Router Options

Configuration options for Router initialization.

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Router options are passed to router.New() or router.MustNew() to configure the router.

Router Creation

// With error handling
r, err := router.New(opts...)
if err != nil {
    log.Fatalf("Failed to create router: %v", err)
}

// Panics on invalid configuration. Use at startup.
r := router.MustNew(opts...)

Versioning Options

WithVersioning(opts ...version.Option)

Configures API versioning support using functional options from the version package.

import "rivaas.dev/router/version"

r := router.MustNew(
    router.WithVersioning(
        version.WithHeaderDetection("X-API-Version"),
        version.WithDefault("v1"),
    ),
)

With multiple detection strategies:

r := router.MustNew(
    router.WithVersioning(
        version.WithPathDetection("/api/v{version}"),
        version.WithHeaderDetection("X-API-Version"),
        version.WithQueryDetection("v"),
        version.WithDefault("v2"),
        version.WithResponseHeaders(),
        version.WithSunsetEnforcement(),
    ),
)

Diagnostic Options

WithDiagnostics(handler DiagnosticHandler)

Sets a diagnostic handler for informational events like header injection attempts or configuration warnings.

import "log/slog"

handler := router.DiagnosticHandlerFunc(func(e router.DiagnosticEvent) {
    slog.Warn(e.Message, "kind", e.Kind, "fields", e.Fields)
})

r := router.MustNew(router.WithDiagnostics(handler))

With metrics:

handler := router.DiagnosticHandlerFunc(func(e router.DiagnosticEvent) {
    metrics.Increment("router.diagnostics", "kind", string(e.Kind))
})

Server Options

WithH2C(enable bool)

Enables HTTP/2 Cleartext (h2c) support.

r := router.MustNew(router.WithH2C(true))

WithServerTimeouts(readHeader, read, write, idle time.Duration)

Configures HTTP server timeouts to prevent slowloris attacks and resource exhaustion.

Defaults (if not set):

  • ReadHeaderTimeout: 5s
  • ReadTimeout: 15s
  • WriteTimeout: 30s
  • IdleTimeout: 60s
r := router.MustNew(router.WithServerTimeouts(
    10*time.Second,  // ReadHeaderTimeout
    30*time.Second,  // ReadTimeout
    60*time.Second,  // WriteTimeout
    120*time.Second, // IdleTimeout
))

Performance Options

WithRouteCompilation(enabled bool)

Turns compiled route matching on or off. By default it’s off: the router uses tree traversal, which is fast and works well for most apps. Turn it on when you have a lot of routes (for example hundreds of static routes). Then the router can use pre-compiled lookups and bloom filters to speed things up.

Default: false (tree traversal)

// Default: tree traversal (no need to set anything)
r := router.MustNew()

// Turn on compiled routes for large APIs
r := router.MustNew(router.WithRouteCompilation(true))

WithBloomFilterSize(size uint64)

Sets the bloom filter size when you use compiled routes. Larger sizes reduce false positives.

Default: 1000
Recommended: 2-3x the number of static routes

r := router.MustNew(router.WithBloomFilterSize(2000)) // For ~1000 routes

WithBloomFilterHashFunctions(numFuncs int)

Sets the number of hash functions for bloom filters.

Default: 3
Range: 1-10 (clamped)

r := router.MustNew(router.WithBloomFilterHashFunctions(4))

WithCancellationCheck(enabled bool) / WithoutCancellationCheck()

Controls context cancellation checking in the middleware chain. When enabled (default), the router checks for canceled contexts between handlers.

// Enabled by default
r := router.MustNew(router.WithCancellationCheck(true))

// Disable if you handle cancellation manually
r := router.MustNew(router.WithoutCancellationCheck())

Complete Example

package main

import (
    "log/slog"
    "net/http"
    "os"
    "time"
    
    "rivaas.dev/router"
    "rivaas.dev/router/version"
)

func main() {
    logger := slog.New(slog.NewJSONHandler(os.Stdout, nil))
    
    // Diagnostic handler
    diagHandler := router.DiagnosticHandlerFunc(func(e router.DiagnosticEvent) {
        logger.Warn(e.Message, "kind", e.Kind, "fields", e.Fields)
    })
    
    // Create router with options
    r := router.MustNew(
        // Versioning
        router.WithVersioning(
            version.WithHeaderDetection("API-Version"),
            version.WithDefault("v1"),
        ),
        
        // Server configuration
        router.WithServerTimeouts(
            10*time.Second,
            30*time.Second,
            60*time.Second,
            120*time.Second,
        ),
        
        // Performance tuning
        router.WithBloomFilterSize(2000),
        
        // Diagnostics
        router.WithDiagnostics(diagHandler),
    )
    
    r.GET("/", func(c *router.Context) {
        c.JSON(200, map[string]string{"message": "Hello"})
    })
    
    http.ListenAndServe(":8080", r)
}

Observability Options

import (
    "rivaas.dev/app"
    "rivaas.dev/tracing"
    "rivaas.dev/metrics"
)

application := app.New(
    app.WithServiceName("my-api"),
    app.WithObservability(
        app.WithTracing(tracing.WithSampleRate(0.1)),
        app.WithMetrics(metrics.WithPrometheus()),
        app.WithExcludePaths("/health", "/metrics"),
    ),
)

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