Added CurrentRequestID to api.Context for legacy handlers

api/api.go

@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ import (
 	"gitlab.com/uafrica/go-utils/service"
 )
 
+//LEGACY: global variable is set only for backward compatibility
+//When handlers are changed to accept context, they should get this from the context
+var CurrentRequestID *string
+
 //New creates the API with the specified routes keys on [path][method]
 //value could be any of the handler function signatures supported by the api.Router
 //requestIDHeaderKey is defined in the response header to match the requestID from the request

api/lambda.go

@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ func (api Api) Handler(baseCtx context.Context, apiGatewayProxyReq events.APIGat
 
 	rand.Seed(time.Now().Unix())
 
+	//LEGACY: delete this as soon as all handlers accepts context
+	//this does not support concurrent execution!
+	CurrentRequestID = &ctx.Request.RequestContext.RequestID
+
 	ctx.Debugf("HTTP %s %s ...\n", apiGatewayProxyReq.HTTPMethod, apiGatewayProxyReq.Resource)
 	ctx.WithFields(map[string]interface{}{
 		"http_method":                ctx.Request.HTTPMethod,