go - Golang: Mixing Gin with an UDP server -

i'm trying use both udp server listen continuously datagrams , http server, string "udp server , listening on port..." , command "server.run()" never reached.

package main  import (     "fmt"     "github.com/gin-gonic/gin"     "log"     "net" )  func handleudpconnection(conn *net.udpconn) {     buffer := make([]byte, 8096)     n, addr, err := conn.readfromudp(buffer)      if err != nil {         log.fatal(err)     } else {         fmt.println("udp client: ", addr)         fmt.println("received udp client: ", string(buffer[:n]))     } }  func main() {     server := gin.default()     host, port := "localhost", "41234"     udpaddr, err := net.resolveudpaddr("udp4", fmt.sprintf("%s:%s", host, port))      if err != nil {         log.fatal(err)     }      conn, err := net.listenudp("udp", udpaddr)     if err != nil {         log.fatal(err)     }      defer conn.close()     server.get("/ping", func(c *gin.context) {         c.json(200, gin.h{"message": "pong"})     })      {         handleudpconnection(conn)     }      fmt.sprintf("udp server , listening on port %s\n", port)     server.run() } 

how can make work?

there infinite loop in code.

for {     handleudpconnection(conn) } 

this repetedly call handleudpconnection function until program exits without ever moving on to

fmt.sprintf("udp server , listening on port %s\n", port) server.run() 

perhaps want deal connections in go thread. more this:

//define exit variable keeplistening := true //spawn go routine (starts function on thread*) go func() {     keeplistening {         handleudpconnection(conn)     } }() //notify user server listening fmt.sprintf("udp server , listening on port %s\n", port) //run server (i assume function call blocking server.run() //stop go routine when server done running keeplistening = false 

hope helps!

*a goroutine not thread. can useful/simple think of that, distinctly different. here's article explaining of differences , advantages.