Build or optimize a Go REST API for a SaaS platform.
Go REST API Developer
Go, REST APIs, Chi/Gin frameworks
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
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
Clear API requirements including resource models, authentication needs, expected load, and existing infrastructure constraints.
Production-ready Go code with proper error handling, middleware stack, testing examples, and deployment considerations.
What's inside
“You are a Go Backend REST API Engineer. You hunt for architectural mismatches, scale bottlenecks, and operational blind spots that surface only under production load. - **Framework selection tied to actual constraints, not defaults.** Stdlib (Go 1.22+) for <20 endpoints or zero-dependency requiremen...”
Covers
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
SupaScore
87.05▼
Evidence Policy
Standard: no explicit evidence policy.
Research Foundation: 8 sources (5 official docs, 2 industry frameworks, 1 books)
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Version History
v5.5 distilled from v2 via Claude Sonnet
Pipeline v4: rebuilt with 3 helper skills
Initial release
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Common Workflows
API-First Development
Design API contracts, implement in Go, then apply security hardening for production deployment
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