gin-gonic/examples

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  root((gin-gonic/examples))
    What it does
      Runnable demos
      Common patterns
    Tech Stack
      Go
      Gin framework
    Use Cases
      Learn Gin
      Copy reference code
    Audience
      Go developers
      Backend learners

mindmap root((gin-gonic/examples)) What it does Runnable demos Common patterns Tech Stack Go Gin framework Use Cases Learn Gin Copy reference code Audience Go developers Backend learners

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Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Copy a working Gin route handler into your own Go web project as a starting point.

USE CASE 2

Learn how to add middleware like logging or authentication to a Gin server.

USE CASE 3

Reference real runnable examples to understand how Gin handles routing and request processing.

USE CASE 4

Test specific Gin features locally by running the bundled example programs.

Tech stack

GoGin

Getting it running

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 30min

Requires a working Go installation and familiarity with Go modules, no external services or API keys needed.

In plain English

This repository is a collection of runnable example programs for Gin, a web framework written in the Go programming language. Gin is a popular tool for building web servers and APIs, and this repository exists to show developers how to use it for various common tasks. The README itself is sparse and does not describe individual examples. It points readers to Gin's separate documentation site for instructions on running the examples. The examples are maintained by the Gin project team and hosted under the official gin-gonic GitHub organization. Automated checks run against the repository to scan for security issues and code style problems. Contributions are accepted: if an example is missing, the project invites developers to open an issue or submit a pull request. This repository is useful primarily to developers learning Gin or looking for working reference code. It is not an application or a library that end users would install. Someone without programming experience in Go would not have a direct use for it, as all the content consists of Go source code files meant to be read and executed by developers.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1

Using the Gin web framework in Go, write a REST API endpoint that accepts JSON input, validates required fields, and returns a structured JSON response with error handling.

Prompt 2

Show me how to add CORS middleware to a Gin router so a React frontend on a different domain can call it.

Prompt 3

Write a Gin server with grouped routes under /api/v1 that includes a logger middleware and a recovery middleware to catch panics.

Prompt 4

How do I serve static files and HTML templates from a Gin server? Give me a working example based on gin-gonic patterns.

Prompt 5

Create a Gin route that streams a large file download to the client without loading the entire file into memory.

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