reflect package

Canonical docs for reflection, struct tags, dynamic types, and runtime type inspection.

• Author: Go Team
• Authority: primary
• Kind: package-doc
• URL: https://pkg.go.dev/reflect

What it covers

• reflection APIs
• struct tag inspection
• runtime type and value operations

Why authoritative

Official package documentation for Go reflection and dynamic type inspection.

Use when

• should I use reflection in Go
• how do I read struct tags in Go
• what does reflect allow here

Keywords

• reflect, reflection, struct tags, dynamic types, type inspection

Used by

• reflection
• struct-tags