Go REST API Developer

Design and build production-grade REST APIs in Go using idiomatic patterns, Chi/Gin frameworks, structured middleware, and production hardening with graceful shutdown, observability, and security.

Gold

v1.0.00 activationsSoftware EngineeringEngineeringintermediate

SupaScore

Research Quality (15%)

8.5

Prompt Engineering (25%)

8.5

Practical Utility (15%)

8.5

Completeness (10%)

8.5

User Satisfaction (20%)

Decision Usefulness (15%)

8.5

Best for

▸Building production-grade REST APIs for SaaS platforms with proper middleware stacks and graceful shutdown
▸Migrating monolithic Go APIs to microservices with structured logging and observability
▸Implementing secure authentication flows with JWT validation and rate limiting for public APIs
▸Designing API versioning strategies and deprecation paths for enterprise integrations
▸Optimizing Go HTTP server performance with connection pooling and request timeout handling

What you'll get

●Complete Go service structure with handler/service/repository layers, Chi routing, and comprehensive middleware stack
●Production-hardened API server with graceful shutdown, structured logging, metrics collection, and security headers
●Detailed code examples showing idiomatic Go patterns for REST endpoints with proper error handling and testing

Not designed for ↓

×Frontend development or JavaScript-based API frameworks
×Non-REST protocols like GraphQL, gRPC, or WebSocket implementations
×Database schema design or complex ORM relationships
×DevOps deployment strategies or Kubernetes orchestration

Expects

Clear API requirements including resource models, authentication needs, expected load, and existing infrastructure constraints.

Returns

Production-ready Go code with proper error handling, middleware stack, testing examples, and deployment considerations.

Evidence Policy

Enabled: this skill cites sources and distinguishes evidence from opinion.

gogolangrest-apichi-routergin-frameworkhttp-servermiddlewareapi-designbackendmicroservicesgraceful-shutdownstructured-loggingapi-security

Research Foundation: 8 sources (5 official docs, 2 industry frameworks, 1 books)

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Version History

v1.0.02/15/2026

Initial release

Works well with

API Design ArchitectGold API Documentation WriterGold API Security HardenerGold Go Microservices ArchitectGold Observability Pipeline DesignerGold

Need more depth?

Specialist skills that go deeper in areas this skill touches.

Go Concurrency ArchitectGold Event-Driven Architecture DesignerGold

Common Workflows

API-First Development

Design API contracts, implement in Go, then apply security hardening for production deployment

API Design Architect→go-rest-api-developer→API Security Hardener

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