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Vishal Rana 054a310e70 updated website
Signed-off-by: Vishal Rana <vr@labstack.com>
2016-11-20 14:51:17 -08:00

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title = "Middleware"
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## Overview
Middleware is a function chained in the HTTP request-response cycle with access
to `Echo#Context` which it uses to perform a specific action, for example, logging
every request or limiting the number of requests.
Handler is processed in the end after all middleware are finished executing.
## Levels
### Root Level (Before router)
`Echo#Pre()` can be used to register a middleware which is executed before router
processes the request. It is helpful to make any changes to the request properties,
for example, adding or removing a trailing slash from the path so it matches the
route.
The following built-in middleware should be registered at this level:
- HTTPSRedirect
- HTTPSWWWRedirect
- WWWRedirect
- NonWWWRedirect
- AddTrailingSlash
- RemoveTrailingSlash
- MethodOverride
> As router has not processed the request, middleware at this level won't
have access to any path related API from `echo.Context`.
### Root Level (After router)
Most of the time you will register a middleware at this level using `Echo#Use()`.
This middleware is executed after router processes the request and has full access
to `echo.Context` API.
The following built-in middleware should be registered at this level:
- BodyLimit
- Logger
- Gzip
- Recover
- BasicAuth
- JWTAuth
- Secure
- CORS
- Static
### Group Level
When creating a new group, you can register middleware just for that group. For
example, you can have an admin group which is secured by registering a BasicAuth
middleware for it.
*Usage*
```go
e := echo.New()
admin := e.Group("/admin", middleware.BasicAuth())
```
You can also add a middleware after creating a group via `admin.Use()`.
### Route Level
When defining a new route, you can optionally register middleware just for it.
*Usage*
```go
e := echo.New()
e.GET("/", <Handler>, <Middleware...>)
```
## Skipping Middleware
There are cases when you would like to skip a middleware based on some condition,
for that each middleware has an option to define a function `Skipper func(c echo.Context) bool`.
*Usage*
```go
e := echo.New()
e.Use(middleware.LoggerWithConfig(middleware.LoggerConfig{
Skipper: func(c echo.Context) bool {
if strings.HasPrefix(c.Request().Host(), "localhost") {
return true
}
return false
},
}))
```
Example above skips Logger middleware when request host starts with localhost.
## [Writing Custom Middleware]({{< ref "recipes/middleware.md">}})