.gitattributes

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-* text=auto eol=lf

README.md

@@ -12,14 +12,11 @@ fine with getting your hands dirty, but I plan on having it ready to go for more
 - Routing/controllers
 - Templating
 - Simple database migration system
-- Built in REST client
 - CSRF protection
-- Middleware
 - Minimal user login/registration + sessions
 - Config file handling
-- Scheduled tasks
 - Entire website compiles into a single binary (~10mb) (excluding env.json)
-- Minimal dependencies (just standard library, postgres driver, and x/crypto for bcrypt)
+- Minimal dependencies (just standard library, postgres driver, and experimental package for bcrypt)
 
 <hr>
 
@@ -39,13 +36,10 @@ fine with getting your hands dirty, but I plan on having it ready to go for more
 ## How to use 🤔
 
 1. Clone
-2. Delete the git folder, so you can start tracking in your own repo
+2. Run `go get` to install dependencies
-3. Run `go get` to install dependencies
+3. Copy env_example.json to env.json and fill in the values
-4. Copy env_example.json to env.json and fill in the values
+4. Run `go run main.go` to start the server
-5. Run `go run main.go` to start the server
+5. Start building your app!
-6. Rename the occurences of "GoWeb" to your app name
-7. Start building your app!
-8. When you see useful changes to GoWeb you'd like in your project copy them over
 
 ## How to contribute 👨‍💻
 
@@ -59,7 +53,7 @@ fine with getting your hands dirty, but I plan on having it ready to go for more
 ### License and disclaimer 😤
 
 - You are free to use this project under the terms of the MIT license. See LICENSE for more details.
-- You are responsible for the security and everything else regarding your application.
+- You and you alone are responsible for the security and everything else regarding your application.
 - It is not required, but I ask that when you use this project you give me credit by linking to this repository.
 - I also ask that when releasing self-hosted or other end-user applications that you release it under
   the [GPLv3](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html) license. This too is not required, but I would appreciate it.

app/schedule.go

@@ -17,25 +17,27 @@ type Scheduled struct {
 }
 
 type Task struct {
-	Funcs    []func(app *App)
 	Interval time.Duration
+	Funcs    []func(app *App)
 }
 
 func RunScheduledTasks(app *App, poolSize int, stop <-chan struct{}) {
+	// Run every time the server starts
 	for _, f := range app.ScheduledTasks.EveryReboot {
 		f(app)
 	}
 
 	tasks := []Task{
-		{Funcs: app.ScheduledTasks.EverySecond, Interval: time.Second},
+		{Interval: time.Second, Funcs: app.ScheduledTasks.EverySecond},
-		{Funcs: app.ScheduledTasks.EveryMinute, Interval: time.Minute},
+		{Interval: time.Minute, Funcs: app.ScheduledTasks.EveryMinute},
-		{Funcs: app.ScheduledTasks.EveryHour, Interval: time.Hour},
+		{Interval: time.Hour, Funcs: app.ScheduledTasks.EveryHour},
-		{Funcs: app.ScheduledTasks.EveryDay, Interval: 24 * time.Hour},
+		{Interval: 24 * time.Hour, Funcs: app.ScheduledTasks.EveryDay},
-		{Funcs: app.ScheduledTasks.EveryWeek, Interval: 7 * 24 * time.Hour},
+		{Interval: 7 * 24 * time.Hour, Funcs: app.ScheduledTasks.EveryWeek},
-		{Funcs: app.ScheduledTasks.EveryMonth, Interval: 30 * 24 * time.Hour},
+		{Interval: 30 * 24 * time.Hour, Funcs: app.ScheduledTasks.EveryMonth},
-		{Funcs: app.ScheduledTasks.EveryYear, Interval: 365 * 24 * time.Hour},
+		{Interval: 365 * 24 * time.Hour, Funcs: app.ScheduledTasks.EveryYear},
 	}
 
+	// Set up task runners
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	runners := make([]chan bool, len(tasks))
 	for i, task := range tasks {
@@ -63,8 +65,10 @@ func RunScheduledTasks(app *App, poolSize int, stop <-chan struct{}) {
 		}(task, runner)
 	}
 
+	// Wait for all goroutines to finish
 	wg.Wait()
 
+	// Close channels
 	for _, runner := range runners {
 		close(runner)
 	}

config/config.go

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package config
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"flag"
-	"log/slog"
+	"log"
 	"os"
 )
 
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ type Configuration struct {
 
 	Template struct {
 		BaseName string `json:"BaseTemplateName"`
-		ContentPath string `json:"ContentPath"`
 	}
 }
 
@@ -34,21 +33,22 @@ func LoadConfig() Configuration {
 	flag.Parse()
 	file, err := os.Open(*c)
 	if err != nil {
-		panic("unable to open JSON config file: " + err.Error())
+		log.Fatal("Unable to open JSON config file: ", err)
 	}
 
 	defer func(file *os.File) {
 		err := file.Close()
 		if err != nil {
-			slog.Error("unable to close JSON config file: ", err)
+			log.Fatal("Unable to close JSON config file: ", err)
 		}
 	}(file)
 
+	// Decode json config file to Configuration struct named config
 	decoder := json.NewDecoder(file)
 	Config := Configuration{}
 	err = decoder.Decode(&Config)
 	if err != nil {
-		panic("unable to decode JSON config file: " + err.Error())
+		log.Fatal("Unable to decode JSON config file: ", err)
 	}
 
 	return Config

controllers/get.go

@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-package controllers
-
-import (
-	"GoWeb/app"
-	"GoWeb/models"
-	"GoWeb/security"
-	"GoWeb/templating"
-	"net/http"
-)
-
-// Get is a wrapper struct for the App struct
-type Get struct {
-	App *app.App
-}
-
-func (g *Get) ShowHome(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
-	type dataStruct struct {
-		Test string
-	}
-
-	data := dataStruct{
-		Test: "Hello World!",
-	}
-
-	templating.RenderTemplate(w, "templates/pages/home.html", data)
-}
-
-func (g *Get) ShowRegister(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	type dataStruct struct {
-		CsrfToken string
-	}
-
-	CsrfToken, err := security.GenerateCsrfToken(w, r)
-	if err != nil {
-		return
-	}
-
-	data := dataStruct{
-		CsrfToken: CsrfToken,
-	}
-
-	templating.RenderTemplate(w, "templates/pages/register.html", data)
-}
-
-func (g *Get) ShowLogin(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	type dataStruct struct {
-		CsrfToken string
-	}
-
-	CsrfToken, err := security.GenerateCsrfToken(w, r)
-	if err != nil {
-		return
-	}
-
-	data := dataStruct{
-		CsrfToken: CsrfToken,
-	}
-
-	templating.RenderTemplate(w, "templates/pages/login.html", data)
-}
-
-func (g *Get) Logout(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	models.LogoutUser(g.App, w, r)
-	http.Redirect(w, r, "/", http.StatusFound)
-}

controllers/getController.go

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+package controllers
+
+import (
+	"GoWeb/app"
+	"GoWeb/models"
+	"GoWeb/security"
+	"GoWeb/templating"
+	"net/http"
+)
+
+// GetController is a wrapper struct for the App struct
+type GetController struct {
+	App *app.App
+}
+
+func (getController *GetController) ShowHome(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
+	type dataStruct struct {
+		Test string
+	}
+
+	data := dataStruct{
+		Test: "Hello World!",
+	}
+
+	templating.RenderTemplate(getController.App, w, "templates/pages/home.html", data)
+}
+
+func (getController *GetController) ShowRegister(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	type dataStruct struct {
+		CsrfToken string
+	}
+
+	// Create csrf token
+	CsrfToken, err := security.GenerateCsrfToken(w, r)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	data := dataStruct{
+		CsrfToken: CsrfToken,
+	}
+
+	templating.RenderTemplate(getController.App, w, "templates/pages/register.html", data)
+}
+
+func (getController *GetController) ShowLogin(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	type dataStruct struct {
+		CsrfToken string
+	}
+
+	// Create csrf token
+	CsrfToken, err := security.GenerateCsrfToken(w, r)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	data := dataStruct{
+		CsrfToken: CsrfToken,
+	}
+
+	templating.RenderTemplate(getController.App, w, "templates/pages/login.html", data)
+}
+
+func (getController *GetController) Logout(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	models.LogoutUser(getController.App, w, r)
+	http.Redirect(w, r, "/", http.StatusFound)
+}

controllers/post.go

@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-package controllers
-
-import (
-	"GoWeb/app"
-	"GoWeb/models"
-	"log/slog"
-	"net/http"
-	"time"
-)
-
-// Post is a wrapper struct for the App struct
-type Post struct {
-	App *app.App
-}
-
-func (p *Post) Login(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	username := r.FormValue("username")
-	password := r.FormValue("password")
-	remember := r.FormValue("remember") == "on"
-
-	if username == "" || password == "" {
-		http.Redirect(w, r, "/login", http.StatusUnauthorized)
-	}
-
-	_, err := models.AuthenticateUser(p.App, w, username, password, remember)
-	if err != nil {
-		http.Redirect(w, r, "/login", http.StatusUnauthorized)
-		return
-	}
-
-	http.Redirect(w, r, "/", http.StatusFound)
-}
-
-func (p *Post) Register(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	username := r.FormValue("username")
-	password := r.FormValue("password")
-	createdAt := time.Now()
-	updatedAt := time.Now()
-
-	if username == "" || password == "" {
-		http.Redirect(w, r, "/register", http.StatusUnauthorized)
-	}
-
-	_, err := models.CreateUser(p.App, username, password, createdAt, updatedAt)
-	if err != nil {
-		// TODO: if err == bcrypt.ErrPasswordTooLong display error to user, this will require a flash message system with cookies
-		slog.Error("error creating user: " + err.Error())
-		http.Redirect(w, r, "/register", http.StatusInternalServerError)
-	}
-
-	http.Redirect(w, r, "/login", http.StatusFound)
-}

controllers/postController.go

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package controllers
+
+import (
+	"GoWeb/app"
+	"GoWeb/models"
+	"GoWeb/security"
+	"log"
+	"net/http"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// PostController is a wrapper struct for the App struct
+type PostController struct {
+	App *app.App
+}
+
+func (postController *PostController) Login(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	// Validate csrf token
+	_, err := security.VerifyCsrfToken(r)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Println("Error verifying csrf token")
+		return
+	}
+
+	username := r.FormValue("username")
+	password := r.FormValue("password")
+	remember := r.FormValue("remember") == "on"
+
+	if username == "" || password == "" {
+		log.Println("Tried to login user with empty username or password")
+		http.Redirect(w, r, "/login", http.StatusFound)
+	}
+
+	_, err = models.AuthenticateUser(postController.App, w, username, password, remember)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Println("Error authenticating user")
+		log.Println(err)
+		http.Redirect(w, r, "/login", http.StatusFound)
+		return
+	}
+
+	http.Redirect(w, r, "/", http.StatusFound)
+}
+
+func (postController *PostController) Register(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	// Validate csrf token
+	_, err := security.VerifyCsrfToken(r)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Println("Error verifying csrf token")
+		return
+	}
+
+	username := r.FormValue("username")
+	password := r.FormValue("password")
+	createdAt := time.Now()
+	updatedAt := time.Now()
+
+	if username == "" || password == "" {
+		log.Println("Tried to create user with empty username or password")
+		http.Redirect(w, r, "/register", http.StatusFound)
+	}
+
+	_, err = models.CreateUser(postController.App, username, password, createdAt, updatedAt)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Println("Error creating user")
+		log.Println(err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	http.Redirect(w, r, "/login", http.StatusFound)
+}

database/databaseConnection.go

@@ -5,26 +5,29 @@ import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"fmt"
 	_ "github.com/lib/pq"
-	"log/slog"
+	"log"
 )
 
-// Connect returns a new database connection
+// ConnectDB returns a new database connection
-func Connect(app *app.App) *sql.DB {
+func ConnectDB(app *app.App) *sql.DB {
+	// Set connection parameters from config
 	postgresConfig := fmt.Sprintf("host=%s port=%s user=%s "+
 		"password=%s dbname=%s sslmode=disable",
 		app.Config.Db.Ip, app.Config.Db.Port, app.Config.Db.User, app.Config.Db.Password, app.Config.Db.Name)
 
+	// Create connection
 	db, err := sql.Open("postgres", postgresConfig)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
+	// Test connection
 	err = db.Ping()
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
-	slog.Info("connected to database successfully on " + app.Config.Db.Ip + ":" + app.Config.Db.Port + " using database " + app.Config.Db.Name)
+	log.Println("Connected to database successfully on " + app.Config.Db.Ip + ":" + app.Config.Db.Port + " using database " + app.Config.Db.Name)
 
 	return db
 }

database/migrate.go

@@ -5,12 +5,11 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/lib/pq"
-	"log/slog"
+	"log"
 	"reflect"
 )
 
-// Migrate given a dummy object of any type, it will create a table with the same name
+// Migrate given a dummy object of any type, it will create a table with the same name as the type and create columns with the same name as the fields of the object
-// as the type and create columns with the same name as the fields of the object
 func Migrate(app *app.App, anyStruct interface{}) error {
 	valueOfStruct := reflect.ValueOf(anyStruct)
 	typeOfStruct := valueOfStruct.Type()
@@ -24,10 +23,6 @@ func Migrate(app *app.App, anyStruct interface{}) error {
 	for i := 0; i < valueOfStruct.NumField(); i++ {
 		fieldType := typeOfStruct.Field(i)
 		fieldName := fieldType.Name
-
-		// Create column if dummy for migration is NOT zero value
-		fieldValue := valueOfStruct.Field(i).Interface()
-		if !reflect.ValueOf(fieldValue).IsZero() {
 		if fieldName != "Id" && fieldName != "id" {
 			err := createColumn(app, tableName, fieldName, fieldType.Type.Name())
 			if err != nil {
@@ -35,53 +30,54 @@ func Migrate(app *app.App, anyStruct interface{}) error {
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	}
 
 	return nil
 }
 
 // createTable creates a table with the given name if it doesn't exist, it is assumed that id will be the primary key
 func createTable(app *app.App, tableName string) error {
+	// Check to see if the table already exists
 	var tableExists bool
 	err := app.Db.QueryRow("SELECT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM pg_catalog.pg_class c JOIN pg_catalog.pg_namespace n ON n.oid = c.relnamespace WHERE c.relname ~ $1 AND pg_catalog.pg_table_is_visible(c.oid))", "^"+tableName+"$").Scan(&tableExists)
 	if err != nil {
-		slog.Error("error checking if table exists: " + tableName)
+		log.Println("Error checking if table exists: " + tableName)
 		return err
 	}
 
 	if tableExists {
-		slog.Info("table already exists: " + tableName)
+		log.Println("Table already exists: " + tableName)
 		return nil
 	} else {
 		sanitizedTableQuery := fmt.Sprintf("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS \"%s\" (\"Id\" serial primary key)", tableName)
 
 		_, err := app.Db.Query(sanitizedTableQuery)
 		if err != nil {
-			slog.Error("error creating table: " + tableName)
+			log.Println("Error creating table: " + tableName)
 			return err
 		}
 
-		slog.Info("table created successfully: " + tableName)
+		log.Println("Table created successfully: " + tableName)
 		return nil
 	}
 }
 
 // createColumn creates a column with the given name and type if it doesn't exist
 func createColumn(app *app.App, tableName, columnName, columnType string) error {
+	// Check to see if the column already exists
 	var columnExists bool
 	err := app.Db.QueryRow("SELECT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM information_schema.columns WHERE table_name = $1 AND column_name = $2)", tableName, columnName).Scan(&columnExists)
 	if err != nil {
-		slog.Error("error checking if column exists: " + columnName + " in table: " + tableName)
+		log.Println("Error checking if column exists: " + columnName + " in table: " + tableName)
 		return err
 	}
 
 	if columnExists {
-		slog.Info("column already exists: " + columnName + " in table: " + tableName)
+		log.Println("Column already exists: " + columnName + " in table: " + tableName)
 		return nil
 	} else {
 		postgresType, err := getPostgresType(columnType)
 		if err != nil {
-			slog.Error("error creating column: " + columnName + " in table: " + tableName + " with type: " + postgresType)
+			log.Println("Error creating column: " + columnName + " in table: " + tableName + " with type: " + postgresType)
 			return err
 		}
 
@@ -90,11 +86,11 @@ func createColumn(app *app.App, tableName, columnName, columnType string) error
 
 		_, err = app.Db.Query(query)
 		if err != nil {
-			slog.Error("error creating column: " + columnName + " in table: " + tableName + " with type: " + postgresType)
+			log.Println("Error creating column: " + columnName + " in table: " + tableName + " with type: " + postgresType)
 			return err
 		}
 
-		slog.Info("column created successfully:", columnName)
+		log.Println("Column created successfully:", columnName)
 
 		return nil
 	}

env_example.json

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
     "HttpPort": "8090"
   },
   "Template": {
-    "BaseTemplateName": "templates/base.html",
+    "BaseTemplateName": "templates/base.html"
-    "ContentPath": "templates"
   }
 }

go.mod

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 module GoWeb
 
-go 1.22
+go 1.20
 
 require (
-	github.com/lib/pq v1.10.9
+	github.com/lib/pq v1.10.7
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.24.0
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.7.0
 )

go.sum

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-github.com/lib/pq v1.10.9 h1:YXG7RB+JIjhP29X+OtkiDnYaXQwpS4JEWq7dtCCRUEw=
+github.com/lib/pq v1.10.7 h1:p7ZhMD+KsSRozJr34udlUrhboJwWAgCg34+/ZZNvZZw=
-github.com/lib/pq v1.10.9/go.mod h1:AlVN5x4E4T544tWzH6hKfbfQvm3HdbOxrmggDNAPY9o=
+github.com/lib/pq v1.10.7/go.mod h1:AlVN5x4E4T544tWzH6hKfbfQvm3HdbOxrmggDNAPY9o=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.24.0 h1:mnl8DM0o513X8fdIkmyFE/5hTYxbwYOjDS/+rK6qpRI=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.7.0 h1:AvwMYaRytfdeVt3u6mLaxYtErKYjxA2OXjJ1HHq6t3A=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.24.0/go.mod h1:Z1PMYSOR5nyMcyAVAIQSKCDwalqy85Aqn1x3Ws4L5DM=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.7.0/go.mod h1:pYwdfH91IfpZVANVyUOhSIPZaFoJGxTFbZhFTx+dXZU=

main.go

@@ -6,11 +6,9 @@ import (
 	"GoWeb/database"
 	"GoWeb/models"
 	"GoWeb/routes"
-	"GoWeb/templating"
 	"context"
 	"embed"
-	"errors"
+	"log"
-	"log/slog"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
@@ -35,26 +33,23 @@ func main() {
 	if _, err := os.Stat("logs"); os.IsNotExist(err) {
 		err := os.Mkdir("logs", 0755)
 		if err != nil {
-			panic("failed to create log directory: " + err.Error())
+			log.Println("Failed to create log directory")
+			log.Println(err)
+			return
 		}
 	}
 
 	// Create log file and set output
-	file, err := os.OpenFile("logs/"+time.Now().Format("2006-01-02")+".log", os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_APPEND, 0644)
+	file, err := os.OpenFile("logs/"+time.Now().Format("2006-01-02")+".log", os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_APPEND, 0666)
-	if err != nil {
+	log.SetOutput(file)
-		panic("error creating log file: " + err.Error())
-	}
-
-	logger := slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(file, nil))
-	slog.SetDefault(logger) // Set structured logger globally
 
 	// Connect to database and run migrations
-	appLoaded.Db = database.Connect(&appLoaded)
+	appLoaded.Db = database.ConnectDB(&appLoaded)
 	if appLoaded.Config.Db.AutoMigrate {
 		err = models.RunAllMigrations(&appLoaded)
 		if err != nil {
-			slog.Error("error running migrations: " + err.Error())
+			log.Println(err)
-			os.Exit(1)
+			return
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -65,24 +60,16 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	// Define Routes
-	routes.Get(&appLoaded)
+	routes.GetRoutes(&appLoaded)
-	routes.Post(&appLoaded)
+	routes.PostRoutes(&appLoaded)
-
-	// Prepare templates
-	err = templating.BuildPages(&appLoaded)
-	if err != nil {
-		slog.Error("error building templates: " + err.Error())
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
 
 	// Start server
 	server := &http.Server{Addr: appLoaded.Config.Listen.Ip + ":" + appLoaded.Config.Listen.Port}
 	go func() {
-		slog.Info("starting server and listening on " + appLoaded.Config.Listen.Ip + ":" + appLoaded.Config.Listen.Port)
+		log.Println("Starting server and listening on " + appLoaded.Config.Listen.Ip + ":" + appLoaded.Config.Listen.Port)
 		err := server.ListenAndServe()
-		if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, http.ErrServerClosed) {
+		if err != nil && err != http.ErrServerClosed {
-			slog.Error("could not listen on %s: %v\n", appLoaded.Config.Listen.Ip+":"+appLoaded.Config.Listen.Port, err)
+			log.Fatalf("Could not listen on %s: %v\n", appLoaded.Config.Listen.Ip+":"+appLoaded.Config.Listen.Port, err)
-			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 	}()
 
@@ -93,11 +80,10 @@ func main() {
 	go app.RunScheduledTasks(&appLoaded, 100, stop)
 
 	<-interrupt
-	slog.Info("interrupt signal received. Shutting down server...")
+	log.Println("Interrupt signal received. Shutting down server...")
 
 	err = server.Shutdown(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		slog.Error("could not gracefully shutdown the server: %v\n", err)
+		log.Fatalf("Could not gracefully shutdown the server: %v\n", err)
-		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 }

middleware/csrf.go

@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-package middleware
-
-import (
-	"GoWeb/security"
-	"log/slog"
-	"net/http"
-)
-
-// Csrf validates the CSRF token and returns the handler function if it succeeded
-func Csrf(f func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request)) func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		_, err := security.VerifyCsrfToken(r)
-		if err != nil {
-			slog.Info("error verifying csrf token")
-			http.Error(w, "Forbidden", http.StatusForbidden)
-			return
-		}
-
-		f(w, r)
-	}
-}

middleware/groups.go

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-package middleware
-
-import "net/http"
-
-type MiddlewareFunc func(f func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request)) func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request)

middleware/wrapper.go

@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-package middleware
-
-import "net/http"
-
-// ProcessGroup is a wrapper function for the http.HandleFunc function
-// that takes the function you want to execute (f) and the middleware you want
-// to execute (m) this should be used when processing multiple groups of middleware at a time
-func ProcessGroup(f func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request), m []MiddlewareFunc) func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	for _, middleware := range m {
-		_ = middleware(f)
-	}
-
-	return f
-}

models/session.go

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"GoWeb/app"
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"encoding/hex"
-	"log/slog"
+	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ type Session struct {
 	CreatedAt  time.Time
 }
 
-const sessionColumnsNoId = "\"UserId\", \"AuthToken\", \"RememberMe\", \"CreatedAt\""
+const sessionColumnsNoId = "\"UserId\", \"AuthToken\",\"RememberMe\", \"CreatedAt\""
 const sessionColumns = "\"Id\", " + sessionColumnsNoId
 const sessionTable = "public.\"Session\""
 
@@ -42,19 +42,21 @@ func CreateSession(app *app.App, w http.ResponseWriter, userId int64, remember b
 	var existingAuthToken bool
 	err := app.Db.QueryRow(selectAuthTokenIfExists, session.AuthToken).Scan(&existingAuthToken)
 	if err != nil {
-		slog.Error("error checking for existing auth token" + err.Error())
+		log.Println("Error checking for existing auth token")
+		log.Println(err)
 		return Session{}, err
 	}
 
 	// If duplicate token found, recursively call function until unique token is generated
-	if existingAuthToken {
+	if existingAuthToken == true {
-		slog.Warn("duplicate token found in sessions table, generating new token...")
+		log.Println("Duplicate token found in sessions table, generating new token...")
 		return CreateSession(app, w, userId, remember)
 	}
 
+	// Insert session into database
 	err = app.Db.QueryRow(insertSession, session.UserId, session.AuthToken, session.RememberMe, session.CreatedAt).Scan(&session.Id)
 	if err != nil {
-		slog.Error("error inserting session into database")
+		log.Println("Error inserting session into database")
 		return Session{}, err
 	}
 
@@ -62,25 +64,28 @@ func CreateSession(app *app.App, w http.ResponseWriter, userId int64, remember b
 	return session, nil
 }
 
-func SessionByAuthToken(app *app.App, authToken string) (Session, error) {
+func GetSessionByAuthToken(app *app.App, authToken string) (Session, error) {
 	session := Session{}
 
 	err := app.Db.QueryRow(selectSessionByAuthToken, authToken).Scan(&session.Id, &session.UserId, &session.AuthToken, &session.RememberMe, &session.CreatedAt)
 	if err != nil {
+		log.Println("Error getting session by auth token")
 		return Session{}, err
 	}
 
 	return session, nil
 }
 
-// generateAuthToken generates a random 64-byte string
+// Generates a random 64-byte string
 func generateAuthToken(app *app.App) string {
+	// Generate random bytes
 	b := make([]byte, 64)
 	_, err := rand.Read(b)
 	if err != nil {
-		slog.Error("error generating random bytes for auth token")
+		log.Println("Error generating random bytes")
 	}
 
+	// Convert random bytes to hex string
 	return hex.EncodeToString(b)
 }
 
@@ -124,9 +129,10 @@ func deleteSessionCookie(app *app.App, w http.ResponseWriter) {
 
 // DeleteSessionByAuthToken deletes a session from the database by AuthToken
 func DeleteSessionByAuthToken(app *app.App, w http.ResponseWriter, authToken string) error {
+	// Delete session from database
 	_, err := app.Db.Exec(deleteSessionByAuthToken, authToken)
 	if err != nil {
-		slog.Error("error deleting session from database")
+		log.Println("Error deleting session from database")
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -140,14 +146,16 @@ func ScheduledSessionCleanup(app *app.App) {
 	// Delete sessions older than 30 days (remember me sessions)
 	_, err := app.Db.Exec(deleteSessionsOlderThan30Days)
 	if err != nil {
-		slog.Error("error deleting 30 day expired sessions from database" + err.Error())
+		log.Println("Error deleting 30 day expired sessions from database")
+		log.Println(err)
 	}
 
 	// Delete sessions older than 6 hours
 	_, err = app.Db.Exec(deleteSessionsOlderThan6Hours)
 	if err != nil {
-		slog.Error("error deleting 6 hour expired sessions from database" + err.Error())
+		log.Println("Error deleting 6 hour expired sessions from database")
+		log.Println(err)
 	}
 
-	slog.Info("deleted expired sessions from database")
+	log.Println("Deleted expired sessions from database")
 }

models/user.go

@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@ package models
 
 import (
 	"GoWeb/app"
-	"crypto/sha256"
+	"log"
-	"encoding/hex"
-	"log/slog"
 	"net/http"
+	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
 	"golang.org/x/crypto/bcrypt"
@@ -29,39 +28,45 @@ const (
 	insertUser           = "INSERT INTO " + userTable + " (" + userColumnsNoId + ") VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4) RETURNING \"Id\""
 )
 
-// CurrentUser finds the currently logged-in user by session cookie
+// GetCurrentUser finds the currently logged-in user by session cookie
-func CurrentUser(app *app.App, r *http.Request) (User, error) {
+func GetCurrentUser(app *app.App, r *http.Request) (User, error) {
 	cookie, err := r.Cookie("session")
 	if err != nil {
+		log.Println("Error getting session cookie")
 		return User{}, err
 	}
 
-	session, err := SessionByAuthToken(app, cookie.Value)
+	session, err := GetSessionByAuthToken(app, cookie.Value)
 	if err != nil {
+		log.Println("Error getting session by auth token")
 		return User{}, err
 	}
 
-	return UserById(app, session.UserId)
+	return GetUserById(app, session.UserId)
 }
 
-// UserById finds a User table row in the database by id and returns a struct representing this row
+// GetUserById finds a User table row in the database by id and returns a struct representing this row
-func UserById(app *app.App, id int64) (User, error) {
+func GetUserById(app *app.App, id int64) (User, error) {
 	user := User{}
 
+	// Query row by id
 	err := app.Db.QueryRow(selectUserById, id).Scan(&user.Id, &user.Username, &user.Password, &user.CreatedAt, &user.UpdatedAt)
 	if err != nil {
+		log.Println("Get user error (user not found) for user id:" + strconv.FormatInt(id, 10))
 		return User{}, err
 	}
 
 	return user, nil
 }
 
-// UserByUsername finds a User table row in the database by username and returns a struct representing this row
+// GetUserByUsername finds a User table row in the database by username and returns a struct representing this row
-func UserByUsername(app *app.App, username string) (User, error) {
+func GetUserByUsername(app *app.App, username string) (User, error) {
 	user := User{}
 
+	// Query row by username
 	err := app.Db.QueryRow(selectUserByUsername, username).Scan(&user.Id, &user.Username, &user.Password, &user.CreatedAt, &user.UpdatedAt)
 	if err != nil {
+		log.Println("Get user error (user not found) for user:" + username)
 		return User{}, err
 	}
 
@@ -70,14 +75,10 @@ func UserByUsername(app *app.App, username string) (User, error) {
 
 // CreateUser creates a User table row in the database
 func CreateUser(app *app.App, username string, password string, createdAt time.Time, updatedAt time.Time) (User, error) {
-	// Get sha256 hash of password then get bcrypt hash to store
+	// Hash password
-	hash256 := sha256.New()
+	hash, err := bcrypt.GenerateFromPassword([]byte(password), bcrypt.DefaultCost)
-	hash256.Write([]byte(password))
-	hashSum := hash256.Sum(nil)
-	hashString := hex.EncodeToString(hashSum)
-	hash, err := bcrypt.GenerateFromPassword([]byte(hashString), bcrypt.DefaultCost)
 	if err != nil {
-		slog.Error("error hashing password: " + err.Error())
+		log.Println("Error hashing password when creating user")
 		return User{}, err
 	}
 
@@ -85,31 +86,28 @@ func CreateUser(app *app.App, username string, password string, createdAt time.T
 
 	err = app.Db.QueryRow(insertUser, username, string(hash), createdAt, updatedAt).Scan(&lastInsertId)
 	if err != nil {
-		slog.Error("error creating user row: " + err.Error())
+		log.Println("Error creating user row")
 		return User{}, err
 	}
 
-	return UserById(app, lastInsertId)
+	return GetUserById(app, lastInsertId)
 }
 
 // AuthenticateUser validates the password for the specified user
 func AuthenticateUser(app *app.App, w http.ResponseWriter, username string, password string, remember bool) (Session, error) {
 	var user User
 
+	// Query row by username
 	err := app.Db.QueryRow(selectUserByUsername, username).Scan(&user.Id, &user.Username, &user.Password, &user.CreatedAt, &user.UpdatedAt)
 	if err != nil {
-		slog.Info("user not found: " + username)
+		log.Println("Authentication error (user not found) for user:" + username)
 		return Session{}, err
 	}
 
-	// Get sha256 hash of password then check bcrypt
+	// Validate password
-	hash256 := sha256.New()
+	err = bcrypt.CompareHashAndPassword([]byte(user.Password), []byte(password))
-	hash256.Write([]byte(password))
-	hashSum := hash256.Sum(nil)
-	hashString := hex.EncodeToString(hashSum)
-	err = bcrypt.CompareHashAndPassword([]byte(user.Password), []byte(hashString))
 	if err != nil { // Failed to validate password, doesn't match
-		slog.Info("incorrect password:" + username)
+		log.Println("Authentication error (incorrect password) for user:" + username)
 		return Session{}, err
 	} else {
 		return CreateSession(app, w, user.Id, remember)
@@ -118,13 +116,17 @@ func AuthenticateUser(app *app.App, w http.ResponseWriter, username string, pass
 
 // LogoutUser deletes the session cookie and AuthToken from the database
 func LogoutUser(app *app.App, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	// Get cookie from request
 	cookie, err := r.Cookie("session")
 	if err != nil {
+		log.Println("Error getting cookie from request")
 		return
 	}
 
+	// Set token to empty string
 	err = DeleteSessionByAuthToken(app, w, cookie.Value)
 	if err != nil {
+		log.Println("Error deleting session by AuthToken")
 		return
 	}
 }

restclient/client.go

@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-package restclient
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"encoding/json"
-	"mime/multipart"
-	"net/http"
-)
-
-// SendRequest sends an HTTP request to a URL and includes the specified headers and body.
-// A body can be nil for GET requests, a map[string]string for multipart/form-data requests,
-// or a struct for JSON requests
-func SendRequest(url string, method string, headers map[string]string, body interface{}) (http.Response, error) {
-	var reqBody *bytes.Buffer
-	var contentType string
-
-	switch v := body.(type) {
-	case nil:
-		reqBody = bytes.NewBuffer([]byte(""))
-	case map[string]string:
-		reqBody = &bytes.Buffer{}
-		writer := multipart.NewWriter(reqBody)
-		for key, value := range v {
-			err := writer.WriteField(key, value)
-			if err != nil {
-				return http.Response{}, err
-			}
-		}
-
-		err := writer.Close()
-		if err != nil {
-			return http.Response{}, err
-		}
-
-		contentType = writer.FormDataContentType()
-	default:
-		jsonBody, err := json.Marshal(body)
-		if err != nil {
-			return http.Response{}, err
-		}
-		reqBody = bytes.NewBuffer(jsonBody)
-		contentType = "application/json"
-	}
-
-	req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, reqBody)
-	if err != nil {
-		return http.Response{}, err
-	}
-
-	if contentType != "" {
-		req.Header.Set("Content-Type", contentType)
-	}
-
-	for key, value := range headers {
-		req.Header.Add(key, value)
-	}
-
-	client := &http.Client{}
-	resp, err := client.Do(req)
-	if err != nil {
-		return http.Response{}, err
-	}
-
-	return *resp, nil
-}

routes/getRoutes.go

@@ -4,26 +4,26 @@ import (
 	"GoWeb/app"
 	"GoWeb/controllers"
 	"io/fs"
-	"log/slog"
+	"log"
 	"net/http"
 )
 
-// Get defines all project get routes
+// GetRoutes defines all project get routes
-func Get(app *app.App) {
+func GetRoutes(app *app.App) {
 	// Get controller struct initialize
-	getController := controllers.Get{
+	getController := controllers.GetController{
 		App: app,
 	}
 
 	// Serve static files
 	staticFS, err := fs.Sub(app.Res, "static")
 	if err != nil {
-		slog.Error(err.Error())
+		log.Println(err)
 		return
 	}
 	staticHandler := http.FileServer(http.FS(staticFS))
 	http.Handle("/static/", http.StripPrefix("/static/", staticHandler))
-	slog.Info("serving static files from embedded file system /static")
+	log.Println("Serving static files from embedded file system /static")
 
 	// Pages
 	http.HandleFunc("/", getController.ShowHome)

routes/post.go

@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-package routes
-
-import (
-	"GoWeb/app"
-	"GoWeb/controllers"
-	"GoWeb/middleware"
-	"net/http"
-)
-
-// Post defines all project post routes
-func Post(app *app.App) {
-	// Post controller struct initialize
-	postController := controllers.Post{
-		App: app,
-	}
-
-	// User authentication
-	http.HandleFunc("/register-handle", middleware.Csrf(postController.Register))
-	http.HandleFunc("/login-handle", middleware.Csrf(postController.Login))
-}

routes/postRoutes.go

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package routes
+
+import (
+	"GoWeb/app"
+	"GoWeb/controllers"
+	"net/http"
+)
+
+// PostRoutes defines all project post routes
+func PostRoutes(app *app.App) {
+	// Post controller struct initialize
+	postController := controllers.PostController{
+		App: app,
+	}
+
+	// User authentication
+	http.HandleFunc("/register-handle", postController.Register)
+	http.HandleFunc("/login-handle", postController.Login)
+}

security/csrf.go

@@ -3,17 +3,19 @@ package security
 import (
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"encoding/hex"
-	"log/slog"
+	"log"
 	"math"
 	"net/http"
 )
 
 // GenerateCsrfToken generates a csrf token and assigns it to a cookie for double submit cookie csrf protection
 func GenerateCsrfToken(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) (string, error) {
+	// Generate random 64 character string (alpha-numeric)
 	buff := make([]byte, int(math.Ceil(float64(64)/2)))
 	_, err := rand.Read(buff)
 	if err != nil {
-		slog.Error("error creating random buffer for csrf token value" + err.Error())
+		log.Println("Error creating random buffer for csrf token value")
+		log.Println(err)
 		return "", err
 	}
 	str := hex.EncodeToString(buff)
@@ -37,7 +39,8 @@ func GenerateCsrfToken(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) (string, error) {
 func VerifyCsrfToken(r *http.Request) (bool, error) {
 	cookie, err := r.Cookie("csrf_token")
 	if err != nil {
-		slog.Info("unable to get csrf_token cookie" + err.Error())
+		log.Println("Error getting csrf_token cookie")
+		log.Println(err)
 		return false, err
 	}
 

templates/base.html

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <head>
     <meta charset="UTF-8">
     <title>SiteName - {{ template "pageTitle" }}</title>
-    <link href="/static/css/style.css" rel="stylesheet">
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/style.css">
 </head>
 <body>
 {{ template "content" . }}

templates/pages/login.html

@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
         <input name="csrf_token" type="hidden" value="{{ .CsrfToken }}">
 
         <label for="username">Username:</label><br>
-        <input id="username" name="username" placeholder="John" type="text"><br><br>
+        <input id="username" name="username" type="text" placeholder="John"><br><br>
         <label for="password">Password:</label><br>
         <input id="password" name="password" type="password"><br><br>
         <label for="remember">Remember Me:</label>
-        <input id="remember" name="remember" type="checkbox"><br><br>
+        <input id="remember" type="checkbox" name="remember"><br><br>
         <input type="submit" value="Submit">
     </form>
 </div>

templates/pages/register.html

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
         <input name="csrf_token" type="hidden" value="{{ .CsrfToken }}">
 
         <label for="username">Username:</label><br>
-        <input id="username" name="username" placeholder="John" type="text"><br><br>
+        <input id="username" name="username" type="text" placeholder="John"><br><br>
         <label for="password">Password:</label><br>
         <input id="password" name="password" type="password"><br><br>
         <input type="submit" value="Submit">

templating/templateHelper.go

@@ -2,83 +2,46 @@ package templating
 
 import (
 	"GoWeb/app"
-	"fmt"
 	"html/template"
-	"io/fs"
+	"log"
-	"log/slog"
 	"net/http"
 )
 
-var templates = make(map[string]*template.Template) // This is only used here, does not need to be in app.App
+// RenderTemplate renders and serves a template from the embedded filesystem optionally with given data
+func RenderTemplate(app *app.App, w http.ResponseWriter, contentPath string, data any) {
+	templatePath := app.Config.Template.BaseName
 
-func BuildPages(app *app.App) error {
+	templateContent, err := app.Res.ReadFile(templatePath)
-	basePath := app.Config.Template.BaseName
-
-	baseContent, err := app.Res.ReadFile(basePath)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error reading base file: %w", err)
+		log.Println(err)
-	}
+		http.Error(w, err.Error(), 500)
-
-	base, err := template.New(basePath).Parse(string(baseContent)) // Sets filepath as name and parses content
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error parsing base file: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	readFilesRecursively := func(fsys fs.FS, root string) ([]string, error) {
-		var files []string
-		err := fs.WalkDir(fsys, root, func(path string, d fs.DirEntry, err error) error {
-			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("error walking the path %q: %w", path, err)
-			}
-			if !d.IsDir() {
-				files = append(files, path)
-			}
-			return nil
-		})
-		return files, err
-	}
-
-	// Get all file paths in the directory tree
-	filePaths, err := readFilesRecursively(app.Res, app.Config.Template.ContentPath)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error reading files recursively: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	for _, contentPath := range filePaths { // Create a new template base + content for each page
-		content, err := app.Res.ReadFile(contentPath)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("error reading content file %s: %w", contentPath, err)
-		}
-
-		t, err := base.Clone()
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("error cloning base template: %w", err)
-		}
-
-		_, err = t.Parse(string(content))
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("error parsing content: %w", err)
-		}
-
-		templates[contentPath] = t
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-func RenderTemplate(w http.ResponseWriter, contentPath string, data any) {
-	t, ok := templates[contentPath]
-	if !ok {
-		err := fmt.Errorf("template not found for path: %s", contentPath)
-		slog.Error(err.Error())
-		http.Error(w, "Template not found", 404)
 		return
 	}
 
-	err := t.Execute(w, data) // Execute prebuilt template with dynamic data
+	t, err := template.New(templatePath).Parse(string(templateContent))
 	if err != nil {
-		err = fmt.Errorf("error executing template: %w", err)
+		log.Println(err)
-		slog.Error(err.Error())
+		http.Error(w, err.Error(), 500)
+		return
+	}
+
+	content, err := app.Res.ReadFile(contentPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Println(err)
+		http.Error(w, err.Error(), 500)
+		return
+	}
+
+	t, err = t.Parse(string(content))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Println(err)
+		http.Error(w, err.Error(), 500)
+		return
+	}
+
+	err = t.Execute(w, data)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Println(err)
 		http.Error(w, err.Error(), 500)
 		return
 	}