Go

Complete guide to host Go applications on Discloud.

📁 Preparing the Files

Before uploading your project, you must exclude unnecessary files to optimize the deployment.

❌ Files to Exclude

Ensure the following files and directories are not included in your .zip:

- bin/
- *.exe
- .git/

📌 Use a .discloudignore file to automatically exclude these files. Do not exclude go.mod or go.sum.

🔗 Need help setting up your go.mod or find main file?

🌐 Hosting Websites & APIs in Go

Before deploying your website or API on Discloud, ensure that you meet the following requirements:

Platinum plan or higher is required to host websites or APIs.

A subdomain must be created before deployment.

Port 8080 is mandatory – Applications must listen on this port.

package main

import (
  "log"
  "os"
  "os/signal"
  "syscall"
  "github.com/bwmarrin/discordgo"
)

func main() {
  token := os.Getenv("DISCORD_TOKEN")
  if token == "" { log.Fatal("DISCORD_TOKEN not set") }

  dg, err := discordgo.New("Bot " + token)
  if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) }

  dg.AddHandler(func(s *discordgo.Session, r *discordgo.Ready) {
    log.Println("Bot is ready")
  })

  if err := dg.Open(); err != nil { log.Fatal(err) }
  log.Println("Bot running. Press CTRL+C to exit.")

  stop := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
  signal.Notify(stop, os.Interrupt, syscall.SIGTERM)
  <-stop
  dg.Close()
}

Bots do not need to bind any HTTP port. They just have to keep the process alive.

package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "log"
  "net/http"
)

func main() {
  mux := http.NewServeMux()
  mux.HandleFunc("/", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
    fmt.Fprintln(w, "Hello from Go on Discloud!")
  })

  log.Println("Starting server on :8080")
  if err := http.ListenAndServe(":8080", mux); err != nil {
    log.Fatal(err)
  }
}

package main

import (
  "net/http"
  "log"
  "github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
)

func main() {
  r := chi.NewRouter()
  r.Get("/health", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { w.Write([]byte("ok")) })
  r.Get("/hello/{name}", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
    name := chi.URLParam(r, "name")
    w.Write([]byte("Hello, "+name))
  })
  log.Println("API on :8080")
  log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":8080", r))
}