How do I stop a Listening server in Go

Question

I\'ve been trying to find a way to stop a listening server in Go gracefully. Because listen.Accept blocks it is necessary to close the listening socket to sign

Answer 1

Here's a simple way that's good enough for local development.

http://www.sergiotapia.me/how-to-stop-your-go-http-server/

---

package main

import (  
    "net/http"
    "os"

    "github.com/bmizerany/pat"
)

var mux = pat.New()

func main() {  
    mux.Get("/kill", http.HandlerFunc(kill))
    http.Handle("/", mux)
    http.ListenAndServe(":8080", nil)
}

func kill(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {  
    os.Exit(0)
}