Unable to install API with go get

y_sravan

Hi
I'm trying to follow the steps from https://github.com/zerodha/gokiteconnect
while installing with
go get github.com/zerodha/gokiteconnect/v4
getting the below error

'go get' is no longer supported outside a module.
To build and install a command, use 'go install' with a version,
like 'go install example.com/cmd@latest'
For more information, see https://golang.org/doc/go-get-install-deprecation
or run 'go help get' or 'go help install'.

when I run go install -v github.com/zerodha/gokiteconnect/v4@latest
getting below output

go: downloading github.com/zerodha/gokiteconnect/v4 v4.3.2
go: downloading github.com/gocarina/gocsv v0.0.0-20180809181117-b8c38cb1ba36
go: downloading github.com/google/go-querystring v1.0.0
package github.com/zerodha/gokiteconnect/v4 is not a main package

I'm using latest go version 1.22.2
anyway to resolve this error?

Thanks

y_sravan

with go install -x github.com/zerodha/gokiteconnect/v4@latest

get https://proxy.golang.org/github.com/@v/list
get https://proxy.golang.org/github.com/zerodha/gokiteconnect/v4/@v/list
get https://proxy.golang.org/github.com/zerodha/gokiteconnect/@v/list
get https://proxy.golang.org/github.com/zerodha/@v/list
get https://proxy.golang.org/github.com/@v/list: 404 Not Found (0.028s)
get https://proxy.golang.org/github.com/zerodha/gokiteconnect/@v/list: 404 Not Found (0.036s)
get https://proxy.golang.org/github.com/zerodha/gokiteconnect/v4/@v/list: 200 OK (0.037s)
get https://proxy.golang.org/github.com/zerodha/@v/list: 404 Not Found (0.037s)
package github.com/zerodha/gokiteconnect/v4 is not a main package

rakeshr

go install -v github.com/zerodha/gokiteconnect/v4@latest
package github.com/zerodha/gokiteconnect/v4 is not a main package

As, the error states, gokiteconnect is not main based package but kiteconnect package. The go install command is typically used for installing packages with main packages, so in this case, it would be more appropriate to use go get.
Also, it's recommended in Go to create a separate workspace and initialize go module to track your project's dependencies. Once initialized, you can then use go get to manage dependencies. This will fetch and install the latest version of the gokiteconnect package:

go get -v github.com/zerodha/gokiteconnect/v4

Go lang documentation here explains in detail.

y_sravan

thanks @rakeshr