https://nalar.dev/tags/testing/ Recent content in Testing on Nalar Hugo en-us Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0700 https://nalar.dev/testing-go-http-handlers-with-httptest/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0700 https://nalar.dev/testing-go-http-handlers-with-httptest/ <p>HTTP handlers are one of the easiest parts of a Go service to test well. You usually do not need to bind a real network port, start the entire application, or depend on an external test framework.</p> <p>Go&rsquo;s standard library provides <code>net/http/httptest</code>, which can construct HTTP requests, capture handler responses, and even start temporary HTTP servers when a real client-server round trip matters.</p> <p>This guide builds a small JSON endpoint and tests it at several useful levels.</p>