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  Deploying a Go API on Heroku
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  To deploy it on Heroku.
</h2>

<p>I'll assume you have Heroku cli installed and logged in.<br>
or you can start here.<br>
<a href="https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/heroku-cli">Install heroku cli</a></p>

<ul>
<li>Create a Procfile that points to our binary with one line
and place it in the root of the directory
</li>
</ul>

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<ul>
<li>Run the app locally to test using
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<li>Create a heroku app
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<ul>
<li>Then commit our changes on git
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git commit -m '💪'
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<ul>
<li>And at the end, simply deploy our app using
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<ul>
<li>(Optional) Subsequent change can be commit using
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<p>Extra</p>

<ul>
<li>You can read the logs from with
</li>
</ul>

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<p>That's about it.<br>
Now we can check our server at,</p>

<p><a href="https://intersect-api-v2.herokuapp.com">https://intersect-api-v2.herokuapp.com</a></p>



## Deploying a Go API on Heroku

## To deploy it on Heroku.

I'll assume you have Heroku cli installed and logged in.
or you can start here.
[Install heroku cli](https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/heroku-cli)

- Create a Procfile that points to our binary with one line
  and place it in the root of the directory

```
// Profile
web: bin/Intersect_api
```

- Run the app locally to test using

```
heroku local
```

- Create a heroku app

```
heroku create intersect-api-v2
```

- Then commit our changes on git

```
git add .
git commit -m '💪'
```

- And at the end, simply deploy our app using

```
git push heroku heroku-deploy:master
```

- (Optional) Subsequent change can be commit using

```
git push heroku master
```

Extra

- You can read the logs from with

```
heroku logs
```

That's about it.
Now we can check our server at,

https://intersect-api-v2.herokuapp.com


Deploying a Go API on Heroku            To deploy it on Heroku.   I'll assume you have Herok...