From efd87e6a3dde3bf511d4a745ae73a381e709aab2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Malachy Byrne <malachybyrne1@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2022 21:29:58 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] init

---
 backend/go.mod  |  7 +++++++
 backend/go.sum  |  2 ++
 backend/main.go | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 34 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 backend/go.mod
 create mode 100644 backend/go.sum
 create mode 100644 backend/main.go

diff --git a/backend/go.mod b/backend/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66c7460
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+module games.dcu.ie/hvz/v2
+
+go 1.19
+
+require (
+    "github.com/gorilla/mux" v1.8.0
+)
diff --git a/backend/go.sum b/backend/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5350288
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0 h1:i40aqfkR1h2SlN9hojwV5ZA91wcXFOvkdNIeFDP5koI=
+github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0/go.mod h1:DVbg23sWSpFRCP0SfiEN6jmj59UnW/n46BH5rLB71So=
diff --git a/backend/main.go b/backend/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4637d31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+    "fmt"
+    "log"
+    "net/http"
+
+    "github.com/gorilla/mux"
+)
+
+func handleRequests() {
+    myRouter := mux.NewRouter().StrictSlash(true)
+    myRouter.HandleFunc("/", homePage)
+
+    log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":8000", myRouter))
+}
+
+func homePage(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+    fmt.Fprintf(w, "Welcome to the Homepage")
+    fmt.Println("endpoint hit: homepage")
+}
+
+func main() {
+    handleRequests()
+}