[SOLVED] Go language cannot use r (type *mux.Router) as type *mux.Route in return argument

Go language cannot use r (type *mux.Router) as type *mux.Route in return argument

Hi i am initializing Router in other Go file and returning reference of it in Main file and then in Main file i am initializing serve. This piece of code is not compiling

package router

import (
    "github.com/gorilla/mux"
    "binapp/controllers"
)

const all_bin string = "/bin"

func InitRouter() (*mux.Route) {
    r := mux.NewRouter().StrictSlash(true)

    r.HandleFunc(all_bin, controllers.BinController)

    return r
}


package main

import (
    "binapp/router"
    "log"
    "net/http"
)

func main() {
    router := router.InitRouter()
    log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":9096", router))
}

I am getting error as:

# binapp/router
binapp/router/Route.go:15: cannot use r (type *mux.Router) as type *mux.Route in return argument

Solution

The return type for InitRouter is wrong. You return a *mux.Router but specify a return type of *mux.Route.