labstack/echo

Web Framework
import "github.com/labstack/echo/v4"

High-performance, minimalist Go web framework with a focus on developer productivity.

Example

package main

import (
    "net/http"
    "github.com/labstack/echo/v4"
)

func main() {
    e := echo.New()
    e.GET("/", func(c echo.Context) error {
        return c.String(http.StatusOK, "Hello!")
    })
    e.Start(":8080")
}

Key Types & Functions

EchoContextHandlerFuncMiddlewareFuncGroup

About labstack/echo

The labstack/echo package (imported as github.com/labstack/echo/v4) belongs to the Web Framework category of Go packages. High-performance, minimalist Go web framework with a focus on developer productivity.

Go's standard library is one of the language's greatest strengths, providing production-ready implementations for networking, cryptography, encoding, I/O, and more. The labstack/echo package follows Go's philosophy of simplicity and composability — small, focused packages that combine through interfaces like io.Reader and io.Writer.

When using labstack/echo in production, follow Go best practices: handle errors explicitly, use context for cancellation and timeouts, prefer composition over inheritance, and write table-driven tests. The Go documentation at pkg.go.dev provides comprehensive API references and examples for every exported type and function.

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