open-consul/api/README.md
Geoffrey Grosenbach 85acf6b983 Copy-and-paste Go client example (#4448)
* Copy-and-paste Go client example

Includes Go source that runs without modification, as well as simple
instructions for compiling, running, and viewing the output in the
Consul UI.

* Remove unnecessary flags from development server example

This is a bare minimum Go example needed to store keys and values in
Consul. The `-ui` and `-server` flags aren't needed when running with
`-dev`.
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Consul API client
=================
This package provides the `api` package which attempts to
provide programmatic access to the full Consul API.
Currently, all of the Consul APIs included in version 0.6.0 are supported.
Documentation
=============
The full documentation is available on [Godoc](https://godoc.org/github.com/hashicorp/consul/api)
Usage
=====
Below is an example of using the Consul client:
```go
package main
import "github.com/hashicorp/consul/api"
import "fmt"
func main() {
// Get a new client
client, err := api.NewClient(api.DefaultConfig())
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
// Get a handle to the KV API
kv := client.KV()
// PUT a new KV pair
p := &api.KVPair{Key: "REDIS_MAXCLIENTS", Value: []byte("1000")}
_, err = kv.Put(p, nil)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
// Lookup the pair
pair, _, err := kv.Get("REDIS_MAXCLIENTS", nil)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
fmt.Printf("KV: %v %s\n", pair.Key, pair.Value)
}
```
To run this example, start a Consul server:
```bash
consul agent -dev
```
Copy the code above into a file such as `main.go`.
Install and run. You'll see a key (`REDIS_MAXCLIENTS`) and value (`1000`) printed.
```bash
$ go get
$ go run main.go
KV: REDIS_MAXCLIENTS 1000
```
After running the code, you can also view the values in the Consul UI on your local machine at http://localhost:8500/ui/dc1/kv