Request Lifecycle

• Introduction
• Lifecycle Overview

Introduction

Using any tool in the real world feels more intuitive when you know how it works. This document aims to give you a clear, high-level look at how Goravel functions. Don’t worry if you don’t get every term right away—just aim for a basic sense of how things work, and your expertise will grow as you explore the rest of the docs.

Lifecycle Overview

1. The main.go is the entry point of the application, it will call the bootstrap.Boot() function to initialize the framework, and use app.Wait() to keep the application running.

2. The bootstrap.Boot() function will initialize a new Goravel application instance by calling foundation.Setup(), you can set service providers, routes, and other settings like migrations, schedules via With* functions here. Finally, call the Create() method to boot the application.

3. In the Create() method, it will first load configuration, then register all service providers and other settings. Finally, boot all service providers, return the application instance.

4. After the application is created, you can normally use all facades in this stage, but remember that your customize code should be placed before app.Start() in the main.go file. Or you can add your code into the WithCallback function in the bootstrap/app.go file to make sure your code is executed after the application is created. When running app.Start(), the http or grpc server will be started automatically if you have configured them.

func Boot() contractsfoundation.Application {
  return foundation.Setup().
    WithConfig(config.Boot).
    WithCallback(func() {
      // Your custom code here, all facades are available here.
    }).
    Create()
}