Installation

Installation

To install Gin package, you need to install Go and set your Go workspace first.

1. Download and install it:

$ go get -u github.com/gin-gonic/gin

1. Import it in your code:

import "github.com/gin-gonic/gin"

1. (Optional) Import net/http. This is required for example if using constants such as http.StatusOK.

import "net/http"

Use a vendor tool like Govendor

1. go get govendor

$ go get github.com/kardianos/govendor

1. Create your project folder and cd inside

$ mkdir -p $GOPATH/src/github.com/myusername/project && cd "$_"

1. Vendor init your project and add gin

$ govendor init
$ govendor fetch github.com/gin-gonic/gin@v1.2

1. Copy a starting template inside your project

$ curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gin-gonic/gin/master/examples/basic/main.go > main.go

1. Run your project

$ go run main.go