a simple utility with functions to convert string based parameters passed to your web app to their respective types

This was created to reduce a common pattern that was observed in web apps where you needed to always convert from

string to some type.

Plain example

intval, err := webparams.ExtractInt64("12345")

if err != nil { // handle error }

floatval, err := webparams.ExtractFloat64("12345.000")

if err != nil { // handle error }

Example in a server using Gin framework with context variable named c

intval, err := webparams.ExtractInt64( c.Params.ByName("id") )

if err != nil { // handle error }