)

	router.GET("/healthz", func(c web.Context) error {
		return c.Text(http.StatusOK, "ok")
	})

	router.GET("/users/:id", func(c web.Context) error {
		id := c.Param("id")
		return c.JSON(http.StatusOK, map[string]any{
			"id":   id,
			"name": fmt.Sprintf("user-%s", id),
		})
	})

	log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":8080", adapter))
}

Start the server with go run ., then make requests from another shell:

$ curl -s http://localhost:8080/healthz
ok
$ curl -s http://localhost:8080/users/42
{"id":"42","name":"user-42"}

The quick start owns the http.Server directly to keep the first example small. For cancellation-aware graceful shutdown, use echoweb.NewServer.

Choose an entry point

Start with	Use it when
echoweb.New() and router.GET(...)	Routes are registered directly and your application owns the http.Server.
web.NewRouteGroup(...) and web.RegisterRoutes(...)	Routes should be reusable declarations for reporting, indexing, or generated application composition.
echoweb.NewServer(...)	The adapter should register route groups and own graceful HTTP shutdown.
echoweb.Wrap(engine)	An existing Echo engine needs to expose the app-facing web.Router contract.

Package map

Package	Purpose
web	Handler, context, router, route declaration, WebSocket, and route-reporting contracts.
adapter/echoweb	Echo adapter, native escape hatches, and server lifecycle.
webmiddleware	Authentication, security, routing, payload, compression, timeout, proxy, and rate-limit middleware.
webprometheus	HTTP metrics middleware, scrape handlers, and Pushgateway support.
webindex	Source-aware route manifests, diagnostics, schemas, and OpenAPI documents.
webtest	Lightweight contexts for isolated handler tests.

Common workflows

The quick start above is a complete program. The following recipes are focused excerpts; complete generated programs are available in examples.

Declarative route groups

Route values keep registration data available for route reporting and source-aware tooling instead of burying every route in adapter calls.

adapter := echoweb.New()

routes := []web.Route{
	web.NewRoute(http.MethodGet, "/healthz", func(c web.Context) error {
		return c.NoContent(http.StatusNoContent)
	}),
	web.NewRoute(http.MethodGet, "/users", func(c web.Context) error {
		return c.JSON(http.StatusOK, []map[string]any{{"id": 1}})
	}),
}

group := web.NewRouteGroup("/api", routes)
if err := web.RegisterRoutes(adapter.Router(), []web.RouteGroup{group}); err != nil {
	log.Fatal(err)
}

Middleware phases

Use Pre for middleware that must change the request method or path before route matching. Method override, rewrite, and trailing-slash middleware belong in this phase. Use Use for middleware that wraps the matched request handler.

router := echoweb.New().Router()

router.Pre(
	webmiddleware.MethodOverride(),
	webmiddleware.RemoveTrailingSlash(),
)

store := webmiddleware.NewRateLimiterMemoryStore(rate.Every(time.Second))
router.Use(
	webmiddleware.Recover(),
	webmiddleware.RequestID(),
	webmiddleware.RateLimiter(store),
)

Middleware runs in registration order, so put recovery and request identity near the outside of the chain and keep a shared rate-limit store for the lifetime of the application.

Graceful server lifecycle

Server.Serve listens until its context is cancelled, then shuts down with the configured timeout.

ctx, stop := signal.NotifyContext(context.Background(), os.Interrupt, syscall.SIGTERM)
defer stop()

server, err := echoweb.NewServer(echoweb.ServerConfig{
	Addr: ":8080",
	RouteGroups: []web.RouteGroup{
		web.NewRouteGroup("/api", []web.Route{
			web.NewRoute(http.MethodGet, "/healthz", func(c web.Context) error {
				return c.NoContent(http.StatusNoContent)
			}),
		}),
	},
	ShutdownTimeout: 10 * time.Second,
})
if err != nil {
	log.Fatal(err)
}
if err := server.Serve(ctx); err != nil {
	log.Fatal(err)
}

Test a handler

webtest.NewContext runs an isolated handler without booting a router or listener. Use the Echo adapter with httptest when the route mapping itself is part of the behavior under test.

func TestHealthHandler(t *testing.T) {
	req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/healthz", nil)
	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
	ctx := webtest.NewContext(req, rec, "/healthz", nil)

	handler := func(c web.Context) error {
		return c.Text(http.StatusOK, "ok")
	}
	if err := handler(ctx); err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}
	if rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
		t.Fatalf("expected %d, got %d", http.StatusOK, rec.Code)
	}
	if rec.Body.String() != "ok" {
		t.Fatalf("expected ok, got %q", rec.Body.String())
	}
}

Expose Prometheus metrics

Use one metrics instance for both middleware and scraping. An explicit registry keeps collector ownership local to the application.

registry := prometheus.NewRegistry()
metrics := webprometheus.MustNew(webprometheus.Config{
	Namespace:  "app",
	Registerer: registry,
	Gatherer:   registry,
})

router := echoweb.New().Router()
router.Use(metrics.Middleware())
router.GET("/metrics", metrics.Handler())
router.GET("/users", func(c web.Context) error {
	return c.JSON(http.StatusOK, []map[string]any{{"id": 1}})
})

Generate a route manifest and OpenAPI document

Set RouteCompositionPath to the source file that assembles the application route groups. Scoping the index to that composition keeps unrelated fixtures and unused providers out of the published contract.

manifest, err := webindex.Run(context.Background(), webindex.IndexOptions{
	Root:                 ".",
	RouteCompositionPath: "internal/http/routes.go",
	OutPath:              "build/webindex.json",
	DiagnosticsPath:      "build/webindex.diagnostics.json",
	OpenAPIPath:           "build/openapi.json",
	Strict:                true,
})
if err != nil {
	log.Fatal(err)
}
log.Printf("indexed %d operations", len(manifest.Operations))

Strict promotes unresolved source evidence into an error instead of publishing an ambiguous contract. The returned manifest still contains structured diagnostics for reporting.

Add a WebSocket route

WebSocket handlers use the same app-facing context plus a small connection contract.

router := echoweb.New().Router()
router.GETWS("/ws", func(c web.Context, conn web.WebSocketConn) error {
	var message map[string]any
	if err := conn.ReadJSON(&message); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	return conn.WriteJSON(map[string]any{"echo": message})
})

Echo escape hatches

Use echoweb.Wrap to adapt an existing Echo engine. Adapter.Echo, echoweb.UnwrapContext, and Context.Native expose the underlying implementation when a framework-specific integration genuinely needs it.

If an application only needs Echo and benefits from its full native API everywhere, using Echo directly is reasonable. web earns its place when the smaller handler contract, route declarations, shared middleware surface, testing helpers, metrics, or source-aware indexing are useful application boundaries.

Client IP trust

For backward compatibility, the Echo adapter initializes Echo's legacy IP extractor when an engine does not already have one. That extractor trusts forwarding headers without proxy checks, so configure it deliberately before using Context.RealIP for security, rate limiting, or auditing.

For a server reached directly by clients, use the network peer address:

adapter := echoweb.New()
adapter.Echo().IPExtractor = echo.ExtractIPDirect()

Behind a trusted proxy, configure echo.ExtractIPFromXFFHeader or echo.ExtractIPFromRealIPHeader with trust options that match the deployment, and ensure the edge proxy removes client-supplied forwarding headers before adding its own.

API

API Index

Group	Functions
Adapter	Adapter.Echo · Adapter.Router · Adapter.ServeHTTP · New · NewServer · Server.Router · Server.Serve · Server.ServeHTTP · UnwrapContext · UnwrapWebSocketConn · Wrap
Indexing	Run
Middleware Auth	BasicAuth · BasicAuthWithConfig · CSRF · CSRFWithConfig · CreateExtractors · KeyAuth · KeyAuthWithConfig
Middleware Compression	Compress · Decompress · DecompressWithConfig · Gzip · GzipWithConfig
Middleware Method Override	MethodFromForm · MethodFromHeader · MethodFromQuery · MethodOverride · MethodOverrideWithConfig
Middleware Path Rewriting	AddTrailingSlash · AddTrailingSlashWithConfig · RemoveTrailingSlash · RemoveTrailingSlashWithConfig · Rewrite · RewriteWithConfig
Middleware Payloads	BodyDump · BodyDumpWithConfig · BodyLimit · BodyLimitWithConfig · ErrorBodyDump · ErrorBodyDumpWithConfig
Middleware Proxying	NewRandomBalancer · NewRoundRobinBalancer · Proxy · ProxyWithConfig
Middleware Rate Limiting	NewRateLimiterMemoryStore · NewRateLimiterMemoryStoreWithConfig · RateLimiter · RateLimiterMemoryStore.Allow · RateLimiterWithConfig
Middleware Redirects	HTTPSNonWWWRedirect · HTTPSNonWWWRedirectWithConfig · HTTPSRedirect · HTTPSRedirectWithConfig · HTTPSWWWRedirect · HTTPSWWWRedirectWithConfig · NonWWWRedirect · NonWWWRedirectWithConfig · WWWRedirect · WWWRedirectWithConfig
Middleware Reliability	Recover · RecoverWithConfig
Middleware Request Lifecycle	ContextTimeout · ContextTimeoutWithConfig · DefaultSkipper · RequestID · RequestIDWithConfig · RequestLoggerWithConfig · Timeout · TimeoutWithConfig
Middleware Security	CORS · CORSWithConfig · Secure · SecureWithConfig
Middleware Static Files	Static · StaticWithConfig
Prometheus	Default · Handler · Metrics.Handler · Metrics.Middleware · Middleware · MustNew · New · RunPushGatewayGatherer · WriteGatheredMetrics
Route Reporting	BuildRouteEntries · RenderRouteTable
Routing	MountRouter · NewRoute · NewRouteGroup · NewWebSocketRoute · RegisterRoutes · Route.Handler · Route.HandlerName · Route.IsWebSocket · Route.Method · Route.MiddlewareNames · Route.Middlewares · Route.Path · Route.WebSocketHandler · Route.WithMiddlewareNames · RouteGroup.MiddlewareNames · RouteGroup.Middlewares · RouteGroup.RoutePrefix · RouteGroup.Routes · RouteGroup.WithMiddlewareNames
Testing	NewContext

API Reference

Generated from public API comments and examples.

Adapter

echoweb.Adapter.Echo

Echo returns the underlying Echo engine.

adapter := echoweb.New()
fmt.Println(adapter.Echo() != nil)
// true

echoweb.Adapter.Router

Router returns the app-facing router contract.

adapter := echoweb.New()
fmt.Println(adapter.Router() != nil)
// true

echoweb.Adapter.ServeHTTP

ServeHTTP exposes the adapter as a standard http.Handler.

adapter := echoweb.New()
adapter.Router().GET("/healthz", func(c web.Context) error { return c.NoContent(http.StatusNoContent) })
rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/healthz", nil)
adapter.ServeHTTP(rr, req)
fmt.Println(rr.Code)
// 204

echoweb.New

New creates a new Echo-backed web adapter.

adapter := echoweb.New()
fmt.Println(adapter.Router() != nil, adapter.Echo() != nil)
// true true

echoweb.NewServer

NewServer creates an Echo-backed server from web route groups and mounts.

server, err := echoweb.NewServer(echoweb.ServerConfig{
	RouteGroups: []web.RouteGroup{
		web.NewRouteGroup("/api", []web.Route{
			web.NewRoute(http.MethodGet, "/healthz", func(c web.Context) error { return c.NoContent(http.StatusNoContent) }),
		}),
	},
})

fmt.Println(err == nil, server.Router() != nil)
// true true

echoweb.Server.Router

Router exposes the app-facing router contract.

server, _ := echoweb.NewServer(echoweb.ServerConfig{})
fmt.Println(server.Router() != nil)
// true

echoweb.Server.Serve

Serve starts the server and gracefully shuts it down when ctx is cancelled.

server, _ := echoweb.NewServer(echoweb.ServerConfig{Addr: "127.0.0.1:0"})
ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
cancel()
fmt.Println(server.Serve(ctx) == nil)
// true

echoweb.Server.ServeHTTP

ServeHTTP exposes the server as an http.Handler for tests and local probing.

server, _ := echoweb.NewServer(echoweb.ServerConfig{
	RouteGroups: []web.RouteGroup{
		web.NewRouteGroup("/api", []web.Route{
			web.NewRoute(http.MethodGet, "/healthz", func(c web.Context) error { return c.NoContent(http.StatusNoContent) }),
		}),
	},
})

rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/api/healthz", nil)
server.ServeHTTP(rr, req)
fmt.Println(rr.Code)
// 204

echoweb.UnwrapContext

UnwrapContext returns the underlying Echo context when the web.Context came from this adapter.

adapter := echoweb.New()

adapter.Router().GET("/healthz", func(c web.Context) error {
	_, ok := echoweb.UnwrapContext(c)
	fmt.Println(ok)
	return c.NoContent(http.StatusOK)
})

rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/healthz", nil)
adapter.ServeHTTP(rr, req)
// true

echoweb.UnwrapWebSocketConn

UnwrapWebSocketConn returns the underlying gorilla websocket connection.

_, ok := echoweb.UnwrapWebSocketConn(nil)
fmt.Println(ok)
// false

echoweb.Wrap

Wrap exposes an existing Echo engine through the web.Router contract.

adapter := echoweb.Wrap(nil)
fmt.Println(adapter.Echo() != nil)
// true

Indexing

webindex.Run

Run indexes API metadata from source and writes artifacts.

manifest, err := webindex.Run(context.Background(), webindex.IndexOptions{
	Root:    ".",
	OutPath: "webindex.json",
})

fmt.Println(err == nil, manifest.Version != "")
// true true

Auth Middleware

webmiddleware.BasicAuth

BasicAuth returns basic auth middleware.

router := echoweb.New().Router()

router.Use(webmiddleware.BasicAuth(func(user, pass string, c web.Context) (bool, error) {
	return user == "demo" && pass == "secret", nil
}))

router.GET("/admin", func(c web.Context) error {
	return c.Text(200, "welcome")
})

webmiddleware.BasicAuthWithConfig

BasicAuthWithConfig returns basic auth middleware with config.

router := echoweb.New().Router()

router.Use(webmiddleware.BasicAuthWithConfig(webmiddleware.BasicAuthConfig{
	Realm: "Admin",
	Validator: func(user, pass string, c web.Context) (bool, error) {
		return user == "demo" && pass == "secret", nil
	},
}))

router.GET("/admin", func(c web.Context) error {
	return c.Text(200, "welcome")
})

webmiddleware.CSRF

CSRF enables token-based CSRF protection.

router := echoweb.New().Router()
router.Use(webmiddleware.CSRF())

router.POST("/settings", func(c web.Context) error {
	return c.NoContent(204)
})

webmiddleware.CSRFWithConfig

CSRFWithConfig enables token-based CSRF protection with config.

router := echoweb.New().Router()

router.Use(webmiddleware.CSRFWithConfig(webmiddleware.CSRFConfig{
	CookieName:  "_csrf",
	TokenLookup: "header:X-CSRF-Token",
}))

router.POST("/settings", func(c web.Context) error {
	return c.NoContent(204)
})

webmiddleware.CreateExtractors

CreateExtractors creates extractors from a lookup definition.

extractors, err := webmiddleware.CreateExtractors("header:X-API-Key,query:token")
fmt.Println(err == nil, len(extractors))
// true 2

webmiddleware.KeyAuth

KeyAuth returns key auth middleware.

router := echoweb.New().Router()

router.Use(webmiddleware.KeyAuth(func(key string, c web.Context) (bool, error) {
	return key == "demo-key", nil
}))

router.GET("/api/reports", func(c web.Context) error {
	return c.JSON(200, map[string]any{"ready": true})
})

webmiddleware.KeyAuthWithConfig

KeyAuthWithConfig returns key auth middleware with config.

router := echoweb.New().Router()

router.Use(webmiddleware.KeyAuthWithConfig(webmiddleware.KeyAuthConfig{
	KeyLookup: "query:api_key",
	Validator: func(key string, c web.Context) (bool, error) {
		return key == "demo-key", nil
	},
}))

router.GET("/api/reports", func(c web.Context) error {
	return c.JSON(200, map[string]any{"ready": true})
})

Compression Middleware

webmiddleware.Compress

Compress enables gzip response compression for clients that support it.

router := echoweb.New().Router()
router.Use(webmiddleware.Compress())

router.GET("/reports", func(c web.Context) error {
	return c.Text(200, "large report response")
})

webmiddleware.Decompress

Decompress inflates gzip-encoded request bodies before handlers read them.

router := echoweb.New().Router()
router.Use(webmiddleware.Decompress())

router.POST("/ingest", func(c web.Context) error {
	data, _ := io.ReadAll(c.Request().Body)
	return c.JSON(200, map[string]int{"bytes": len(data)})
})

webmiddleware.DecompressWithConfig

DecompressWithConfig inflates gzip-encoded request bodies with custom options.

router := echoweb.New().Router()

router.Use(webmiddleware.DecompressWithConfig(webmiddleware.DecompressConfig{
	Skipper: func(c web.Context) bool {
		return c.Path() == "/webhooks/raw"
	},
}))

router.POST("/ingest", func(c web.Context) error {
	return c.NoContent(202)
})

webmiddleware.Gzip

Gzip enables gzip response compression for clients that support it.

router := echoweb.New().Router()

router.GET("/feed", func(c web.Context) error {
	return c.Text(200, "large feed response")
}, webmiddleware.Gzip())

webmiddleware.GzipWithConfig

GzipWithConfig enables gzip response compression with custom options.

router := echoweb.New().Router()

router.Use(webmiddleware.GzipWithConfig(webmiddleware.GzipConfig{
	MinLength: 1024,
}))

Method Override Middleware

webmiddleware.MethodFromForm

MethodFromForm gets an override method from a form field.

router := echoweb.New().Router()

router.Pre(webmiddleware.MethodOverrideWithConfig(webmiddleware.MethodOverrideConfig{
	Getter: webmiddleware.MethodFromForm("_method"),
}))

webmiddleware.MethodFromHeader

MethodFromHeader gets an override method from a request header.

router := echoweb.New().Router()

router.Pre(webmiddleware.MethodOverrideWithConfig(webmiddleware.MethodOverrideConfig{
	Getter: webmiddleware.MethodFromHeader("X-HTTP-Method-Override"),
}))

webmiddleware.MethodFromQuery

MethodFromQuery gets an override method from a query parameter.

router := echoweb.New().Router()

router.Pre(webmiddleware.MethodOverrideWithConfig(webmiddleware.MethodOverrideConfig{
	Getter: webmiddleware.MethodFromQuery("_method"),
}))

webmiddleware.MethodOverride

MethodOverride returns method override middleware.

router := echoweb.New().Router()
router.Pre(webmiddleware.MethodOverride())

router.PATCH("/articles/:id", func(c web.Context) error {
	return c.NoContent(204)
})

webmiddleware.MethodOverrideWithConfig

MethodOverrideWithConfig returns method override middleware with config.

router := echoweb.New().Router()

router.Pre(webmiddleware.MethodOverrideWithConfig(webmiddleware.MethodOverrideConfig{
	Getter: webmiddleware.MethodFromQuery("_method"),
}))

router.DELETE("/articles/:id", func(c web.Context) error {
	return c.NoContent(204)
})

Path Rewriting Middleware

webmiddleware.AddTrailingSlash

AddTrailingSlash adds a trailing slash to the request path.

router := echoweb.New().Router()
router.Pre(webmiddleware.AddTrailingSlash())

router.GET("/docs/", func(c web.Context) error {
	return c.Text(200, "docs")
})

webmiddleware.AddTrailingSlashWithConfig

AddTrailingSlashWithConfig returns trailing-slash middleware with config.

router := echoweb.New().Router()

router.Pre(webmiddleware.AddTrailingSlashWithConfig(webmiddleware.TrailingSlashConfig{
	RedirectCode: 308,
}))

router.GET("/docs/", func(c web.Context) error {
	return c.Text(200, "docs")
})

webmiddleware.RemoveTrailingSlash

RemoveTrailingSlash removes the trailing slash from the request path.

router := echoweb.New().Router()
router.Pre(webmiddleware.RemoveTrailingSlash())

router.GET("/docs", func(c web.Context) error {
	return c.Text(200, "docs")
})

webmiddleware.RemoveTrailingSlashWithConfig

RemoveTrailingSlashWithConfig returns remove-trailing-slash middleware with config.

router := echoweb.New().Router()

router.Pre(webmiddleware.RemoveTrailingSlashWithConfig(webmiddleware.TrailingSlashConfig{
	RedirectCode: 308,
}))

router.GET("/docs", func(c web.Context) error {
	return c.Text(200, "docs")
})

webmiddleware.Rewrite

Rewrite rewrites the request path using wildcard rules.

router := echoweb.New().Router()

router.Pre(webmiddleware.Rewrite(map[string]string{
	"/old/*": "/new/$1",
}))

router.GET("/new/:name", func(c web.Context) error {
	return c.Text(200, c.Param("name"))
})

webmiddleware.RewriteWithConfig

RewriteWithConfig rewrites the request path using wildcard and regex rules.

router := echoweb.New().Router()

router.Pre(webmiddleware.RewriteWithConfig(webmiddleware.RewriteConfig{
	Rules: map[string]string{"/old/*": "/v2/$1"},
}))

router.GET("/v2/:name", func(c web.Context) error {
	return c.Text(200, c.Param("name"))
})

Payloads Middleware

webmiddleware.BodyDump

BodyDump captures request and response payloads.

router := echoweb.New().Router()

router.Use(webmiddleware.BodyDump(func(c web.Context, reqBody, resBody []byte) {
	log.Printf("%s %s -> %d bytes", c.Method(), c.URI(), len(resBody))
}))

router.POST("/webhooks", func(c web.Context) error {
	return c.JSON(202, map[string]any{"queued": true})
})

webmiddleware.BodyDumpWithConfig

BodyDumpWithConfig captures request and response payloads with config.

router := echoweb.New().Router()

router.Use(webmiddleware.BodyDumpWithConfig(webmiddleware.BodyDumpConfig{
	Skipper: func(c web.Context) bool {
		return c.Path() == "/healthz"
	},
	Handler: func(c web.Context, reqBody, resBody []byte) {
		log.Printf("%s %s -> %d bytes", c.Method(), c.URI(), len(resBody))
	},
}))

webmiddleware.BodyLimit

BodyLimit returns middleware that limits request body size.

router := echoweb.New().Router()
router.Use(webmiddleware.BodyLimit("2MB"))

router.POST("/uploads", func(c web.Context) error {
	return c.NoContent(204)
})

webmiddleware.BodyLimitWithConfig

BodyLimitWithConfig returns body limit middleware with config.

router := echoweb.New().Router()

router.Use(webmiddleware.BodyLimitWithConfig(webmiddleware.BodyLimitConfig{
	Limit: "10MB",
}))

router.POST("/imports", func(c web.Context) error {
	return c.NoContent(202)
})

webmiddleware.ErrorBodyDump

ErrorBodyDump captures response bodies for non-2xx and non-3xx responses.

router := echoweb.New().Router()

router.Use(webmiddleware.ErrorBodyDump(func(c web.Context, status int, body []byte) {
	log.Printf("%s %s failed with %d", c.Method(), c.URI(), status)
}))

router.GET("/reports/:id", func(c web.Context) error {
	return c.Text(404, "report not found")
})

webmiddleware.ErrorBodyDumpWithConfig

ErrorBodyDumpWithConfig captures response bodies for non-success responses with config.

router := echoweb.New().Router()

router.Use(webmiddleware.ErrorBodyDumpWithConfig(webmiddleware.ErrorBodyDumpConfig{
	Skipper: func(c web.Context) bool {
		return c.Path() == "/healthz"
	},
	Handler: func(c web.Context, status int, body []byte) {
		log.Printf("%s %s failed with %d", c.Method(), c.URI(), status)
	},
}))

Proxying Middleware

webmiddleware.NewRandomBalancer

NewRandomBalancer creates a random proxy balancer.

target, _ := url.Parse("http://localhost:8080")
balancer := webmiddleware.NewRandomBalancer([]*webmiddleware.ProxyTarget{{URL: target}})
fmt.Println(balancer.Next(nil).URL.Host)
// localhost:8080

webmiddleware.NewRoundRobinBalancer

NewRoundRobinBalancer creates a round-robin proxy balancer.

target, _ := url.Parse("http://localhost:8080")
balancer := webmiddleware.NewRoundRobinBalancer([]*webmiddleware.ProxyTarget{{URL: target}})
fmt.Println(balancer.Next(nil).URL.Host)
// localhost:8080

webmiddleware.Proxy

Proxy creates a proxy middleware.

target, _ := url.Parse("http://localhost:8080")
balancer := webmiddleware.NewRandomBalancer([]*webmiddleware.ProxyTarget{{URL: target}})

router := echoweb.New().Router()
router.Use(webmiddleware.Proxy(balancer))

webmiddleware.ProxyWithConfig

ProxyWithConfig creates a proxy middleware with config.

target, _ := url.Parse("http://localhost:8080")
balancer := webmiddleware.NewRoundRobinBalancer([]*webmiddleware.ProxyTarget{{URL: target}})

router := echoweb.New().Router()

router.Use(webmiddleware.ProxyWithConfig(webmiddleware.ProxyConfig{
	Balancer: balancer,
	Rewrite: map[string]string{
		"/api/*": "/$1",
	},
}))

Rate Limiting Middleware

webmiddleware.NewRateLimiterMemoryStore

NewRateLimiterMemoryStore creates an in-memory rate limiter store.

store := webmiddleware.NewRateLimiterMemoryStore(rate.Every(time.Second))
allowed1, _ := store.Allow("192.0.2.1")
allowed2, _ := store.Allow("192.0.2.1")
fmt.Println(allowed1, allowed2)
// true false

webmiddleware.NewRateLimiterMemoryStoreWithConfig

NewRateLimiterMemoryStoreWithConfig creates an in-memory rate limiter store with config.

store := webmiddleware.NewRateLimiterMemoryStoreWithConfig(webmiddleware.RateLimiterMemoryStoreConfig{Rate: rate.Every(time.Second)})
allowed, _ := store.Allow("192.0.2.1")
fmt.Println(allowed)
// true

webmiddleware.RateLimiter

RateLimiter creates a rate limiting middleware.

store := webmiddleware.NewRateLimiterMemoryStore(rate.Every(time.Second))

router := echoweb.New().Router()
router.Use(webmiddleware.RateLimiter(store))

router.POST("/api/messages", func(c web.Context) error {
	return c.NoContent(202)
})

webmiddleware.RateLimiterMemoryStore.Allow

Allow checks whether the given identifier is allowed through.

store := webmiddleware.NewRateLimiterMemoryStore(rate.Every(time.Second))
allowed, err := store.Allow("127.0.0.1")
fmt.Println(err == nil, allowed)
// true true

webmiddleware.RateLimiterWithConfig

RateLimiterWithConfig creates a rate limiting middleware with config.

store := webmiddleware.NewRateLimiterMemoryStore(rate.Every(time.Second))

router := echoweb.New().Router()

router.Use(webmiddleware.RateLimiterWithConfig(webmiddleware.RateLimiterConfig{
	Store: store,
	IdentifierExtractor: func(c web.Context) (string, error) {
		return c.Header("X-Account-ID"), nil
	},
}))

Redirects Middleware

webmiddleware.HTTPSNonWWWRedirect

HTTPSNonWWWRedirect redirects to https without www.

router := echoweb.New().Router()
router.Use(webmiddleware.HTTPSNonWWWRedirect())

webmiddleware.HTTPSNonWWWRedirectWithConfig

HTTPSNonWWWRedirectWithConfig returns HTTPS non-WWW redirect middleware with config.

router := echoweb.New().Router()

router.Use(webmiddleware.HTTPSNonWWWRedirectWithConfig(webmiddleware.RedirectConfig{
	Code: 307,
}))

webmiddleware.HTTPSRedirect

HTTPSRedirect redirects http requests to https.

router := echoweb.New().Router()
router.Use(webmiddleware.HTTPSRedirect())

router.GET("/docs", func(c web.Context) error {
	return c.Text(200, "docs")
})

webmiddleware.HTTPSRedirectWithConfig

HTTPSRedirectWithConfig returns HTTPS redirect middleware with config.

router := echoweb.New().Router()

router.Use(webmiddleware.HTTPSRedirectWithConfig(webmiddleware.RedirectConfig{
	Code: 307,
}))

webmiddleware.HTTPSWWWRedirect

HTTPSWWWRedirect redirects to https + www.

router := echoweb.New().Router()
router.Use(webmiddleware.HTTPSWWWRedirect())

webmiddleware.HTTPSWWWRedirectWithConfig

HTTPSWWWRedirectWithConfig returns HTTPS+WWW redirect middleware with config.

router := echoweb.New().Router()

router.Use(webmiddleware.HTTPSWWWRedirectWithConfig(webmiddleware.RedirectConfig{
	Code: 307,
}))

webmiddleware.NonWWWRedirect

NonWWWRedirect redirects to the non-www host.

router := echoweb.New().Router()
router.Use(webmiddleware.NonWWWRedirect())

webmiddleware.NonWWWRedirectWithConfig

NonWWWRedirectWithConfig returns non-WWW redirect middleware with config.

router := echoweb.New().Router()

router.Use(webmiddleware.NonWWWRedirectWithConfig(webmiddleware.RedirectConfig{
	Code: 307,
}))

webmiddleware.WWWRedirect

WWWRedirect redirects to the www host.

router := echoweb.New().Router()
router.Use(webmiddleware.WWWRedirect())

webmiddleware.WWWRedirectWithConfig

WWWRedirectWithConfig returns WWW redirect middleware with config.

router := echoweb.New().Router()

router.Use(webmiddleware.WWWRedirectWithConfig(webmiddleware.RedirectConfig{
	Code: 307,
}))

Reliability Middleware

webmiddleware.Recover

Recover returns middleware that recovers panics from the handler chain.

router := echoweb.New().Router()
router.Use(webmiddleware.Recover())

router.GET("/panic", func(c web.Context) error {
	panic("boom")
})

webmiddleware.RecoverWithConfig

RecoverWithConfig returns recover middleware with config.

router := echoweb.New().Router()

router.Use(webmiddleware.RecoverWithConfig(webmiddleware.RecoverConfig{
	DisableStack: true,
	HandleError: func(c web.Context, err error, stack []byte) error {
		return c.JSON(500, map[string]any{"error": "internal server error"})
	},
}))

Request Lifecycle Middleware

webmiddleware.ContextTimeout

ContextTimeout sets a timeout on the request context.

router := echoweb.New().Router()
router.Use(webmiddleware.ContextTimeout(2 * time.Second))

router.GET("/reports", func(c web.Context) error {
	return c.JSON(200, map[string]any{"ready": true})
})

webmiddleware.ContextTimeoutWithConfig

ContextTimeoutWithConfig sets a timeout on the request context with config.

router := echoweb.New().Router()

router.Use(webmiddleware.ContextTimeoutWithConfig(webmiddleware.ContextTimeoutConfig{
	Timeout: time.Second,
}))

webmiddleware.DefaultSkipper

DefaultSkipper always runs the middleware.

fmt.Println(webmiddleware.DefaultSkipper(nil))
// false

webmiddleware.RequestID

RequestID returns middleware that sets a request id header and context value.

router := echoweb.New().Router()
router.Use(webmiddleware.RequestID())

router.GET("/healthz", func(c web.Context) error {
	return c.JSON(200, map[string]any{
		"request_id": c.Get("request_id"),
	})
})

webmiddleware.RequestIDWithConfig

RequestIDWithConfig returns RequestID middleware with config.

router := echoweb.New().Router()

router.Use(webmiddleware.RequestIDWithConfig(webmiddleware.RequestIDConfig{
	TargetHeader: "X-Correlation-ID",
	ContextKey:   "correlation_id",
}))

webmiddleware.RequestLoggerWithConfig

RequestLoggerWithConfig returns request logger middleware with config.

router := echoweb.New().Router()

router.Use(webmiddleware.RequestLoggerWithConfig(webmiddleware.RequestLoggerConfig{
	LogValuesFunc: func(c web.Context, values webmiddleware.RequestLoggerValues) error {
		log.Printf("%s %s %d %s", values.Method, values.URI, values.Status, values.Latency)
		return nil
	},
}))

router.GET("/users/:id", func(c web.Context) error {
	return c.NoContent(204)
})

webmiddleware.Timeout

Timeout returns a response-timeout middleware.

router := echoweb.New().Router()
router.Use(webmiddleware.Timeout())

router.GET("/healthz", func(c web.Context) error {
	return c.NoContent(204)
})

webmiddleware.TimeoutWithConfig

TimeoutWithConfig returns a response-timeout middleware with config.

router := echoweb.New().Router()

router.Use(webmiddleware.TimeoutWithConfig(webmiddleware.TimeoutConfig{
	Timeout:      time.Second,
	ErrorMessage: "request timed out",
}))

Security Middleware

webmiddleware.CORS

CORS returns Cross-Origin Resource Sharing middleware.

router := echoweb.New().Router()
router.Use(webmiddleware.CORS())

router.GET("/api/healthz", func(c web.Context) error {
	return c.JSON(200, map[string]any{"ok": true})
})

webmiddleware.CORSWithConfig

CORSWithConfig returns CORS middleware with config.

router := echoweb.New().Router()

router.Use(webmiddleware.CORSWithConfig(webmiddleware.CORSConfig{
	AllowOrigins: []string{"https://app.example.com"},
	AllowMethods: []string{"GET", "POST", "PATCH"},
}))

router.GET("/api/healthz", func(c web.Context) error {
	return c.JSON(200, map[string]any{"ok": true})
})

webmiddleware.Secure

Secure sets security-oriented response headers.

router := echoweb.New().Router()
router.Use(webmiddleware.Secure())

router.GET("/", func(c web.Context) error {
	return c.Text(200, "home")
})

webmiddleware.SecureWithConfig

SecureWithConfig sets security-oriented response headers with config.

router := echoweb.New().Router()

router.Use(webmiddleware.SecureWithConfig(webmiddleware.SecureConfig{
	ReferrerPolicy:        "same-origin",
	ContentSecurityPolicy: "default-src 'self'",
}))

Static Files Middleware

webmiddleware.Static

Static serves static content from the provided root.

router := echoweb.New().Router()
router.Use(webmiddleware.Static("public"))

router.GET("/healthz", func(c web.Context) error {
	return c.NoContent(204)
})

webmiddleware.StaticWithConfig

StaticWithConfig serves static content using config.

router := echoweb.New().Router()

router.Use(webmiddleware.StaticWithConfig(webmiddleware.StaticConfig{
	Root:  "public",
	HTML5: true,
}))

Prometheus

webprometheus.Default

Default returns the package-level Prometheus metrics instance.

fmt.Println(webprometheus.Default() == webprometheus.Default())
// true

webprometheus.Handler

Handler returns the package-level Prometheus scrape handler.

registry := prometheus.NewRegistry()
counter := prometheus.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{Name: "demo_total", Help: "demo counter"})
registry.MustRegister(counter)
counter.Inc()
metrics, _ := webprometheus.New(webprometheus.Config{Registerer: prometheus.NewRegistry(), Gatherer: registry})
recorder := httptest.NewRecorder()
ctx := webtest.NewContext(httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/metrics", nil), recorder, "/metrics", nil)
_ = metrics.Handler()(ctx)
fmt.Println(strings.Contains(recorder.Body.String(), "demo_total"))
// true

webprometheus.Metrics.Handler

Handler exposes the configured Prometheus metrics as a web.Handler.

registry := prometheus.NewRegistry()
counter := prometheus.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{Name: "demo_total", Help: "demo counter"})
registry.MustRegister(counter)
counter.Inc()
metrics, _ := webprometheus.New(webprometheus.Config{Registerer: prometheus.NewRegistry(), Gatherer: registry})
recorder := httptest.NewRecorder()
ctx := webtest.NewContext(httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/metrics", nil), recorder, "/metrics", nil)
_ = metrics.Handler()(ctx)
fmt.Println(strings.Contains(recorder.Body.String(), "demo_total"))
// true

webprometheus.Metrics.Middleware

Middleware records Prometheus metrics for each request.

registry := prometheus.NewRegistry()
metrics, _ := webprometheus.New(webprometheus.Config{Registerer: registry, Gatherer: registry, Namespace: "example"})
handler := metrics.Middleware()(func(c web.Context) error { return c.NoContent(http.StatusNoContent) })
ctx := webtest.NewContext(httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/healthz", nil), nil, "/healthz", nil)
_ = handler(ctx)
out := &bytes.Buffer{}
_ = webprometheus.WriteGatheredMetrics(out, registry)
fmt.Println(strings.Contains(out.String(), "example_requests_total"))
// true

webprometheus.Middleware

Middleware returns the package-level Prometheus middleware.

registry := prometheus.NewRegistry()
metrics, _ := webprometheus.New(webprometheus.Config{Registerer: registry, Gatherer: registry, Namespace: "example"})
handler := metrics.Middleware()(func(c web.Context) error { return c.NoContent(http.StatusNoContent) })
ctx := webtest.NewContext(httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/healthz", nil), nil, "/healthz", nil)
_ = handler(ctx)
out := &bytes.Buffer{}
_ = webprometheus.WriteGatheredMetrics(out, registry)
fmt.Println(strings.Contains(out.String(), "example_requests_total"))
// true

webprometheus.MustNew

MustNew creates a Metrics instance and panics on registration errors.

metrics := webprometheus.MustNew(webprometheus.Config{Registerer: prometheus.NewRegistry(), Gatherer: prometheus.NewRegistry()})
fmt.Println(metrics != nil)
// true

webprometheus.New

New creates a Metrics instance backed by Prometheus collectors.

metrics, err := webprometheus.New(webprometheus.Config{Namespace: "app"})
_ = metrics
fmt.Println(err == nil)
// true

webprometheus.RunPushGatewayGatherer

RunPushGatewayGatherer starts pushing collected metrics until the context finishes.

err := webprometheus.RunPushGatewayGatherer(context.Background(), webprometheus.PushGatewayConfig{})
fmt.Println(err != nil)
// true

webprometheus.WriteGatheredMetrics

WriteGatheredMetrics gathers collected metrics and writes them to the given writer.

var buf bytes.Buffer
err := webprometheus.WriteGatheredMetrics(&buf, prometheus.NewRegistry())
fmt.Println(err == nil)
// true

Route Reporting

BuildRouteEntries

BuildRouteEntries builds a sorted slice of route entries from registered groups and extra entries.

entries := web.BuildRouteEntries([]web.RouteGroup{
	web.NewRouteGroup("/api", []web.Route{
		web.NewRoute(http.MethodGet, "/healthz", func(c web.Context) error { return nil }),
	}),
})
fmt.Println(entries[0].Path, entries[0].Methods[0])
// /api/healthz GET

RenderRouteTable

RenderRouteTable renders a route table using simple ASCII borders and ANSI colors.

table := web.RenderRouteTable([]web.RouteEntry{{
	Path:    "/api/healthz",
	Handler: "monitoring.Healthz",
	Methods: []string{"GET"},
}})
fmt.Println(strings.Contains(table, "/api/healthz"))
// true

Routing

MountRouter

MountRouter applies mount-style router configuration in declaration order.

adapter := echoweb.New()

err := web.MountRouter(adapter.Router(), []web.RouterMount{
	func(r web.Router) error {
		r.GET("/healthz", func(c web.Context) error { return nil })
		return nil
	},
})

fmt.Println(err == nil)
// true

NewRoute

NewRoute creates a new route using the app-facing web handler contract directly.

route := web.NewRoute(http.MethodGet, "/healthz", func(c web.Context) error {
	return c.NoContent(http.StatusOK)
})

fmt.Println(route.Method(), route.Path())
// GET /healthz

NewRouteGroup

NewRouteGroup wraps routes and their accompanied web middleware.

group := web.NewRouteGroup("/api", []web.Route{
	web.NewRoute(http.MethodGet, "/healthz", func(c web.Context) error { return nil }),
})

fmt.Println(group.RoutePrefix(), len(group.Routes()))
// /api 1

NewWebSocketRoute

NewWebSocketRoute creates a websocket route using the app-facing websocket handler contract.

route := web.NewWebSocketRoute("/ws", func(c web.Context, conn web.WebSocketConn) error {
	return nil
})

fmt.Println(route.IsWebSocket())
// true

RegisterRoutes

RegisterRoutes registers route groups onto a router.

adapter := echoweb.New()

groups := []web.RouteGroup{
	web.NewRouteGroup("/api", []web.Route{
		web.NewRoute(http.MethodGet, "/healthz", func(c web.Context) error { return nil }),
	}),
}

err := web.RegisterRoutes(adapter.Router(), groups)
fmt.Println(err == nil)
// true

Route.Handler

Handler returns the route handler.

route := web.NewRoute(http.MethodGet, "/healthz", func(c web.Context) error {
	return c.NoContent(http.StatusCreated)
})

ctx := webtest.NewContext(nil, nil, "/healthz", nil)
_ = route.Handler()(ctx)
fmt.Println(ctx.StatusCode())
// 201

Route.HandlerName

HandlerName returns the original handler name for route reporting.

route := web.NewRoute(http.MethodGet, "/healthz", func(c web.Context) error { return nil })
fmt.Println(route.HandlerName() != "")
// true

Route.IsWebSocket

IsWebSocket reports whether this route upgrades to a websocket connection.

route := web.NewWebSocketRoute("/ws", func(c web.Context, conn web.WebSocketConn) error { return nil })
fmt.Println(route.IsWebSocket())
// true

Route.Method

Method returns the HTTP method.

route := web.NewRoute(http.MethodPost, "/users", func(c web.Context) error { return nil })
fmt.Println(route.Method())
// POST

Route.MiddlewareNames

MiddlewareNames returns original middleware names for route reporting.

route := web.NewRoute(http.MethodGet, "/healthz", func(c web.Context) error { return nil }).WithMiddlewareNames("auth")
fmt.Println(route.MiddlewareNames()[0])
// auth

Route.Middlewares

Middlewares returns the route middleware slice.

route := web.NewRoute(

http.MethodGet,
"/healthz",
func(c web.Context) error { return nil },
func(next web.Handler) web.Handler { return next },

)
fmt.Println(len(route.Middlewares()))
// 1

Route.Path

Path returns the path of the route.

route := web.NewRoute(http.MethodGet, "/healthz", func(c web.Context) error { return nil })
fmt.Println(route.Path())
// /healthz

Route.WebSocketHandler

WebSocketHandler returns the websocket route handler.

route := web.NewWebSocketRoute("/ws", func(c web.Context, conn web.WebSocketConn) error {
	c.Set("ready", true)
	return nil
})

ctx := webtest.NewContext(nil, nil, "/ws", nil)
err := route.WebSocketHandler()(ctx, nil)
fmt.Println(err == nil, ctx.Get("ready"))
// true true

Route.WithMiddlewareNames

WithMiddlewareNames attaches reporting-only middleware names to the route.

route := web.NewRoute(http.MethodGet, "/healthz", func(c web.Context) error { return nil }).WithMiddlewareNames("auth", "trace")
fmt.Println(len(route.MiddlewareNames()))
// 2

RouteGroup.MiddlewareNames

MiddlewareNames returns original middleware names for route reporting.

group := web.NewRouteGroup("/api", nil).WithMiddlewareNames("auth")
fmt.Println(group.MiddlewareNames()[0])
// auth

RouteGroup.Middlewares

Middlewares returns the middleware slice for the group.

group := web.NewRouteGroup("/api", nil, func(next web.Handler) web.Handler { return next })
fmt.Println(len(group.Middlewares()))
// 1

RouteGroup.RoutePrefix

RoutePrefix returns the group prefix.

group := web.NewRouteGroup("/api", nil)
fmt.Println(group.RoutePrefix())
// /api

RouteGroup.Routes

Routes returns the routes in the group.

group := web.NewRouteGroup("/api", []web.Route{
	web.NewRoute(http.MethodGet, "/healthz", func(c web.Context) error { return nil }),
})

fmt.Println(len(group.Routes()))
// 1

RouteGroup.WithMiddlewareNames

WithMiddlewareNames attaches reporting-only middleware names to the group.

group := web.NewRouteGroup("/api", nil).WithMiddlewareNames("auth", "trace")
fmt.Println(len(group.MiddlewareNames()))
// 2

Testing

webtest.NewContext

NewContext creates a new test context around the provided request/recorder pair.

req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/users/42?expand=roles", nil)
ctx := webtest.NewContext(req, nil, "/users/:id", webtest.PathParams{"id": "42"})
fmt.Println(ctx.Param("id"), ctx.Query("expand"))
// 42 roles

Using With GoForj

Generated Apps register web routes and controllers through the HTTP runtime. Keep server wiring in framework providers and inject application services into controllers.

For generated App integration, see HTTP Services.