http server with wrapper to non thread-safe library

[Jose]

How can I use the Go http server to serve normal http requests and also wrap a non thread-safe library ?

My starting point is the example bradfitz posted on how to run the handlers serially:
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/golang-nuts/bTb_va88beA/0I58wwn8ekEJ

Ideally, I would also want to use the gorilla/mux library. Any ideas on how to "handle" this ?

thanks
jose

[Jesse McNelis]

If you want to wrap a non thread-safe library the best option is to have a single goroutine responsible for it and have other goroutines submit requests over a channel.

Generally it's best for them to submit their request along with a channel for the reply.

You don't need to intentionally make the http requests process serially because all you need is serial access to the library which communicating with a single goroutine will provide.

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[Jose]

thanks, I realize now it's simpler to do than I initially thought when looking at the example.