A comprehensive boilerplate for REST API with real-time capabilities, built with Go Echo framework and MySQL database.

GoAPI is a production-ready boilerplate for building REST APIs with real-time messaging capabilities. It provides a solid foundation with authentication, authorization, file processing, email services, and WebSocket communication through Centrifugo.

• Authentication & Authorization: JWT-based authentication with RBAC (Role-Based Access Control)
• User Management: User registration, profile management, and email confirmation
• Real-time Communication: WebSocket support via Centrifugo gRPC server
• File Processing: Support for XLSX, CSV, and TXT file reading/writing
• Email Services: Email templates and asynchronous mail sending via RabbitMQ
• Database Migrations: Goose-based database migration system
• Internationalization: Multi-language support (English/Russian)
• Comprehensive Logging: Structured logging with pretty formatting
• Security: Input sanitization, validation, and CORS support
• Monitoring: Optional profiling and vulnerability checking

• Language: Go 1.24.1
• Web Framework: Echo v4.13.4
• Database: MySQL with go-sql-driver/mysql
• Cache: Redis v9.14.0
• Message Queue: RabbitMQ with go-rabbitmq
• Real-time: Centrifugo with gRPC

• Authentication: JWT with golang-jwt/jwt/v5
• Validation: go-playground/validator/v10
• File Processing: excelize/v2, xlsxreader
• Email: go-mail
• Testing: Testify
• Migrations: Goose
• Internationalization: go-i18n/v2

• Go: 1.24.1 or higher
• MySQL: 5.7+ or 8.0+
• Redis: 6.0+
• RabbitMQ: 3.8+
• Centrifugo: v5+ (optional, for real-time features)

git clone https://github.com/dbunt1tled/go-api.git
cd go-api

Copy the environment example file and configure your settings:

cp .env.example .env

Edit the .env file with your configuration:

# Application
ENV="dev"
APP_NAME="GoAPI"
APP_URL="https://127.0.0.1:8082"
APP_LOCAL="en"

# Database
DATABASE_DSN="user:password@tcp(localhost:3306)/database_name?charset=utf8mb4&parseTime=True&loc=Local"

# HTTP Server
HTTP_SERVER_ADDRESS="localhost:8082"
HTTP_SERVER_TIMEOUT=4s
HTTP_SERVER_IDLE_TIMEOUT=60s

# Redis
REDIS_HOST=127.0.0.1
REDIS_PORT=6379
REDIS_DB=0

# JWT Authentication
JWT_PRIVATE_KEY="path/to/private.key"
JWT_PUBLIC_KEY="path/to/public.key"
JWT_TOKEN_ALGORITHM="ES512"

# Email Configuration
MAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
MAIL_PORT=587
MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS="[email protected]"
MAIL_USERNAME="your-username"
MAIL_PASSWORD="your-password"

# RabbitMQ
RABBITMQ_HOST=localhost
RABBITMQ_PORT=5672
RABBITMQ_USER="guest"
RABBITMQ_PASSWORD="guest"

# Centrifugo (optional)
SERVER_CENTRIFUGO_URL="localhost:5001"
API_CENTRIFUGO_URL=http://127.0.0.1:8000
API_CENTRIFUGO_KEY="your-centrifugo-key"

go mod download

Run database migrations:

make migrate_up

The project includes a comprehensive Makefile with the following commands:

# Run the main REST API server
make run_api

# Run the mail consumer service
make run_mail

# Run the Centrifugo gRPC server
make run_centrifugo

# Build API server
make build_api

# Build mail consumer
make build_mail

# Build Centrifugo server
make build_centrifugo

# Build with optimizations (smaller binaries)
make build_opt_api
make build_opt_mail
make build_opt_centrifugo

# Create new SQL migration
MIGRATION_NAME=create_users_table make migration_sql

# Create new Go migration
MIGRATION_NAME=seed_initial_data make migration_go

# Apply migrations
make migrate_up

# Rollback migrations
make migrate_down

# Check migration status
make migrate_status

# Generate Protocol Buffer code
make gen_proto

# Clean generated Protocol Buffer code
make gen_clean

# Install vulnerability checker
make install_govulncheck

# Check for vulnerabilities
make check_vulnerabilities

The project has multiple entry points for different services:

Main HTTP server providing REST API endpoints with:

• User authentication and management
• File upload/download functionality
• Health checks and monitoring
• Static file serving

Default Address: localhost:8082

Background service for processing email queue messages:

• User registration confirmation emails
• Password reset notifications
• System notifications

Real-time communication server providing:

• WebSocket connections
• Real-time notifications
• Live data updates

Default Address: localhost:5001

• cmd/pusher/pusher.go - Message pushing utility
• cmd/read/read.go - File reading utility
• cmd/xlsx/xslx.go - Excel processing utility

The project uses Testify for testing with a comprehensive test suite.

# Run tests for specific package
cd tests/reader && go test -v

# Run Centrifugo tests
cd tests/centrifugo && go test -v

# Run all tests
go test ./tests/...

Tests are organized in the tests/ directory by package:

• tests/reader/ - File reading/processing tests
• tests/centrifugo/ - Real-time communication tests

Tests follow these conventions:

• Use table-driven tests where appropriate
• Use require for critical assertions
• Use assert for non-critical assertions
• Include test suites for complex scenarios

├── app/                          # Application logic by domain
│   ├── auth/                     # Authentication handlers & services
│   ├── centrifugo/              # Centrifugo gRPC server implementation
│   ├── general/                 # General purpose handlers
│   ├── jobs/                    # Background job handlers
│   ├── user/                    # User management
│   └── usernotification/        # User notification system
├── assets/                      # Static assets (images, styles)
├── bin/                         # Binary files and certificates
├── cmd/                         # Application entry points
│   ├── api/                     # REST API server
│   ├── centrifugo/             # gRPC server for real-time
│   ├── mailconsumer/           # Email processing service
│   └── [other utilities]/      # Additional command-line tools
├── internal/                    # Internal packages
│   ├── cache/                   # Redis cache implementation
│   ├── config/                  # Configuration management
│   ├── database/migrations/     # Database migration files
│   ├── dto/                     # Data Transfer Objects
│   ├── lib/                     # Internal libraries
│   ├── reader/                  # File reading implementations
│   ├── router/                  # HTTP routing and middleware
│   ├── storage/                 # Database connection management
│   ├── util/                    # Utility functions
│   └── writer/                  # File writing implementations
├── proto/                       # Protocol Buffer definitions
├── resources/                   # Templates and localization
│   ├── en/                      # English translations
│   ├── ru/                      # Russian translations
│   └── templates/               # HTML templates
└── tests/                       # Test files organized by package

• Follow standard Go conventions
• Use golangci-lint for code quality
• Keep functions under 100 lines
• Maintain cognitive complexity under 20
• Always handle errors appropriately

The project includes automated workflows:

• Release Workflow: Automated releases with GoReleaser
• Junie Workflow: AI-assisted development workflow

Run linting with:

golangci-lint run

API documentation is available at:

• Development: http://localhost:8082/docs (TODO: Implement Swagger)
• Swagger Spec: ./docs/swagger.yaml (TODO: Generate)

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch: git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature
3. Commit your changes: git commit -m 'Add amazing feature'
4. Push to the branch: git push origin feature/amazing-feature
5. Open a Pull Request

• Add Swagger/OpenAPI documentation
• Implement health check endpoints
• Add Docker and Docker Compose configuration
• Create deployment guides for different platforms
• Add performance benchmarks
• Implement rate limiting
• Add more comprehensive integration tests
• Create development environment setup scripts

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

• Issues: GitHub Issues
• Discussions: GitHub Discussions

• Echo - High performance, extensible web framework
• Centrifugo - Real-time messaging server
• Testify - Testing toolkit
• golangci-lint - Go linter

Last Updated: 2025-01-18