It would be easier to do:
type User struct {
Name string `json:"name"`
}
type PrivateUser struct {
User
Password string `json:"password"`
}
See https://play.golang.org/p/2VlGgRlrP1
On Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at 2:42:19 PM UTC+5:30, Mirco Zeiss wrote:
>
> Maybe I'll just wait for go 1.8 where the following is possible, because
> tags aren't part of types anymore.
>
> type PublicUser struct{
> Password string `json:"-"`
> Name string `json:"name"`
> }
>
> type PrivateUser struct{
> Password string `json:"password"`
> Name string `json:"name"`
> }
>
> func main() {
> // get user from db
> priv := PrivateUser{
> Password: "secret",
> Name: "john"
> }
> pub := PublicUser(priv)
> // send pub to frontend
> // ...
> }
>
> I still have to duplicate all models with every field but at least the
> compiler will warn me when I forget a field.
>
> On Monday, November 28, 2016 at 1:35:42 PM UTC+1, Mirco Zeiss wrote:
>>
>> Sorry, but it won't work. I'm using the same marshal method when
>> communicating with my DB as when communicating to my frontend. How can I
>> tell it to sometimes leave out the private fields and sometimes not?
>>
>> On Monday, November 28, 2016 at 6:43:26 AM UTC+1, Mirco Zeiss wrote:
>>>
>>> That might work. Thank you! Will try and report back.
>>>
>>
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