httprouter Article - Hello World with Middleware

http-middleware.go

package main

import (
        "fmt"
        "github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter"
        "log"
        "net/http"
)

// handler is a basic HTTP handler that prints hello world.
func handler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, ps httprouter.Params) {
        fmt.Fprintf(w, "Hello %s", ps.ByName("name"))
}

// middleware is used to intercept incoming HTTP calls and apply general functions upon them.
func middleware(n httprouter.Handle) httprouter.Handle {
        return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, ps httprouter.Params) {
                log.Printf("HTTP request sent to %s from %s", r.URL.Path, r.RemoteAddr)

                // call registered handler
                n(w, r, ps)
        }
}

func main() {
        // Create Router
        router := httprouter.New()
        router.GET("/hello/:name", middleware(handler))

        // Start HTTP Listener
        err := http.ListenAndServe(":8080", router)
        if err != nil {
                log.Printf("HTTP Server stopped - %s", err)
        }
}