Handle Gorilla mux empty variable

Question

I'm using gorilla mux to get pattern values. How do I handle an empty variable like so:

Go:

func ProductHandler (w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
    vars := mux.Vars(r)
    a := vars["key"]
    if a = "" {       //does not seem to register empty string
       //do something
    } else 
       //do something
}

var r = mux.NewRouter()

func main() {
    r.HandleFunc("/products/{key}", ProductHandler)

    http.Handle("/", r)

    http.ListenAndServe(":8080", nil)
}

When I type the url www.example.com/products or www.example.com/products/ I get a 404 page not found error. How do i handle an empty variable in ProductHandler?

http://www.gorillatoolkit.org/pkg/mux

possible duplicate of [How to create a route with optional url var using gorilla mux?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18503189/how-to-create-a-route-with-optional-url-var-using-gorilla-mux) — Sven Grosen, Oct 03 '14 at 15:33
@SvenGrosen you're not supposed to write that by hand. When you cast a close-vote because of duplication, it's automatically posted for you :P — thwd, Oct 03 '14 at 15:37
Weird. Maybe they changed the system but I can only see one my own vote. I'll post on meta. — thwd, Oct 03 '14 at 15:39

thwd · Answer 1 · 2014-10-08T22:32:26.523

Simplest solution? Add:

r.HandleFunc("/products", ProductHandler)

I am pretty sure Gorilla will route ~~the longest match~~ in order of registration.

This is also the way the documentation's overview page suggest it be used:

Then register routes in the subrouter:

s.HandleFunc("/products/", ProductsHandler)
s.HandleFunc("/products/{key}", ProductHandler)
s.HandleFunc("/articles/{category}/{id:[0-9]+}"), ArticleHandler)

Handle Gorilla mux empty variable

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