This is a RESTful CRUD API for managing books in a bookstore, built in Golang using the Gin web framework and integrated with MongoDB using the mgm ODM package.

• Create, Read, Update, and Delete books using RESTful API endpoints
• MongoDB integration using the mgm ODM package
• Hooks for Creating and Updating books
• Validation for the book model
• Logging using the Zap package
• Configurations using YAML files
• Support for environment variables

To run this project, you will need to add the following environment variables to your .env file

DB_NAME

MONGODB_URI

LOG_PATH

Clone the project

  git clone https://github.com/snehil-sinha/bookstore.git

Go to the project directory

  cd bookstore

Install dependencies

  go mod download

The service configuration needs to be specified as a YAML file

  env: development  # allowed values: development production
  port: 8080
  bind: 0.0.0.0

Start the server

  go run main.go

Note: You can alternatively build the project to generate a binary executable file called goBookStore and use it to start the server

  go build

Link to the postman API doc: https://documenter.getpostman.com/view/25819993/2s93CLrtDN

The following endpoints are available:

• GET /health: Health check endpoint.
• GET /api/v1/books: Get all books.
• GET /api/v1/books/:id: Get a specific book by ID.
• POST /api/v1/books: Create a new book.
• PUT /api/v1/books/:id: Update an existing book by ID.
• DELETE /api/v1/books/:id: Delete an existing book by ID.

• @snehil-sinha

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