A modern, production-ready API template built with Go and React, featuring comprehensive authentication, mailing capabilities, and automatic API documentation.

🚀 Features

Backend (Go)
- Chi router for efficient HTTP routing
- Swagger/OpenAPI documentation
- SendGrid integration for email notifications
- Rate limiting support
- Redis caching
- PostgreSQL database integration
- JWT-based authentication
- Environment-based configuration
- Structured logging with Zap
- Hot reload support with Air
Frontend (React + TypeScript)
- Vite for fast development and building
- TypeScript support
- ESLint configuration for code quality
- Hot Module Replacement (HMR)

📋 Prerequisites

Go 1.21 or higher
Node.js 18 or higher
PostgreSQL
Redis
SendGrid API key (for email functionality)

🛠️ Installation

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/lk-api-template.git
cd lk-api-template

Install backend dependencies:

go mod download

Install frontend dependencies:

cd web
npm install

Set up environment variables:

cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env with your configuration

🚀 Development

Backend

Run the backend server with hot reload:

air

The API will be available at http://localhost:8080 with the base path /v1.

Frontend

Run the frontend development server:

cd web
npm run dev

The frontend will be available at http://localhost:5173.

📚 API Documentation

The API documentation is automatically generated using Swagger. Once the server is running, you can access the Swagger UI at: