This troubleshooting outline provides solutions to common issues and errors that you may encounter when using the Muxer package. If you're experiencing difficulties or unexpected behavior, follow the steps outlined below to identify and resolve the problem.
- Missing Route Registration
- Route Not Found
- Incorrect Request Method
- Parameter Extraction Failure
- Middleware Execution Order
- CORS Headers Not Set
- Gzip Compression Not Applied
- Recovery from Panic Not Working
You're unable to access a specific endpoint or receive a "404 Not Found" error for a registered route.
Make sure you have registered the route using the Handle
or HandleFunc
methods of the Router
instance. Check the following:
- Verify that the route is registered with the correct HTTP method (
GET
,POST
, etc.). - Ensure that the path pattern used in the route registration matches the requested URL path.
- Double-check that the router instance is correctly created and used as the HTTP handler in your application.
All requests to your application result in a "404 Not Found" error, even though routes are registered correctly.
Check the following:
- Ensure that the
ServeHTTP
method of yourRouter
instance is correctly implemented and used as the HTTP handler for incoming requests. It should be called by thehttp.ListenAndServe
function. - Verify that the registered routes have the correct HTTP method and path patterns.
- If your application is using subrouters, ensure that they are correctly created and used.
Requests to your application return a "405 Method Not Allowed" error, even though the request method is correct.
Check the following:
- Make sure that the registered route has the correct HTTP method specified.
- Verify that the incoming request has the same HTTP method as the registered
route. The comparison is case-sensitive, so ensure they match exactly (e.g.,
GET
vs.get
).
The parameters extracted from the URL path using the Params
method of the Router
instance are not populated correctly.
Review the following:
- Ensure that the route registration pattern contains the named parameters using the
:paramName
syntax. - Verify that the parameter names in the route registration pattern match the names used in the handler function or middleware.
- Check that the
Params
method is called with the correct*http.Request
instance.
The execution order of middleware functions is not as expected, leading to incorrect behavior or missing functionality.
Check the following:
- Make sure the middleware functions are registered using the
Use
method of theRouter
instance in the correct order. Middleware functions are executed in the order they are registered. - Verify that the middleware functions are applied to the correct router instance. If you're using subrouters, ensure that the middleware is registered on the appropriate router.
Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) headers are not set in the HTTP response, causing cross-origin requests to fail.
Review the following:
- Ensure that the
CORS
middleware is correctly registered using theUse
method of theRouter
instance. - If you need to customize the CORS options, pass the appropriate
CORSOption
values when creating theCORS
middleware. - Check that the CORS middleware is registered before the routes that require CORS headers.
The response body is not compressed using Gzip encoding, even though the Gzip
middleware is registered.
Check the following:
- Make sure the
Gzip
middleware is correctly registered using theUse
method of theRouter
instance. - Ensure that the
Gzip
middleware is registered before the routes that require compression. - Verify that the client supports Gzip encoding by sending an
Accept-Encoding
header with a value that includesgzip
.
Your application panics, but the RecoveryHandler
middleware doesn't recover from the panic or log any error messages.
Check the following:
- Ensure that the
RecoveryHandler
middleware is correctly registered using theUse
method of theRouter
instance. - Make sure that the
RecoveryHandler
middleware is registered before the routes that may cause panics. - If you're providing a custom logger, ensure that it implements the necessary logging functionality.
If the above steps don't resolve the issue, consider examining the application's error logs and adding additional logging statements to identify the cause of the panic.