HTMX + Go Fiber

A proof of concept HTMX app with a Go Fiber backend. Displays a list of tickers from polygon.io and a list of news related to the ticker.

Requirements

• Go 1.21+
• An API key from Polygon.io

Installation

Copy .env.example to .env and add your Polygon.io API key.

Fetch the dependencies

go get

Development

Run the following commands to build the Tailwind CSS classes:

npm install
npm run dev

Or if you prefer to use bun:

bun install
bun run dev

There are two options to start the web server:

• without hot reloading
• with hot reloading

Without hot reloading

go run .

With hot reloading

Go Fiber does not have a hot reloading feature. Install air to run the app with hot reloading.

air

  __    _   ___
 / /\  | | | |_)
/_/--\ |_| |_| \_ v1.49.0, built with Go go1.21.4

watching .
watching bin
!exclude node_modules
watching public
watching src
!exclude tmp
watching views
building...
running...

 ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
 │                   Fiber v2.51.0                   │
 │               http://127.0.0.1:3000               │
 │       (bound on host 0.0.0.0 and port 3000)       │
 │                                                   │
 │ Handlers ............. 7  Processes ........... 1 │
 │ Prefork ....... Disabled  PID ............. 76782 │
 └───────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Then open the browser to http://localhost:3000. You should be able to search for a stock's ticker upon clicking on a ticker, you should see a list of news related to the ticker.