diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index cff9bc8a..70a5a13b 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ Gin is a web framework written in Go (Golang). It features a martini-like API wi - [Graceful restart or stop](#graceful-restart-or-stop) - [Build a single binary with templates](#build-a-single-binary-with-templates) - [Bind form-data request with custom struct](#bind-form-data-request-with-custom-struct) + - [Try to bind body into different structs](#try-to-bind-body-into-different-structs) - [Testing](#testing) - [Users](#users--) @@ -1554,6 +1555,64 @@ type StructZ struct { In a word, only support nested custom struct which have no `form` now. +### Try to bind body into different structs + +The normal methods for binding request body consumes `c.Request.Body` and they +cannot be called multiple times. + +```go +type formA struct { + Foo string `json:"foo" xml:"foo" binding:"required"` +} + +type formB struct { + Bar string `json:"bar" xml:"bar" binding:"required"` +} + +func SomeHandler(c *gin.Context) { + objA := formA{} + objB := formB{} + // This c.ShouldBind consumes c.Request.Body and it cannot be reused. + if errA := c.ShouldBind(&objA); errA == nil { + c.String(http.StatusOK, `the body should be formA`) + // Always an error is occurred by this because c.Request.Body is EOF now. + } else if errB := c.ShouldBind(&objB); errB == nil { + c.String(http.StatusOK, `the body should be formB`) + } else { + ... + } +} +``` + +For this, you can use `c.ShouldBindBodyWith`. + +```go +func SomeHandler(c *gin.Context) { + objA := formA{} + objB := formB{} + // This reads c.Request.Body and stores the result into the context. + if errA := c.ShouldBindBodyWith(&objA, binding.JSON); errA == nil { + c.String(http.StatusOK, `the body should be formA`) + // At this time, it reuses body stored in the context. + } else if errB := c.ShouldBindBodyWith(&objB, binding.JSON); errB == nil { + c.String(http.StatusOK, `the body should be formB JSON`) + // And it can accepts other formats + } else if errB2 := c.ShouldBindBodyWith(&objB, binding.XML); errB2 == nil { + c.String(http.StatusOK, `the body should be formB XML`) + } else { + ... + } +} +``` + +* `c.ShouldBindBodyWith` stores body into the context before binding. This has +a slight impact to performance, so you should not use this method if you are +enough to call binding at once. +* This feature is only needed for some formats -- `JSON`, `XML`, `MsgPack`, +`ProtoBuf`. For other formats, `Query`, `Form`, `FormPost`, `FormMultipart`, +can be called by `c.ShouldBind()` multiple times without any damage to +performance (See [#1341](https://github.com/gin-gonic/gin/pull/1341)). + ## Testing The `net/http/httptest` package is preferable way for HTTP testing.