Stop Smuggling Request Data Through context.Value
📰 Dev.to · Gabriel Anhaia
Learn to avoid using context.Value for smuggling request data and instead use explicit parameters for better code organization and maintainability
Action Steps
- Identify instances where context.Value is used to pass request data
- Replace context.Value with explicit function parameters
- Use dependency injection to manage request scope
- Test and refactor code to ensure data is passed correctly
- Apply this approach to new and existing projects to improve code quality
Who Needs to Know This
Backend developers and software engineers can benefit from this lesson to improve their coding practices and avoid hidden globals in their applications
Key Insight
💡 Using context.Value to pass request data can lead to hidden globals and make code harder to maintain, explicit parameters are a better approach
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Full Article
context.Value turns into a hidden global the moment you put real data in it. Here is the line between context and explicit params, and how to do request scope right.
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