emicklei/go-restful

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5116 stars · 679 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

A Go package for building REST-style web services with explicit HTTP method routing and path parameter support. It provides configurable routers, request/response APIs for JSON and XML, and OpenAPI schema generation.

Use cases

• build a REST API in Go
• create CRUD web services with GET/POST/PUT/DELETE handlers
• serve JSON and XML endpoints
• generate OpenAPI documentation from route definitions
• route requests with path parameters and custom verbs
• build microservice HTTP endpoints

When to choose

• you want a lightweight, composable REST toolkit in Go without a full framework
• you need fine-grained control over routing and content negotiation
• you want OpenAPI schema generation from your route definitions

When to avoid

• you need a batteries-included web framework with templating, sessions, and ORM
• you prefer code-generated API servers like gRPC or oapi-codegen workflows
• you are building GraphQL or WebSocket-heavy services

Facets

library · maturity stable

web-framework api-framework routing http-server middleware web-development backend apis go cross-platform rest openapi xml microservices

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