Gokapi is a Go API middleware providing authentication, routing and more. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Gokapi on your Windows 10 machine.
Prerequisites
- Go 1.16 or higher installed on your machine
- Git installed on your machine
Step 1: Clone Gokapi repository
- Open your command prompt
- Navigate to the directory where you would like to store Gokapi source code
- Run the following command:
git clone https://github.com/Forceu/gokapi.git
Step 2: Build and install Gokapi
- Navigate to the Gokapi directory you just cloned
- Run the following command:
go build cmd/gokapi.go
- This will compile and generate an executable file named
gokapi.exe
- Run the following command to install gokapi:
go install
- This will install gokapi globally on your machine
Step 3: Verify Gokapi installation
- Open a new command prompt
- Type
gokapi
- This command should run the Gokapi server and display the message
Server is running on 0.0.0.0:8080
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Gokapi on your Windows 10 machine. You can now use this middleware for your Go API projects.
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