gin-gonic

When to use this skill

Use this skill whenever the user wants to:

• Build Go HTTP services or REST APIs with Gin-Gonic
• Configure routing, route groups, and middleware
• Implement request binding, validation, and JSON responses
• Set up authentication, logging, or CORS middleware
• Deploy Gin applications with graceful shutdown

How to use this skill

Workflow

1. Initialize the router - gin.Default() includes Logger and Recovery middleware
2. Define routes - Group related routes and attach handlers
3. Bind and validate - Use ShouldBindJSON or ShouldBindQuery with struct tags
4. Return responses - Use c.JSON() for consistent API responses

Quick-Start Example: REST API with Middleware