diff --git a/cmd/gf/internal/cmd/genctrl/genctrl.go b/cmd/gf/internal/cmd/genctrl/genctrl.go
index d7d4b4bdf..d6788620a 100644
--- a/cmd/gf/internal/cmd/genctrl/genctrl.go
+++ b/cmd/gf/internal/cmd/genctrl/genctrl.go
@@ -9,15 +9,13 @@ package genctrl
 import (
 	"context"
 
+	"github.com/gogf/gf/cmd/gf/v2/internal/utility/mlog"
 	"github.com/gogf/gf/v2/container/gset"
 	"github.com/gogf/gf/v2/frame/g"
 	"github.com/gogf/gf/v2/os/gfile"
 	"github.com/gogf/gf/v2/os/gtime"
-	"github.com/gogf/gf/v2/text/gregex"
 	"github.com/gogf/gf/v2/util/gconv"
 	"github.com/gogf/gf/v2/util/gtag"
-
-	"github.com/gogf/gf/cmd/gf/v2/internal/utility/mlog"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -38,7 +36,6 @@ gf gen ctrl
 )
 
 const (
-	PatternApiDefinition  = `type[\s\(]+(\w+)Req\s+struct\s+{([\s\S]+?)}`
 	PatternCtrlDefinition = `func\s+\(.+?\)\s+\w+\(.+?\*(\w+)\.(\w+)Req\)\s+\(.+?\*(\w+)\.(\w+)Res,\s+\w+\s+error\)\s+{`
 )
 
@@ -146,7 +143,11 @@ func (c CGenCtrl) generateByWatchFile(watchFile, sdkPath string, sdkStdVersion,
 	}
 	// watch file should have api definitions.
 	if gfile.Exists(watchFile) {
-		if !gregex.IsMatchString(PatternApiDefinition, gfile.GetContents(watchFile)) {
+		structsInfo, err := c.getStructsNameInSrc(watchFile)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if len(structsInfo) == 0 {
 			return nil
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/gf/internal/cmd/genctrl/genctrl_calculate.go b/cmd/gf/internal/cmd/genctrl/genctrl_calculate.go
index 40d0d1fd5..21021d798 100644
--- a/cmd/gf/internal/cmd/genctrl/genctrl_calculate.go
+++ b/cmd/gf/internal/cmd/genctrl/genctrl_calculate.go
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@
 package genctrl
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
+	"go/ast"
+	"go/parser"
+	"go/printer"
+	"go/token"
+
 	"github.com/gogf/gf/cmd/gf/v2/internal/utility/utils"
 	"github.com/gogf/gf/v2/os/gfile"
 	"github.com/gogf/gf/v2/text/gregex"
@@ -14,10 +20,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func (c CGenCtrl) getApiItemsInSrc(apiModuleFolderPath string) (items []apiItem, err error) {
-	var (
-		fileContent string
-		importPath  string
-	)
+	var importPath string
 	// The second level folders: versions.
 	apiVersionFolderPaths, err := gfile.ScanDir(apiModuleFolderPath, "*", false)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -37,20 +40,13 @@ func (c CGenCtrl) getApiItemsInSrc(apiModuleFolderPath string) (items []apiItem,
 			if gfile.IsDir(apiFileFolderPath) {
 				continue
 			}
-			fileContent = gfile.GetContents(apiFileFolderPath)
-			matches, err := gregex.MatchAllString(PatternApiDefinition, fileContent)
+			structsInfo, err := c.getStructsNameInSrc(apiFileFolderPath)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
-			for _, match := range matches {
-				var (
-					methodName = match[1]
-					structBody = match[2]
-				)
-				// ignore struct name that match a request, but has no g.Meta in its body.
-				if !gstr.Contains(structBody, `g.Meta`) {
-					continue
-				}
+			for _, methodName := range structsInfo {
+				// remove end "Req"
+				methodName = gstr.TrimRightStr(methodName, "Req", 1)
 				item := apiItem{
 					Import:     gstr.Trim(importPath, `"`),
 					FileName:   gfile.Name(apiFileFolderPath),
@@ -143,3 +139,41 @@ func (c CGenCtrl) getApiItemsInDst(dstFolder string) (items []apiItem, err error
 	}
 	return
 }
+
+// getStructsNameInSrc retrieves all struct names
+// that end in "Req" and have "g.Meta" in their body.
+func (c CGenCtrl) getStructsNameInSrc(filePath string) (structsName []string, err error) {
+	var (
+		fileContent = gfile.GetContents(filePath)
+		fileSet     = token.NewFileSet()
+	)
+
+	node, err := parser.ParseFile(fileSet, "", fileContent, parser.ParseComments)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	ast.Inspect(node, func(n ast.Node) bool {
+		if typeSpec, ok := n.(*ast.TypeSpec); ok {
+			methodName := typeSpec.Name.Name
+			if !gstr.HasSuffix(methodName, "Req") {
+				// ignore struct name that do not end in "Req"
+				return true
+			}
+			if structType, ok := typeSpec.Type.(*ast.StructType); ok {
+				var buf bytes.Buffer
+				if err := printer.Fprint(&buf, fileSet, structType); err != nil {
+					return false
+				}
+				// ignore struct name that match a request, but has no g.Meta in its body.
+				if !gstr.Contains(buf.String(), `g.Meta`) {
+					return true
+				}
+				structsName = append(structsName, methodName)
+			}
+		}
+		return true
+	})
+
+	return
+}