go-struct-tag

A Visual Studio Code extension that provides auto-completion for Go struct tags while typing.

It helps you quickly generate Go struct tags with consistent field naming and optional tag options.

Features

Supported Struct Tags

The extension provides built-in support for the following tags:

• json — https://pkg.go.dev/encoding/json
• bson — https://pkg.go.dev/go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/bson
• xorm — https://xorm.io/docs/
• gorm — https://gorm.io/docs/index.html
• form — https://github.com/gin-gonic/gin
• yaml — https://pkg.go.dev/gopkg.in/yaml.v3
• binding — https://github.com/gin-gonic/gin
• env — https://github.com/caarlos0/env
• validate — https://github.com/gin-gonic/gin
• mapstructure — https://github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure
• redis — https://github.com/gomodule/redigo
• goqu — https://github.com/doug-martin/goqu

Screenshots

JSON

BSON

XORM

GORM

Requirements

To ensure auto-completion works correctly inside string literals, please enable quick suggestions for strings.

Open the Command Palette (⌘ + ⇧ + P / Ctrl + Shift + P), then select
Preferences: Open Settings (JSON) and add:

    "editor.quickSuggestions": {
        "strings": true
    },
    "editor.suggest.showWords": true

Configuration

go-struct-tag.cases

Defines how struct field names are converted when generating tag values.

Supported Case Formats

• snake
• camel
• pascal
• constant
• none

Default Configuration

    "go-struct-tag.cases": [
        "snake",
        "camel"
    ]

go-struct-tag.customTags

Allows defining custom struct tags with their own formatting rules and options.

Example:

    "go-struct-tag.customTags": {
        "customTag1": {
            "cases": [
                "snake"
            ],
            "options": [
                "omitempty",
                "string",
                "-"
            ],
            "separator": ","
        },
        "customTag2": {
            "cases": []
        },
        "customTag3": {}
    }

Field Descriptions

• Custom tag names
  customTag1, customTag2, customTag3

• cases
  Field name formatting for this tag:

  • Not set: uses go-struct-tag.cases
  • Empty array ([]): field name is omitted

• options
  A list of options appended after the field name.

• separator
  Separator used between options.
  Defaults to , if not specified.

License

MIT