Simple REST API with 2 GETS for testing this ember app https://github.com/bhoggard/ember-simple

api1.go

package main

import (
    "encoding/json"
    "fmt"
    "log"
    "net/http"
)

type Organization struct {
  ID   int  `json:"id"`
  Name  string  `json:"name"`
}

func sampleOrg() Organization {
  return Organization{ 1, "Hoggard Wagner Gallery" } 
}

// wrap our handlers in a function that sets JSON and CORS headers
func makeHandler(fn func (http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request)) http.HandlerFunc {
  return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
    w.Header().Set("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*")
    w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
    fn(w, r)
  }
}
func indexHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
  response:= make(map[string]interface{})
  orgs := []Organization { sampleOrg() }
  response["organizations"] = orgs
  output, err := json.Marshal(response)

  if err != nil {
    panic(err)
  }

  log.Println("index")
 
  fmt.Fprintf(w, string(output))
}

func objectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
  response:= make(map[string]interface{})
  response["organization"] = sampleOrg()
  output, err := json.Marshal(response)

  if err != nil {
    panic(err)
  }

  log.Println("object")

  fmt.Fprintf(w, string(output))
}

func main() {
  http.HandleFunc("/organizations", makeHandler(indexHandler))
  http.HandleFunc("/organizations/1", makeHandler(objectHandler))
  http.ListenAndServe("localhost:4000", nil)
}