How to check for &{<nil> } in golang

January 12, 2022

I am trying to check whether the struct is nil or not from the db query but its not working.
fmt.Println(loginResponse) // &{<nil> }

if !reflect.ValueOf(loginResponse).IsNil() { // Its not working

        response := models.Response{
            Message: "Login Success",
            Success: true,
            Output:  token,
        }
        return c.JSON(response)

    } 


if !reflect.ValueOf(loginResponse).IsZero() { // its also not working

        response := models.Response{
            Message: "Login Success",
            Success: true,
            Output:  token,
        }
        return c.JSON(response)

    }

Both the conditions are not working .Please help

type LoginResponse struct {
    Id          interface{} `json:"_id,omitempty" bson:"_id,omitempty"`
    Email       string      `json:"email"`
    Gender      string      `json:"gender"`
    PhoneNumber string      `json:"phonenumber"`
}

>Solution :

Try doing this ,hopefully it works

if (LoginResponse{}) != *loginResponse { // as your getting address so derferencing the pointer to struct

        response := models.Response{
            Message: "Login Success",
            Success: true,
            Output:  token,
        }
        return c.JSON(response)

    }