Resty
Simple HTTP and REST client library for Go (inspired by Ruby rest-client)
Features section describes in detail about Resty capabilities
Resty Communication Channels
News
- Resty
v2
development is in-progress :smile: - v1.12.0 released and tagged on Feb 27, 2019.
- v1.11.0 released and tagged on Jan 06, 2019.
- v1.10.3 released and tagged on Dec 04, 2018.
- v1.0 released and tagged on Sep 25, 2017. - Resty's first version was released on Sep 15, 2015 then it grew gradually as a very handy and helpful library. Its been a two years since first release. I'm very thankful to Resty users and its contributors.
Features
- GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, HEAD, PATCH, OPTIONS, etc.
- Simple and chainable methods for settings and request
- Request Body can be
string
, []byte
, struct
, map
, slice
and io.Reader
too
- Auto detects
Content-Type
- Buffer less processing for
io.Reader
- Response object gives you more possibility
- Access as
[]byte
array - response.Body()
OR Access as string
- response.String()
- Know your
response.Time()
and when we response.ReceivedAt()
- Automatic marshal and unmarshal for
JSON
and XML
content type
- Default is
JSON
, if you supply struct/map
without header Content-Type
- For auto-unmarshal, refer to -
- Easy to upload one or more file(s) via
multipart/form-data
- Auto detects file content type
- Request URL Path Params (aka URI Params)
- Backoff Retry Mechanism with retry condition function reference
- resty client HTTP & REST Request and Response middlewares
Request.SetContext
supported go1.7
and above- Authorization option of
BasicAuth
and Bearer
token - Set request
ContentLength
value for all request or particular request - Choose between HTTP and REST mode. Default is
REST
HTTP
- default up to 10 redirects and no automatic response unmarshalREST
- defaults to no redirects and automatic response marshal/unmarshal for JSON
& XML
- Custom Root Certificates and Client Certificates
- Download/Save HTTP response directly into File, like
curl -o
flag. See SetOutputDirectory & SetOutput. - Cookies for your request and CookieJar support
- SRV Record based request instead of Host URL
- Client settings like
Timeout
, RedirectPolicy
, Proxy
, TLSClientConfig
, Transport
, etc. - Optionally allows GET request with payload, see SetAllowGetMethodPayload
- Supports registering external JSON library into resty, see how to use
- Exposes Response reader without reading response (no auto-unmarshaling) if need be, see how to use
- Option to specify expected
Content-Type
when response Content-Type
header missing. Refer to #92 - Resty design
- Have client level settings & options and also override at Request level if you want to
- Request and Response middlewares
- Create Multiple clients if you want to
resty.New()
- Supports
http.RoundTripper
implementation, see SetTransport - goroutine concurrent safe
- REST and HTTP modes
- Debug mode - clean and informative logging presentation
- Gzip - Go does it automatically also resty has fallback handling too
- Works fine with
HTTP/2
and HTTP/1.1
- Bazel support
- Easily mock resty for testing, for e.g.
- Well tested client library
Resty works with go1.3
and above.
Included Batteries
- Redirect Policies - see how to use
- NoRedirectPolicy
- FlexibleRedirectPolicy
- DomainCheckRedirectPolicy
- etc. more info
- Retry Mechanism how to use
- Backoff Retry
- Conditional Retry
- SRV Record based request instead of Host URL how to use
- etc (upcoming - throw your idea's here).
Installation
Stable Version - Production Ready
Please refer section Versioning for detailed info.
go.mod
require gopkg.in/resty.v1 v1.12.0
go get
go get -u gopkg.in/resty.v1
Heads up for upcoming Resty v2
Resty v2 release will be moving away from gopkg.in
proxy versioning. It will completely follow and adpating Go Mod versioning recommendation. For e.g.: module definition would be module github.com/go-resty/resty/v2
.
It might be beneficial for your project :smile:
Resty author also published following projects for Go Community.
- aah framework - A secure, flexible, rapid Go web framework.
- THUMBAI, Source Code - Go Mod Repository, Go Vanity Service and Simple Proxy Server.
- go-model - Robust & Easy to use model mapper and utility methods for Go
struct
.
Usage
The following samples will assist you to become as comfortable as possible with resty library. Resty comes with ready to use DefaultClient.
Import resty into your code and refer it as resty
.
import "gopkg.in/resty.v1"
Simple GET
resp, err := resty.R().Get("http://httpbin.org/get")
fmt.Printf("\nError: %v", err)
fmt.Printf("\nResponse Status Code: %v", resp.StatusCode())
fmt.Printf("\nResponse Status: %v", resp.Status())
fmt.Printf("\nResponse Time: %v", resp.Time())
fmt.Printf("\nResponse Received At: %v", resp.ReceivedAt())
fmt.Printf("\nResponse Body: %v", resp)
Enhanced GET
resp, err := resty.R().
SetQueryParams(map[string]string{
"page_no": "1",
"limit": "20",
"sort":"name",
"order": "asc",
"random":strconv.FormatInt(time.Now().Unix(), 10),
}).
SetHeader("Accept", "application/json").
SetAuthToken("BC594900518B4F7EAC75BD37F019E08FBC594900518B4F7EAC75BD37F019E08F").
Get("/search_result")
resp, err := resty.R().
SetQueryString("productId=232&template=fresh-sample&cat=resty&source=google&kw=buy a lot more").
SetHeader("Accept", "application/json").
SetAuthToken("BC594900518B4F7EAC75BD37F019E08FBC594900518B4F7EAC75BD37F019E08F").
Get("/show_product")
Various POST method combinations
resp, err := resty.R().
SetHeader("Content-Type", "application/json").
SetBody(`{"username":"testuser", "password":"testpass"}`).
SetResult(&AuthSuccess{}).
Post("https://myapp.com/login")
resp, err := resty.R().
SetHeader("Content-Type", "application/json").
SetBody([]byte(`{"username":"testuser", "password":"testpass"}`)).
SetResult(&AuthSuccess{}).
Post("https://myapp.com/login")
resp, err := resty.R().
SetBody(User{Username: "testuser", Password: "testpass"}).
SetResult(&AuthSuccess{}).
SetError(&AuthError{}).
Post("https://myapp.com/login")
resp, err := resty.R().
SetBody(map[string]interface{}{"username": "testuser", "password": "testpass"}).
SetResult(&AuthSuccess{}).
SetError(&AuthError{}).
Post("https://myapp.com/login")
fileBytes, _ := ioutil.ReadFile("/Users/jeeva/mydocument.pdf")
resp, err := resty.R().
SetBody(fileBytes).
SetContentLength(true).
SetAuthToken("<your-auth-token>").
SetError(&DropboxError{}).
Post("https://content.dropboxapi.com/1/files_put/auto/resty/mydocument.pdf")
Sample PUT
You can use various combinations of PUT
method call like demonstrated for POST
.
resp, err := resty.R().
SetBody(Article{
Title: "go-resty",
Content: "This is my article content, oh ya!",
Author: "Jeevanandam M",
Tags: []string{"article", "sample", "resty"},
}).
SetAuthToken("C6A79608-782F-4ED0-A11D-BD82FAD829CD").
SetError(&Error{}).
Put("https://myapp.com/article/1234")
Sample PATCH
You can use various combinations of PATCH
method call like demonstrated for POST
.
resp, err := resty.R().
SetBody(Article{
Tags: []string{"new tag1", "new tag2"},
}).
SetAuthToken("C6A79608-782F-4ED0-A11D-BD82FAD829CD").
SetError(&Error{}).
Patch("https://myapp.com/articles/1234")
Sample DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
resp, err := resty.R().
SetAuthToken("C6A79608-782F-4ED0-A11D-BD82FAD829CD").
SetError(&Error{}).
Delete("https://myapp.com/articles/1234")
resp, err := resty.R().
SetAuthToken("C6A79608-782F-4ED0-A11D-BD82FAD829CD").
SetError(&Error{}).
SetHeader("Content-Type", "application/json").
SetBody(`{article_ids: [1002, 1006, 1007, 87683, 45432] }`).
Delete("https://myapp.com/articles")
resp, err := resty.R().
SetAuthToken("C6A79608-782F-4ED0-A11D-BD82FAD829CD").
Head("https://myapp.com/videos/hi-res-video")
resp, err := resty.R().
SetAuthToken("C6A79608-782F-4ED0-A11D-BD82FAD829CD").
Options("https://myapp.com/servers/nyc-dc-01")
Multipart File(s) upload
Using io.Reader
profileImgBytes, _ := ioutil.ReadFile("/Users/jeeva/test-img.png")
notesBytes, _ := ioutil.ReadFile("/Users/jeeva/text-file.txt")
resp, err := resty.R().
SetFileReader("profile_img", "test-img.png", bytes.NewReader(profileImgBytes)).
SetFileReader("notes", "text-file.txt", bytes.NewReader(notesBytes)).
SetFormData(map[string]string{
"first_name": "Jeevanandam",
"last_name": "M",
}).
Post("http://myapp.com/upload")
Using File directly from Path
resp, err := resty.R().
SetFile("profile_img", "/Users/jeeva/test-img.png").
Post("http://myapp.com/upload")
resp, err := resty.R().
SetFiles(map[string]string{
"profile_img": "/Users/jeeva/test-img.png",
"notes": "/Users/jeeva/text-file.txt",
}).
Post("http://myapp.com/upload")
resp, err := resty.R().
SetFiles(map[string]string{
"profile_img": "/Users/jeeva/test-img.png",
"notes": "/Users/jeeva/text-file.txt",
}).
SetFormData(map[string]string{
"first_name": "Jeevanandam",
"last_name": "M",
"zip_code": "00001",
"city": "my city",
"access_token": "C6A79608-782F-4ED0-A11D-BD82FAD829CD",
}).
Post("http://myapp.com/profile")
Sample Form submission
resp, err := resty.R().
SetFormData(map[string]string{
"username": "jeeva",
"password": "mypass",
}).
Post("http://myapp.com/login")
resp, err := resty.R().
SetFormData(map[string]string{
"first_name": "Jeevanandam",
"last_name": "M",
"zip_code": "00001",
"city": "new city update",
}).
Post("http://myapp.com/profile")
criteria := url.Values{
"search_criteria": []string{"book", "glass", "pencil"},
}
resp, err := resty.R().
SetMultiValueFormData(criteria).
Post("http://myapp.com/search")
Save HTTP Response into File
resty.SetOutputDirectory("/Users/jeeva/Downloads")
_, err := resty.R().
SetOutput("plugin/ReplyWithHeader-v5.1-beta.zip").
Get("http://bit.ly/1LouEKr")
_, err := resty.R().
SetOutput("/MyDownloads/plugin/ReplyWithHeader-v5.1-beta.zip").
Get("http://bit.ly/1LouEKr")
Request URL Path Params
Resty provides easy to use dynamic request URL path params. Params can be set at client and request level. Client level params value can be overridden at request level.
resty.R().SetPathParams(map[string]string{
"userId": "sample@sample.com",
"subAccountId": "100002",
}).
Get("/v1/users/{userId}/{subAccountId}/details")
Request and Response Middleware
Resty provides middleware ability to manipulate for Request and Response. It is more flexible than callback approach.
resty.OnBeforeRequest(func(c *resty.Client, req *resty.Request) error {
return nil
})
resty.OnAfterResponse(func(c *resty.Client, resp *resty.Response) error {
return nil
})
Redirect Policy
Resty provides few ready to use redirect policy(s) also it supports multiple policies together.
resty.SetRedirectPolicy(resty.FlexibleRedirectPolicy(15))
resty.SetRedirectPolicy(resty.FlexibleRedirectPolicy(20),
resty.DomainCheckRedirectPolicy("host1.com", "host2.org", "host3.net"))
Custom Redirect Policy
Implement RedirectPolicy interface and register it with resty client. Have a look redirect.go for more information.
resty.SetRedirectPolicy(resty.RedirectPolicyFunc(func(req *http.Request, via []*http.Request) error {
return nil
}))
type CustomRedirectPolicy struct {
}
func (c *CustomRedirectPolicy) Apply(req *http.Request, via []*http.Request) error {
return nil
}
resty.SetRedirectPolicy(CustomRedirectPolicy{})
Custom Root Certificates and Client Certificates
resty.SetRootCertificate("/path/to/root/pemFile1.pem")
resty.SetRootCertificate("/path/to/root/pemFile2.pem")
cert1, err := tls.LoadX509KeyPair("certs/client.pem", "certs/client.key")
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("ERROR client certificate: %s", err)
}
resty.SetCertificates(cert1, cert2, cert3)
Proxy Settings - Client as well as at Request Level
Default Go
supports Proxy via environment variable HTTP_PROXY
. Resty provides support via SetProxy
& RemoveProxy
.
Choose as per your need.
Client Level Proxy settings applied to all the request
resty.SetProxy("http://proxyserver:8888")
resty.RemoveProxy()
Retries
Resty uses backoff
to increase retry intervals after each attempt.
Usage example:
resty.
SetRetryCount(3).
SetRetryWaitTime(5 * time.Second).
SetRetryMaxWaitTime(20 * time.Second)
Above setup will result in resty retrying requests returned non nil error up to
3 times with delay increased after each attempt.
You can optionally provide client with custom retry conditions:
resty.AddRetryCondition(
func(r *resty.Response) (bool, error) {
return r.StatusCode() == http.StatusTooManyRequests, nil
},
)
Above example will make resty retry requests ended with 429 Too Many Requests
status code.
Multiple retry conditions can be added.
It is also possible to use resty.Backoff(...)
to get arbitrary retry scenarios
implemented. Reference.
Choose REST or HTTP mode
resty.SetRESTMode()
resty.SetHTTPMode()
Allow GET request with Payload
resty.SetAllowGetMethodPayload(true)
Wanna Multiple Clients
client1 := resty.New()
client1.R().Get("http://httpbin.org")
client2 := resty.New()
client2.R().Head("http://httpbin.org")
Remaining Client Settings & its Options
resty.SetDebug(true)
logFile, _ := os.OpenFile("/Users/jeeva/go-resty.log", os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_APPEND, 0666)
resty.SetLogger(logFile)
resty.SetTLSClientConfig(&tls.Config{ RootCAs: roots })
resty.SetTLSClientConfig(&tls.Config{ InsecureSkipVerify: true })
resty.SetTimeout(1 * time.Minute)
resty.SetHostURL("http://httpbin.org")
resty.SetHeader("Accept", "application/json")
resty.SetHeaders(map[string]string{
"Content-Type": "application/json",
"User-Agent": "My custom User Agent String",
})
resty.SetCookie(&http.Cookie{
Name:"go-resty",
Value:"This is cookie value",
Path: "/",
Domain: "sample.com",
MaxAge: 36000,
HttpOnly: true,
Secure: false,
})
resty.SetCookies(cookies)
resty.SetQueryParam("user_id", "00001")
resty.SetQueryParams(map[string]string{
"api_key": "api-key-here",
"api_secert": "api-secert",
})
resty.R().SetQueryString("productId=232&template=fresh-sample&cat=resty&source=google&kw=buy a lot more")
resty.SetFormData(map[string]string{
"access_token": "BC594900-518B-4F7E-AC75-BD37F019E08F",
})
resty.SetBasicAuth("myuser", "mypass")
resty.SetAuthToken("BC594900518B4F7EAC75BD37F019E08FBC594900518B4F7EAC75BD37F019E08F")
resty.SetContentLength(true)
resty.SetError(&Error{})
Unix Socket
unixSocket := "/var/run/my_socket.sock"
transport := http.Transport{
Dial: func(_, _ string) (net.Conn, error) {
return net.Dial("unix", unixSocket)
},
}
r := resty.New().SetTransport(&transport).SetScheme("http").SetHostURL(unixSocket)
r.R().Get("/index.html")
Bazel support
Resty can be built, tested and depended upon via Bazel.
For example, to run all tests:
bazel test :go_default_test
Mocking http requests using httpmock library
In order to mock the http requests when testing your application you
could use the httpmock
library.
When using the default resty client, you should pass the client to the library as follow:
httpmock.ActivateNonDefault(resty.DefaultClient.GetClient())
More detailed example of mocking resty http requests using ginko could be found here.
Versioning
resty releases versions according to Semantic Versioning
gopkg.in/resty.vX
points to appropriate tagged versions; X
denotes version series number and it's a stable release for production use. For e.g. gopkg.in/resty.v0
.- Development takes place at the master branch. Although the code in master should always compile and test successfully, it might break API's. I aim to maintain backwards compatibility, but sometimes API's and behavior might be changed to fix a bug.
Contribution
I would welcome your contribution! If you find any improvement or issue you want to fix, feel free to send a pull request, I like pull requests that include test cases for fix/enhancement. I have done my best to bring pretty good code coverage. Feel free to write tests.
BTW, I'd like to know what you think about Resty
. Kindly open an issue or send me an email; it'd mean a lot to me.
Creator
Jeevanandam M. (jeeva@myjeeva.com)
Contributors
Have a look on Contributors page.
License
Resty released under MIT license, refer LICENSE file.