// Package gorilla provides a go.net/context.Context implementation whose Value // method returns the values associated with a specific HTTP request in the // github.com/gorilla/context package. package gorilla import ( "net/http" "code.google.com/p/go.net/context" gcontext "github.com/gorilla/context" ) // NewContext returns a Context whose Value method returns values associated // with req using the Gorilla context package: // http://www.gorillatoolkit.org/pkg/context func NewContext(parent context.Context, req *http.Request) context.Context { return &wrapper{parent, req} } type wrapper struct { context.Context req *http.Request } var reqKey struct{} // Value returns Gorilla's context package's value for this Context's request // and key. It delegates to the parent Context if there is no such value. func (ctx *wrapper) Value(key interface{}) interface{} { if key == &reqKey { return ctx.req } if val, ok := gcontext.GetOk(ctx.req, key); ok { return val } return ctx.Context.Value(key) } // HTTPRequest returns the *http.Request associated with ctx using NewContext, // if any. func HTTPRequest(ctx context.Context) (*http.Request, bool) { // We cannot use ctx.(*wrapper).req to get the request because ctx may // be a Context derived from a *wrapper. Instead, we use Value to // access the request if it is anywhere up the Context tree. req, ok := ctx.Value(&reqKey).(*http.Request) return req, ok }