description |
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The Ctx struct represents the Context which hold the HTTP request and response. It has methods for the request query string, parameters, body, HTTP headers, and so on. |
Checks, if the specified extensions or content types are acceptable.
{% hint style="info" %} Based on the request’s Accept HTTP header. {% endhint %}
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) Accepts(offers ...string) string
func (c *Ctx) AcceptsCharsets(offers ...string) string
func (c *Ctx) AcceptsEncodings(offers ...string) string
func (c *Ctx) AcceptsLanguages(offers ...string) string
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
// Accept: text/*, application/json
app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
c.Accepts("html") // "html"
c.Accepts("text/html") // "text/html"
c.Accepts("json", "text") // "json"
c.Accepts("application/json") // "application/json"
c.Accepts("image/png") // ""
c.Accepts("png") // ""
// ...
})
{% endcode %}
Fiber provides similar functions for the other accept headers.
// Accept-Charset: utf-8, iso-8859-1;q=0.2
// Accept-Encoding: gzip, compress;q=0.2
// Accept-Language: en;q=0.8, nl, ru
app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
c.AcceptsCharsets("utf-16", "iso-8859-1")
// "iso-8859-1"
c.AcceptsEncodings("compress", "br")
// "compress"
c.AcceptsLanguages("pt", "nl", "ru")
// "nl"
// ...
})
Params is used to get all route parameters. Using Params method to get params.
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) AllParams() map[string]string
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
// GET http://example.com/user/fenny
app.Get("/user/:name", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
c.AllParams() // "{"name": "fenny"}"
// ...
})
// GET http://example.com/user/fenny/123
app.Get("/user/*", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
c.AllParams() // "{"*1": "fenny/123"}"
// ...
})
{% endcode %}
Returns the *App reference so you could easily access all application settings.
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) App() *App
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
app.Get("/stack", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
return c.JSON(c.App().Stack())
})
{% endcode %}
Appends the specified value to the HTTP response header field.
{% hint style="warning" %} If the header is not already set, it creates the header with the specified value. {% endhint %}
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) Append(field string, values ...string)
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
c.Append("Link", "http://google.com", "http://localhost")
// => Link: http://localhost, http://google.com
c.Append("Link", "Test")
// => Link: http://localhost, http://google.com, Test
// ...
})
{% endcode %}
Sets the HTTP response Content-Disposition header field to attachment
.
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) Attachment(filename ...string)
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
c.Attachment()
// => Content-Disposition: attachment
c.Attachment("./upload/images/logo.png")
// => Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="logo.png"
// => Content-Type: image/png
// ...
})
{% endcode %}
Returns the base URL (protocol + host) as a string
.
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) BaseURL() string
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
// GET https://example.com/page#chapter-1
app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
c.BaseURL() // https://example.com
// ...
})
{% endcode %}
Add vars to default view var map binding to template engine. Variables are read by the Render method and may be overwritten.
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) Bind(vars Map) error
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
app.Use(func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
c.Bind(fiber.Map{
"Title": "Hello, World!",
})
})
app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
return c.Render("xxx.tmpl", fiber.Map{}) // Render will use Title variable
})
{% endcode %}
Returns the raw request body.
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) Body() []byte
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
// curl -X POST http://localhost:8080 -d user=john
app.Post("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
// Get raw body from POST request:
return c.Send(c.Body()) // []byte("user=john")
})
{% endcode %}
Returned value is only valid within the handler. Do not store any references.
Make copies or use theImmutable
setting instead. Read more...
Binds the request body to a struct.
It is important to specify the correct struct tag based on the content type to be parsed. For example, if you want to parse a JSON body with a field called Pass, you would use a struct field of json:"pass"
.
content-type | struct tag |
---|---|
application/x-www-form-urlencoded |
form |
multipart/form-data |
form |
application/json |
json |
application/xml |
xml |
text/xml |
xml |
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) BodyParser(out interface{}) error
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
// Field names should start with an uppercase letter
type Person struct {
Name string `json:"name" xml:"name" form:"name"`
Pass string `json:"pass" xml:"pass" form:"pass"`
}
app.Post("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
p := new(Person)
if err := c.BodyParser(p); err != nil {
return err
}
log.Println(p.Name) // john
log.Println(p.Pass) // doe
// ...
})
// Run tests with the following curl commands
// curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data "{\"name\":\"john\",\"pass\":\"doe\"}" localhost:3000
// curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/xml" --data "<login><name>john</name><pass>doe</pass></login>" localhost:3000
// curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" --data "name=john&pass=doe" localhost:3000
// curl -X POST -F name=john -F pass=doe http://localhost:3000
// curl -X POST "http://localhost:3000/?name=john&pass=doe"
{% endcode %}
Returned value is only valid within the handler. Do not store any references.
Make copies or use theImmutable
setting instead. Read more...
Expire a client cookie (or all cookies if left empty)
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) ClearCookie(key ...string)
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
// Clears all cookies:
c.ClearCookie()
// Expire specific cookie by name:
c.ClearCookie("user")
// Expire multiple cookies by names:
c.ClearCookie("token", "session", "track_id", "version")
// ...
})
{% endcode %}
{% hint style="warning" %} Web browsers and other compliant clients will only clear the cookie if the given options are identical to those when creating the cookie, excluding expires and maxAge. ClearCookie will not set these values for you - a technique similar to the one shown below should be used to ensure your cookie is deleted. {% endhint %}
{% code title="Example" %}
app.Get("/set", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
c.Cookie(&fiber.Cookie{
Name: "token",
Value: "randomvalue",
Expires: time.Now().Add(24 * time.Hour),
HTTPOnly: true,
SameSite: "lax",
})
// ...
})
app.Get("/delete", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
c.Cookie(&fiber.Cookie{
Name: "token",
// Set expiry date to the past
Expires: time.Now().Add(-(time.Hour * 2)),
HTTPOnly: true,
SameSite: "lax",
})
// ...
})
{% endcode %}
Returns *fasthttp.RequestCtx that is compatible with the context.Context interface that requires a deadline, a cancellation signal, and other values across API boundaries.
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) Context() *fasthttp.RequestCtx
{% endcode %}
{% hint style="info" %} Please read the Fasthttp Documentation for more information. {% endhint %}
Set cookie
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) Cookie(cookie *Cookie)
{% endcode %}
type Cookie struct {
Name string `json:"name"`
Value string `json:"value"`
Path string `json:"path"`
Domain string `json:"domain"`
MaxAge int `json:"max_age"`
Expires time.Time `json:"expires"`
Secure bool `json:"secure"`
HTTPOnly bool `json:"http_only"`
SameSite string `json:"same_site"`
SessionOnly bool `json:"session_only"`
}
{% code title="Example" %}
app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
// Create cookie
cookie := new(fiber.Cookie)
cookie.Name = "john"
cookie.Value = "doe"
cookie.Expires = time.Now().Add(24 * time.Hour)
// Set cookie
c.Cookie(cookie)
// ...
})
{% endcode %}
Get cookie value by key, you could pass an optional default value that will be returned if the cookie key does not exist.
Signatures
func (c *Ctx) Cookies(key string, defaultValue ...string) string
{% code title="Example" %}
app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
// Get cookie by key:
c.Cookies("name") // "john"
c.Cookies("empty", "doe") // "doe"
// ...
})
{% endcode %}
Returned value is only valid within the handler. Do not store any references.
Make copies or use theImmutable
setting instead. Read more...
Transfers the file from path as an attachment
.
Typically, browsers will prompt the user to download. By default, the Content-Disposition header filename=
parameter is the file path (this typically appears in the browser dialog).
Override this default with the filename parameter.
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) Download(file string, filename ...string) error
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
return c.Download("./files/report-12345.pdf");
// => Download report-12345.pdf
return c.Download("./files/report-12345.pdf", "report.pdf");
// => Download report.pdf
})
{% endcode %}
Performs content-negotiation on the Accept HTTP header. It uses Accepts to select a proper format.
{% hint style="info" %} If the header is not specified or there is no proper format, text/plain is used. {% endhint %}
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) Format(body interface{}) error
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
// Accept: text/plain
c.Format("Hello, World!")
// => Hello, World!
// Accept: text/html
c.Format("Hello, World!")
// => <p>Hello, World!</p>
// Accept: application/json
c.Format("Hello, World!")
// => "Hello, World!"
// ..
})
{% endcode %}
MultipartForm files can be retrieved by name, the first file from the given key is returned.
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) FormFile(key string) (*multipart.FileHeader, error)
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
app.Post("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
// Get first file from form field "document":
file, err := c.FormFile("document")
// Save file to root directory:
return c.SaveFile(file, fmt.Sprintf("./%s", file.Filename))
})
{% endcode %}
Any form values can be retrieved by name, the first value from the given key is returned.
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) FormValue(key string, defaultValue ...string) string
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
app.Post("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
// Get first value from form field "name":
c.FormValue("name")
// => "john" or "" if not exist
// ..
})
{% endcode %}
Returned value is only valid within the handler. Do not store any references.
Make copies or use theImmutable
setting instead. Read more...
https://expressjs.com/en/4x/api.html#req.fresh
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) Fresh() bool
{% endcode %}
Returns the HTTP request header specified by the field.
{% hint style="success" %} The match is case-insensitive. {% endhint %}
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) Get(key string, defaultValue ...string) string
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
c.Get("Content-Type") // "text/plain"
c.Get("CoNtEnT-TypE") // "text/plain"
c.Get("something", "john") // "john"
// ..
})
{% endcode %}
Returned value is only valid within the handler. Do not store any references.
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setting instead. Read more...
Returns the HTTP request headers.
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) GetReqHeaders() map[string]string
{% endcode %}
Returns the HTTP response header specified by the field.
{% hint style="success" %} The match is case-insensitive. {% endhint %}
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) GetRespHeader(key string, defaultValue ...string) string
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
c.GetRespHeader("X-Request-Id") // "8d7ad5e3-aaf3-450b-a241-2beb887efd54"
c.GetRespHeader("Content-Type") // "text/plain"
c.GetRespHeader("something", "john") // "john"
// ..
})
{% endcode %}
Returned value is only valid within the handler. Do not store any references.
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setting instead. Read more...
Returns the HTTP response headers.
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) GetRespHeaders() map[string]string
{% endcode %}
Generates URLs to named routes, with parameters. URLs are relative, for example: "/user/1831"
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) GetRouteURL(routeName string, params Map) (string, error)
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
return c.SendString("Home page")
}).Name("home")
app.Get("/user/:id", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
return c.SendString(c.Params("id"))
}).Name("user.show")
app.Get("/test", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
location, _ := c.GetRouteURL("user.show", fiber.Map{"id": 1})
return c.SendString(location)
})
// /test returns "/user/1"
{% endcode %}
Returns the hostname derived from the Host HTTP header.
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) Hostname() string
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
// GET http://google.com/search
app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
c.Hostname() // "google.com"
// ...
})
{% endcode %}
Returned value is only valid within the handler. Do not store any references.
Make copies or use theImmutable
setting instead. Read more...
Returns the remote IP address of the request.
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) IP() string
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
c.IP() // "127.0.0.1"
// ...
})
{% endcode %}
Returns an array of IP addresses specified in the X-Forwarded-For request header.
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) IPs() []string
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
// X-Forwarded-For: proxy1, 127.0.0.1, proxy3
app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
c.IPs() // ["proxy1", "127.0.0.1", "proxy3"]
// ...
})
{% endcode %}
Returns the matching content type, if the incoming request’s Content-Type HTTP header field matches the MIME type specified by the type parameter.
{% hint style="info" %} If the request has no body, it returns false. {% endhint %}
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) Is(extension string) bool
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
// Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
c.Is("html") // true
c.Is(".html") // true
c.Is("json") // false
// ...
})
{% endcode %}
Returns true if request came from localhost {% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) IPs() []string
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
// If request came from localhost, return true else return false
c.isFromLocal()
// ...
})
{% endcode %}
Converts any interface or string to JSON using the goccy/go-json package.
{% hint style="info" %} JSON also sets the content header to application/json. {% endhint %}
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) JSON(data interface{}) error
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
type SomeStruct struct {
Name string
Age uint8
}
app.Get("/json", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
// Create data struct:
data := SomeStruct{
Name: "Grame",
Age: 20,
}
return c.JSON(data)
// => Content-Type: application/json
// => "{"Name": "Grame", "Age": 20}"
return c.JSON(fiber.Map{
"name": "Grame",
"age": 20,
})
// => Content-Type: application/json
// => "{"name": "Grame", "age": 20}"
})
{% endcode %}
Sends a JSON response with JSONP support. This method is identical to JSON, except that it opts-in to JSONP callback support. By default, the callback name is simply callback.
Override this by passing a named string in the method.
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) JSONP(data interface{}, callback ...string) error
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
type SomeStruct struct {
name string
age uint8
}
app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
// Create data struct:
data := SomeStruct{
name: "Grame",
age: 20,
}
return c.JSONP(data)
// => callback({"name": "Grame", "age": 20})
return c.JSONP(data, "customFunc")
// => customFunc({"name": "Grame", "age": 20})
})
{% endcode %}
Joins the links followed by the property to populate the response’s Link HTTP header field.
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) Links(link ...string)
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
c.Links(
"http://api.example.com/users?page=2", "next",
"http://api.example.com/users?page=5", "last",
)
// Link: <http://api.example.com/users?page=2>; rel="next",
// <http://api.example.com/users?page=5>; rel="last"
// ...
})
{% endcode %}
A method that stores variables scoped to the request and, therefore, are available only to the routes that match the request.
{% hint style="success" %} This is useful if you want to pass some specific data to the next middleware. {% endhint %}
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) Locals(key string, value ...interface{}) interface{}
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
app.Use(func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
c.Locals("user", "admin")
return c.Next()
})
app.Get("/admin", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
if c.Locals("user") == "admin" {
return c.Status(fiber.StatusOK).SendString("Welcome, admin!")
}
return c.SendStatus(fiber.StatusForbidden)
})
{% endcode %}
Sets the response Location HTTP header to the specified path parameter.
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) Location(path string)
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
app.Post("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
return c.Location("http://example.com")
return c.Location("/foo/bar")
})
{% endcode %}
Returns a string corresponding to the HTTP method of the request: GET
, POST
, PUT
, and so on.
Optionally, you could override the method by passing a string.
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) Method(override ...string) string
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
app.Post("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
c.Method() // "POST"
c.Method("GET")
c.Method() // GET
// ...
})
{% endcode %}
To access multipart form entries, you can parse the binary with MultipartForm()
. This returns a map[string][]string
, so given a key, the value will be a string slice.
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) MultipartForm() (*multipart.Form, error)
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
app.Post("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
// Parse the multipart form:
if form, err := c.MultipartForm(); err == nil {
// => *multipart.Form
if token := form.Value["token"]; len(token) > 0 {
// Get key value:
fmt.Println(token[0])
}
// Get all files from "documents" key:
files := form.File["documents"]
// => []*multipart.FileHeader
// Loop through files:
for _, file := range files {
fmt.Println(file.Filename, file.Size, file.Header["Content-Type"][0])
// => "tutorial.pdf" 360641 "application/pdf"
// Save the files to disk:
if err := c.SaveFile(file, fmt.Sprintf("./%s", file.Filename)); err != nil {
return err
}
}
}
return err
})
{% endcode %}
When Next is called, it executes the next method in the stack that matches the current route. You can pass an error struct within the method that will end the chaining and call the error handler.
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) Next() error
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
fmt.Println("1st route!")
return c.Next()
})
app.Get("*", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
fmt.Println("2nd route!")
return c.Next()
})
app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
fmt.Println("3rd route!")
return c.SendString("Hello, World!")
})
{% endcode %}
Returns the original request URL.
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) OriginalURL() string
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
// GET http://example.com/search?q=something
app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
c.OriginalURL() // "/search?q=something"
// ...
})
{% endcode %}
Returned value is only valid within the handler. Do not store any references.
Make copies or use theImmutable
setting instead. Read more...
Method can be used to get the route parameters, you could pass an optional default value that will be returned if the param key does not exist.
{% hint style="info" %}
Defaults to empty string (""
), if the param doesn't exist.
{% endhint %}
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) Params(key string, defaultValue ...string) string
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
// GET http://example.com/user/fenny
app.Get("/user/:name", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
c.Params("name") // "fenny"
// ...
})
// GET http://example.com/user/fenny/123
app.Get("/user/*", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
c.Params("*") // "fenny/123"
c.Params("*1") // "fenny/123"
// ...
})
{% endcode %}
Unnamed route parameters(*, +) can be fetched by the character and the counter in the route.
{% code title="Example" %}
// ROUTE: /v1/*/shop/*
// GET: /v1/brand/4/shop/blue/xs
c.Params("*1") // "brand/4"
c.Params("*2") // "blue/xs"
{% endcode %}
For reasons of downward compatibility, the first parameter segment for the parameter character can also be accessed without the counter.
{% code title="Example" %}
app.Get("/v1/*/shop/*", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
c.Params("*") // outputs the values of the first wildcard segment
})
{% endcode %}
Returned value is only valid within the handler. Do not store any references.
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setting instead. Read more...
Method can be used to get an integer from the route parameters. Please note if that parameter is not in the request, zero will be returned. If the parameter is NOT a number, zero and an error will be returned
{% hint style="info" %}
Defaults to empty string (""
), if the param doesn't exist.
{% endhint %}
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) Params(key string) (int, error)
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
// GET http://example.com/user/123
app.Get("/user/:id", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
id, err := c.ParamsInt("id") // int 123 and no error
// ...
})
{% endcode %}
This method is equivalent of using atoi
with ctx.Params
Contains the path part of the request URL. Optionally, you could override the path by passing a string. For internal redirects, you might want to call RestartRouting instead of Next.
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) Path(override ...string) string
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
// GET http://example.com/users?sort=desc
app.Get("/users", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
c.Path() // "/users"
c.Path("/john")
c.Path() // "/john"
// ...
})
{% endcode %}
Contains the request protocol string: http
or https
for TLS requests.
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) Protocol() string
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
// GET http://example.com
app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
c.Protocol() // "http"
// ...
})
{% endcode %}
This property is an object containing a property for each query string parameter in the route, you could pass an optional default value that will be returned if the query key does not exist.
{% hint style="info" %} If there is no query string, it returns an empty string. {% endhint %}
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) Query(key string, defaultValue ...string) string
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
// GET http://example.com/shoes?order=desc&brand=nike
app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
c.Query("order") // "desc"
c.Query("brand") // "nike"
c.Query("empty", "nike") // "nike"
// ...
})
{% endcode %}
Returned value is only valid within the handler. Do not store any references.
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This method is similar to BodyParser, but for query parameters.
It is important to use the struct tag "query". For example, if you want to parse a query parameter with a field called Pass, you would use a struct field of query:"pass"
.
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) QueryParser(out interface{}) error
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
// Field names should start with an uppercase letter
type Person struct {
Name string `query:"name"`
Pass string `query:"pass"`
Products []string `query:"products"`
}
app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
p := new(Person)
if err := c.QueryParser(p); err != nil {
return err
}
log.Println(p.Name) // john
log.Println(p.Pass) // doe
log.Println(p.Products) // [shoe, hat]
// ...
})
// Run tests with the following curl command
// curl "http://localhost:3000/?name=john&pass=doe&products=shoe,hat"
{% endcode %}
A struct containing the type and a slice of ranges will be returned.
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) Range(size int) (Range, error)
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
// Range: bytes=500-700, 700-900
app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
b := c.Range(1000)
if b.Type == "bytes" {
for r := range r.Ranges {
fmt.Println(r)
// [500, 700]
}
}
})
{% endcode %}
Redirects to the URL derived from the specified path, with specified status, a positive integer that corresponds to an HTTP status code.
{% hint style="info" %} If not specified, status defaults to 302 Found. {% endhint %}
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) Redirect(location string, status ...int) error
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
app.Get("/coffee", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
return c.Redirect("/teapot")
})
app.Get("/teapot", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
return c.Status(fiber.StatusTeapot).Send("🍵 short and stout 🍵")
})
{% endcode %}
{% code title="More examples" %}
app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
return c.Redirect("/foo/bar")
return c.Redirect("../login")
return c.Redirect("http://example.com")
return c.Redirect("http://example.com", 301)
})
{% endcode %}
Redirects to the specific route along with the parameters and with specified status, a positive integer that corresponds to an HTTP status code.
{% hint style="info" %} If not specified, status defaults to 302 Found. {% endhint %}
{% hint style="info" %} If you want to send queries to route, you must add "queries" key typed as map[string]string to params. {% endhint %}
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) RedirectToRoute(routeName string, params fiber.Map, status ...int) error
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
// /user/fiber
return c.RedirectToRoute("user", fiber.Map{
"name": "fiber"
})
})
app.Get("/with-queries", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
// /user/fiber?data[0][name]=john&data[0][age]=10&test=doe
return c.RedirectToRoute("user", fiber.Map{
"name": "fiber",
"queries": map[string]string{"data[0][name]": "john", "data[0][age]": "10", "test": "doe"},
})
})
app.Get("/user/:name", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
return c.SendString(c.Params("name"))
}).Name("user")
{% endcode %}
Redirects back to refer URL. It redirects to fallback URL if refer header doesn't exists, with specified status, a positive integer that corresponds to an HTTP status code.
{% hint style="info" %} If not specified, status defaults to 302 Found. {% endhint %}
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) RedirectBack(fallback string, status ...int) error
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
return c.SendString("Home page")
})
app.Get("/test", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
c.Set("Content-Type", "text/html")
return c.SendString(`<a href="/back">Back</a>`)
})
app.Get("/back", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
return c.RedirectBack("/")
})
{% endcode %}
Renders a view with data and sends a text/html
response. By default Render
uses the default Go Template engine. If you want to use another View engine, please take a look at our Template middleware.
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) Render(name string, bind interface{}, layouts ...string) error
{% endcode %}
Request return the *fasthttp.Request pointer
Signature
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) Request() *fasthttp.Request
{% endcode %}
Example
app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
c.Request().Header.Method()
// => []byte("GET")
})
This method is similar to BodyParser, but for request headers.
It is important to use the struct tag "reqHeader". For example, if you want to parse a request header with a field called Pass, you would use a struct field of reqHeader:"pass"
.
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) ReqHeaderParser(out interface{}) error
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
// Field names should start with an uppercase letter
type Person struct {
Name string `reqHeader:"name"`
Pass string `reqHeader:"pass"`
Products []string `reqHeader:"products"`
}
app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
p := new(Person)
if err := c.ReqHeaderParser(p); err != nil {
return err
}
log.Println(p.Name) // john
log.Println(p.Pass) // doe
log.Println(p.Products) // [shoe, hat]
// ...
})
// Run tests with the following curl command
// curl "http://localhost:3000/" -H "name: john" -H "pass: doe" -H "products: shoe,hat"
{% endcode %}
Response return the *fasthttp.Response pointer
Signature
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) Response() *fasthttp.Response
{% endcode %}
Example
app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
c.Response().Write([]byte("Hello, World!"))
// => "Hello, World!"
})
Instead of executing the next method when calling Next, RestartRouting restarts execution from the first method that matches the current route. This may be helpful after overriding the path, i. e. an internal redirect. Note that handlers might be executed again which could result in an infinite loop.
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) RestartRouting() error
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
app.Get("/new", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
return c.SendString("From /new")
})
app.Get("/old", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
c.Path("/new")
return c.RestartRouting()
})
{% endcode %}
Returns the matched Route struct.
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) Route() *Route
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
// http://localhost:8080/hello
app.Get("/hello/:name", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
r := c.Route()
fmt.Println(r.Method, r.Path, r.Params, r.Handlers)
// GET /hello/:name handler [name]
// ...
})
{% endcode %}
{% hint style="warning" %}
Do not rely on c.Route()
in middlewares before calling c.Next()
- c.Route()
returns the last executed route.
{% endhint %}
{% code title="Example" %}
func MyMiddleware() fiber.Handler {
return func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
beforeNext := c.Route().Path // Will be '/'
err := c.Next()
afterNext := c.Route().Path // Will be '/hello/:name'
return err
}
}
{% endcode %}
Method is used to save any multipart file to disk.
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) SaveFile(fh *multipart.FileHeader, path string) error
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
app.Post("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
// Parse the multipart form:
if form, err := c.MultipartForm(); err == nil {
// => *multipart.Form
// Get all files from "documents" key:
files := form.File["documents"]
// => []*multipart.FileHeader
// Loop through files:
for _, file := range files {
fmt.Println(file.Filename, file.Size, file.Header["Content-Type"][0])
// => "tutorial.pdf" 360641 "application/pdf"
// Save the files to disk:
if err := c.SaveFile(file, fmt.Sprintf("./%s", file.Filename)); err != nil {
return err
}
}
return err
}
})
{% endcode %}
Method is used to save any multipart file to an external storage system.
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) SaveFileToStorage(fileheader *multipart.FileHeader, path string, storage Storage) error
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
storage := memory.New()
app.Post("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
// Parse the multipart form:
if form, err := c.MultipartForm(); err == nil {
// => *multipart.Form
// Get all files from "documents" key:
files := form.File["documents"]
// => []*multipart.FileHeader
// Loop through files:
for _, file := range files {
fmt.Println(file.Filename, file.Size, file.Header["Content-Type"][0])
// => "tutorial.pdf" 360641 "application/pdf"
// Save the files to storage:
if err := c.SaveFileToStorage(file, fmt.Sprintf("./%s", file.Filename), storage); err != nil {
return err
}
}
return err
}
})
{% endcode %}
A boolean property that is true
, if a TLS connection is established.
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) Secure() bool
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
// Secure() method is equivalent to:
c.Protocol() == "https"
{% endcode %}
Sets the HTTP response body.
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) Send(body []byte) error
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
return c.Send([]byte("Hello, World!")) // => "Hello, World!"
})
{% endcode %}
Fiber also provides SendString
and SendStream
methods for raw inputs.
{% hint style="success" %} Use this if you don't need type assertion, recommended for faster performance. {% endhint %}
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) SendString(body string) error
func (c *Ctx) SendStream(stream io.Reader, size ...int) error
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
return c.SendString("Hello, World!")
// => "Hello, World!"
return c.SendStream(bytes.NewReader([]byte("Hello, World!")))
// => "Hello, World!"
})
{% endcode %}
Transfers the file from the given path. Sets the Content-Type response HTTP header field based on the filenames extension.
{% hint style="warning" %} Method doesn´t use gzipping by default, set it to true to enable. {% endhint %}
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) SendFile(file string, compress ...bool) error
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
app.Get("/not-found", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
return c.SendFile("./public/404.html");
// Disable compression
return c.SendFile("./static/index.html", false);
})
{% endcode %}
{% hint style="info" %}
If the file contains an url specific character you have to escape it before passing the file path into the sendFile
function.
{% endhint %}
{% code title="Example" %}
app.Get("/file-with-url-chars", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
return c.SendFile(url.PathEscape("hash_sign_#.txt"))
})
{% endcode %}
Sets the status code and the correct status message in the body, if the response body is empty.
{% hint style="success" %} You can find all used status codes and messages here. {% endhint %}
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) SendStatus(status int) error
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
app.Get("/not-found", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
return c.SendStatus(415)
// => 415 "Unsupported Media Type"
c.SendString("Hello, World!")
return c.SendStatus(415)
// => 415 "Hello, World!"
})
{% endcode %}
Sets the response’s HTTP header field to the specified key
, value
.
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) Set(key string, val string)
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
c.Set("Content-Type", "text/plain")
// => "Content-type: text/plain"
// ...
})
{% endcode %}
Allow you to config BodyParser/QueryParser decoder, base on schema's options, providing possibility to add custom type for pausing.
{% code title="Signature" %}
func SetParserDecoder(parserConfig fiber.ParserConfig{
IgnoreUnknownKeys bool,
ParserType []fiber.ParserType{
Customtype interface{},
Converter func(string) reflect.Value,
},
ZeroEmpty bool,
SetAliasTag string,
})
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
type CustomTime time.Time
// String() returns the time in string
func (ct *CustomTime) String() string {
t := time.Time(*ct).String()
return t
}
// Register the converter for CustomTime type format as 2006-01-02
var timeConverter = func(value string) reflect.Value {
fmt.Println("timeConverter", value)
if v, err := time.Parse("2006-01-02", value); err == nil {
return reflect.ValueOf(v)
}
return reflect.Value{}
}
customTime := fiber.ParserType{
Customtype: CustomTime{},
Converter: timeConverter,
}
// Add setting to the Decoder
fiber.SetParserDecoder(fiber.ParserConfig{
IgnoreUnknownKeys: true,
ParserType: []fiber.ParserType{customTime},
ZeroEmpty: true,
})
// Example to use CustomType, you pause custom time format not in RFC3339
type Demo struct {
Date CustomTime `form:"date" query:"date"`
Title string `form:"title" query:"title"`
Body string `form:"body" query:"body"`
}
app.Post("/body", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
var d Demo
c.BodyParser(&d)
fmt.Println("d.Date", d.Date.String())
return c.JSON(d)
})
app.Get("/query", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
var d Demo
c.QueryParser(&d)
fmt.Println("d.Date", d.Date.String())
return c.JSON(d)
})
// curl -X POST -F title=title -F body=body -F date=2021-10-20 http://localhost:3000/body
// curl -X GET "http://localhost:3000/query?title=title&body=body&date=2021-10-20"
{% endcode %}
Sets the user specified implementation for context interface.
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) SetUserContext(ctx context.Context)
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
ctx := context.Background()
c.SetUserContext(ctx)
// Here ctx could be any context implementation
// ...
})
{% endcode %}
https://expressjs.com/en/4x/api.html#req.stale
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) Stale() bool
{% endcode %}
Sets the HTTP status for the response.
{% hint style="info" %} Method is a chainable. {% endhint %}
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) Status(status int) *Ctx
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
app.Get("/fiber", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
c.Status(fiber.StatusOK)
return nil
}
app.Get("/hello", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
return c.Status(fiber.StatusBadRequest).SendString("Bad Request")
}
app.Get("/world", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
return c.Status(fiber.StatusNotFound).SendFile("./public/gopher.png")
})
{% endcode %}
Returns a string slice of subdomains in the domain name of the request.
The application property subdomain offset, which defaults to 2
, is used for determining the beginning of the subdomain segments.
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) Subdomains(offset ...int) []string
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
// Host: "tobi.ferrets.example.com"
app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
c.Subdomains() // ["ferrets", "tobi"]
c.Subdomains(1) // ["tobi"]
// ...
})
{% endcode %}
Sets the Content-Type HTTP header to the MIME type listed here specified by the file extension.
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) Type(ext string, charset ...string) *Ctx
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
c.Type(".html") // => "text/html"
c.Type("html") // => "text/html"
c.Type("png") // => "image/png"
c.Type("json", "utf-8") // => "application/json; charset=utf-8"
// ...
})
{% endcode %}
UserContext returns a context implementation that was set by user earlier or returns a non-nil, empty context, if it was not set earlier.
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) UserContext() context.Context
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
ctx := c.UserContext()
// ctx is context implementation set by user
// ...
})
{% endcode %}
Adds the given header field to the Vary response header. This will append the header, if not already listed, otherwise leaves it listed in the current location.
{% hint style="info" %} Multiple fields are allowed. {% endhint %}
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) Vary(fields ...string)
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
c.Vary("Origin") // => Vary: Origin
c.Vary("User-Agent") // => Vary: Origin, User-Agent
// No duplicates
c.Vary("Origin") // => Vary: Origin, User-Agent
c.Vary("Accept-Encoding", "Accept")
// => Vary: Origin, User-Agent, Accept-Encoding, Accept
// ...
})
{% endcode %}
Write adopts the Writer interface
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error)
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
c.Write([]byte("Hello, World!")) // => "Hello, World!"
fmt.Fprintf(c, "%s\n", "Hello, World!") // "Hello, World!Hello, World!"
})
{% endcode %}
Writef adopts the string with variables
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) Writef(f string, a ...interface{}) (n int, err error)
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
world := "World!"
c.Writef("Hello, %s", world) // => "Hello, World!"
fmt.Fprintf(c, "%s\n", "Hello, World!") // "Hello, World!Hello, World!"
})
{% endcode %}
WriteString adopts the string
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) WriteString(s string) (n int, err error)
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
c.WriteString("Hello, World!") // => "Hello, World!"
fmt.Fprintf(c, "%s\n", "Hello, World!") // "Hello, World!Hello, World!"
})
{% endcode %}
A Boolean property, that is true
, if the request’s X-Requested-With header field is XMLHttpRequest, indicating that the request was issued by a client library (such as jQuery).
{% code title="Signature" %}
func (c *Ctx) XHR() bool
{% endcode %}
{% code title="Example" %}
// X-Requested-With: XMLHttpRequest
app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
c.XHR() // true
// ...
})
{% endcode %}