requestgen

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requestgen generates the cascade call for your request object

Installation

go install github.com/c9s/requestgen/cmd/requestgen

Synopsis

requestgen scans all the fields of the target struct, and generate setter methods and getParameters method.

package api

import "github.com/c9s/requestgen"

//go:generate requestgen -type PlaceOrderRequest
type PlaceOrderRequest struct {
	// client is an optional field to implement.
	// If the API needs authentication, the client type should be `AuthenticatedAPIClient`. Otherwise, `APIClient`.
	// The `Do()` method will be generated if the client field is provided.
	// note, you will have to add flag "-url" and "-method" to specify your endpoint and the request method.
	client requestgen.AuthenticatedAPIClient
	
	// A combination of case-sensitive alphanumerics, all numbers, or all letters of up to 32 characters.
	clientOrderID *string `param:"clientOid,required" defaultValuer:"uuid()"`

	symbol string `param:"symbol,required"`

	// A combination of case-sensitive alphanumerics, all numbers, or all letters of up to 8 characters.
	tag *string `param:"tag"`

	// Set side parameter with valid values "buy", "sell"
	// "required" means the parameter is required.
	side SideType `param:"side,required" validValues:"buy,sell"`

    // Set order type parameter with valid values "limit", "market"
	orderType OrderType `param:"ordType" validValues:"limit,market"`

	size string `param:"size"`

    // For optional fields, you can use pointer to indicate that the field is optional.
    // 
	// price is an optional field by using pointer
	price *string `param:"price,omitempty"`

	timeInForce *TimeInForceType `param:"timeInForce,omitempty" validValues:"GTC,GTT,FOK"`

	complexArg ComplexArg `param:"complexArg"`

	startTime *time.Time `param:"startTime,milliseconds" defaultValuer:"now()"`
}

Or you can run generate command manually like this:

go run ./cmd/requestgen -type PlaceOrderRequest -method GET -url "/api/v1/bullet" -debug ./example/api 

Then you can do:

req := &PlaceOrderRequest{}
err := req.Tag(..).
	OrderType(OrderTypeLimit).
	Side(SideTypeBuy).
	Do(ctx)

See the generated example

See the real world application

Usage

requestgen let you define http request parameters in a struct as struct field tags, and generate the request methods for you.

Implementing your HTTP API Client

Interacting with Private APIs

For user-specific (APIs needs authentication) HTTP API requests, you can implement your own HTTP API client that satisfies the AuthenticatedAPIClient interface, which is a combination of APIClient and AuthenticatedRequestBuilder. The interface is defined in the requestgen package:

type AuthenticatedAPIClient interface {
	APIClient
	AuthenticatedRequestBuilder
}

type AuthenticatedRequestBuilder interface {
    // NewAuthenticatedRequest builds up the http request for authentication-required endpoints
    NewAuthenticatedRequest(
        ctx context.Context, method, refURL string, params url.Values, payload interface{},
    ) (*http.Request, error)
}

The NewAuthenticatedRequest is a request builder, which is used to create authenticated requests.

Your NewAuthenticatedRequest method should attach the authentication headers to the request, such as API keys or bearer token.

Interacting with Public APIs

For public HTTP API requests, you can implement your own HTTP API client that satisfies the APIClient interface, which is defined in the requestgen package:

type APIClient interface {
    // NewRequest builds up the http request for public endpoints
    NewRequest(ctx context.Context, method, refURL string, params url.Values, payload interface{}) (*http.Request, error)

    // SendRequest sends the request object to the api gateway
    SendRequest(req *http.Request) (*Response, error)
}

You can implement the NewRequest method to create a new HTTP request for public endpoints, and the SendRequest method to send the request and receive the response.

You can also use requestgen.BaseAPIClient as a base implementation for your API client, which provides a basic implementation of the APIClient interface.

package api

import (
    "context"
    "net/http"
    "net/url"
    "github.com/c9s/requestgen"
)

type RestClient struct {
    requestgen.BaseAPIClient // Embedding BaseAPIClient to use its methods
}

func (c *RestClient) NewAuthenticatedRequest(ctx context.Context, method, refURL string, params url.Values, payload interface{}) (*http.Request, error) {
    // Implement your authentication logic here
    // For example, add API key or bearer token to the request headers
    req, err := c.BaseAPIClient.NewRequest(ctx, method, refURL, params, payload)
    if err != nil {
        return nil, err
    }
    // Add authentication headers
    req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN_HERE")
    return req, nil
}

Embedding Your API Client In Your Request Struct

Define your request struct with the requestgen tags to specify the endpoint URL and HTTP method, like this a file example/api/your_request.go:

//go:generate requestgen -method GET -url "/api/v1/test" -type YourRequest
type YourRequest struct {
    // If the API needs authentication, the client type should be `AuthenticatedAPIClient`. Otherwise, `APIClient`.
    // The `Do()` method will be generated if the client field is provided.
    // 
    // note, you will have to add flag "-url" and "-method" in the command to specify your endpoint and the request method.
    client requestgen.AuthenticatedAPIClient
}

Once you have defined your request struct, you can use the go:generate directive to generate the request methods automatically. Or, run the go generate command to generate the request methods:

go generate ./example/api

And then you can define a helper method to create a new request object:

func (c *RestClient) NewYourRequest() *YourRequest {
    return &YourRequest{
        client: c, // c is your API client that implements AuthenticatedAPIClient
    }
}

Defining Request Parameters

You can define request parameters in the struct fields using the param tag. The tag format is param:"name,options", where name is the parameter name and options can include:

• required: Indicates that the parameter is required.
• query: Indicates that the parameter should be placed in the query string.
• slug: Indicates that the parameter should be slugified (e.g., converted to lowercase and hyphenated).

For example, you can define a request parameter like this:

//go:generate requestgen -type GetAccountRequest -url "/api/v1/accounts/:accountID" -method GET
type GetAccountRequest struct {
    client requestgen.AuthenticatedAPIClient
    accountID string `param:"accountID,required,slug"` // This will be placed in the URL path
}

You can also use the defaultValuer tag to specify a default value for the parameter, which can be a function call or a constant value.

//go:generate requestgen -type GetAccountRequest -url "/api/v1/accounts/:accountID" -method GET
type GetAccountRequest struct {
    client requestgen.AuthenticatedAPIClient
    accountID string `param:"accountID,required,slug" defaultValuer:"uuid()"`
}

Generating Request Methods

After defining your request struct and its parameters, you can generate the request methods using the go:generate directive or by running the requestgen command manually.

go run ./cmd/requestgen -type GetAccountRequest -url "/api/v1/accounts/:accountID" -method GET

Using the Generated Request Methods

Once the request methods are generated, you can use them in your code like this:

package main

import (
    "context"
    "fmt"
    "github.com/c9s/requestgen/example/api"
)

func main() {
    // Create your API client
    client := &api.RestClient{
        // Initialize your API client here
    }

    // Create a new request
    req := client.NewGetAccountRequest("12345")

    // Call the Do method to send the request
    resp, err := req.Do(context.Background())
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error:", err)
        return
    }

    // Handle the response
    fmt.Println("Response:", resp)
}

Embedding parameter in the URL

You can use the slug attribute to embed the parameter into the url:

//go:generate GetRequest -url "/api/v1/accounts/:accountID" -type NewGetAccountRequest -responseDataType []Account
type NewGetAccountRequest struct {
	client requestgen.AuthenticatedAPIClient
	accountID string `param:"accountID,slug"`
}

Command Options

-responseType [responseTypeSelector]

When responseTypeSelector is not given, interface{} will be used for decoding the response content from the API server.

You can define your own responseType struct that can decode the API response, like this, e.g.,

type Response struct {
	Code    string          `json:"code"`
	Message string          `json:"msg"`
	CurrentPage int `json:"currentPage"`
	PageSize    int `json:"pageSize"`
	TotalNum    int `json:"totalNum"`
	TotalPage   int `json:"totalPage"`
	Orders      []Orders `json:"orders"`
}

And then use the type selector like this:

# if the type is in a relative package
requestgen ... -responseType '"./example/api".Response'

# if the type is in the same package
requestgen ... -responseType '".".Response'

When using requestgen with go:generate, you should handle the quote escaping for the type selector, for example:

//go:generate requestgen -type PlaceOrderRequest -responseType "\".\".Response" -responseDataFiel