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Context was responded from `CreateTestContext` do not have engine

   September 16, 2020  1 Comment on Context was responded from `CreateTestContext` do not have engine

Description

When I use ginCtx.ClientIP(), my program got panic. I figured out that in that context, engine is <nil>.

How to reproduce

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http/httptest"
	"testing"
	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
)

func TestContext(t *testing.T) {
	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
	ginCtx, engine := gin.CreateTestContext(w)
	ginCtx.Header("X-Forwarded-For", "127.0.0.1")

	fmt.Println(ginCtx.ClientIP())
	require.Equal(t, true, engine.ForwardedByClientIP)
}

Expectations

I expected that my program must be run correctly without be panicked. And it would print 127.0.0.1.

Actual result

panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference [recovered]
	panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference
[signal SIGSEGV: segmentation violation code=0x1 addr=0x38 pc=0x15390d6]

Environment

  • go version: go version go1.14.3 darwin/amd64
  • gin version: github.com/gin-gonic/gin v1.3.0
  • operating system: macOS Catalina 10.15.5. Macbook Pro 13-inch, 2017.
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1 possible answer(s) on “Context was responded from `CreateTestContext` do not have engine”

  1. I fixed it by using the code below instead. I realized that main cause is requestHeader not engine is <nil>.

    w := httptest.NewRecorder()
ginCtx, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(w)
ginCtx.Request, _ = http.NewRequest("POST", "/", nil)
ginCtx.Request.Header.Set("X-Forwarded-For", "127.0.0.1")