A RESTful Server

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The purpose of the presented implementation is to understand how things work behind the scenes because the principles behind REST services remain the same. The logic behind each handler function is simple: read user input and decide whether the given input and HTTP method are the desired ones. The principles of each client interaction are also simple: the server should send appropriate error messages and HTTP codes back to the client so that everyone knows what really happened. Lastly, everything should be documented to communicate in a common language.

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The code of the server, which is saved as rServer.go, is the following:

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Course Introduction

Introduction to Go

Basic Go Data Types

Composite Data Types

Reflection and Interfaces

Go Packages and Functions

Telling a UNIX System What to Do

Go Concurrency

Building Web Services

Working with TCP/IP and WebSocket

Working with REST APIs

Code Testing and Profiling

Working with gRPC

Go Generics

Conclusion

Appendix A—Go Garbage Collector

A RESTful Server

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