---
title: BackendFromName
url: https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/compute/sdks/go/compute-sdk-go/fsthttp/fn.BackendFromName/
---

**Kind:** Function  
**Module:** [fsthttp](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/compute/sdks/go/compute-sdk-go/fsthttp/)  
**Package:** compute-sdk-go v1.11.0  
**Source:** https://github.com/fastly/compute-sdk-go/blob/d6bf71b04516ed72d6018cab6fff701a865f86e5/fsthttp/backend.go#L84

```go
func BackendFromName(name string) (*Backend, error)
```

**Parameters**

- `name`: `string`

**Returns**

`(*Backend, error)`