Created the main router with ping endpoint

api/http_handler.go

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+package api
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
+)
+
+func ping(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	fmt.Fprint(w, "pong")
+}
+
+func BuildRouter(listenAddress string) {
+	mainRouter := mux.NewRouter()
+
+	mainRouter.HandleFunc("/ping", ping)
+
+	// api_router := base_router.PathPrefix("/api").Subrouter()
+
+	err := http.ListenAndServe(listenAddress, mainRouter)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Error running the web server %s", err)
+	}
+}