Greenlight

Greenlight is a REST API for movies built with Go, following the "Let's Go Further" book by Alex Edwards.

Project Overview

Greenlight is a RESTful API that allows clients to create, read, update, and delete information about movies. It's built using modern Go practices and follows a clean architecture approach.

Features (in progress)

• RESTful API endpoints for movie management
• JSON response formatting
• Custom data validation
• Structured error handling
• PostgreSQL database integration (coming soon)
• Authentication and authorization (coming soon)

Project Structure

greenlight/
├── bin/           # Compiled application binaries
├── cmd/           # Application-specific code
│   └── api/       # API application
├── internal/      # Private application code
│   └── data/      # Data access layer
├── migrations/    # SQL migrations
└── remote/        # Configuration for deployment

API Endpoints

Method	URL Pattern	Handler	Action
GET	/v1/healthcheck	healthcheckHandler	Show application information
POST	/v1/movies	createMovieHandler	Create a new movie
GET	/v1/movies/:id	showMovieHandler	Show details of a movie

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Go 1.24 or higher

Running the API

# Run the API with default settings (port 4000)
go run ./cmd/api

# Run on a different port
go run ./cmd/api -port=5000

# Run in a specific environment
go run ./cmd/api -env=production

Current Progress

• Basic API structure
• JSON response handling
• Router configuration
• Custom data types (Runtime)
• Data validation
• Database integration
• Authentication

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Acknowledgements

This project is based on the "Let's Go Further" book by Alex Edwards.