package main
import (
"encoding/json"
"net/http"
)
// writeJSON)Pretty() helper for sending responses - pretty prints output. This takes the destination http.ResponseWriter, the
// HTTP status code to sned, the data to encode to JSON and a header map containing any additional
// HTTP headers we want to include in the response.
func (app *application) writeJSONPretty(w http.ResponseWriter, status int, data any, headers http.Header) error {
// Encode the data to JSON, returing the error if there was one.
js, err := json.MarshalIndent(data, "", "\t")
if err != nil {
return err
}
// Append a newline to make it easier tro view in terminal applications
js = append(js, '\n')
// We know now that we won't encounter any more errors before writing the response,
// so it's safe to add any headers that we want to include. We loop through the
// header map and add each header to the http.ResponseWriter header map.
// Note that it's okay if the provided header map is nil. Go doesn't throw an error
// if you wanmt to try to range over (or more generally reader from) a nil map.
for key, value := range headers {
w.Header()[key] = value
}
// Add the "Content-Type: application/json" header, then write the status code and
// JSON response.
w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
w.WriteHeader(status)
w.Write(js)
return nil
}
// writeJSON() helper for sending responses. This takes the destination http.ResponseWriter, the
// HTTP status code to sned, the data to encode to JSON and a header map containing any additional
// HTTP headers we want to include in the response.
func (app *application) writeJSON(w http.ResponseWriter, status int, data any, headers http.Header) error {
// Encode the data to JSON, returing the error if there was one.
js, err := json.Marshal(data)
if err != nil {
return err
}
// Append a newline to make it easier tro view in terminal applications
js = append(js, '\n')
// We know now that we won't encounter any more errors before writing the response,
// so it's safe to add any headers that we want to include. We loop through the
// header map and add each header to the http.ResponseWriter header map.
// Note that it's okay if the provided header map is nil. Go doesn't throw an error
// if you wanmt to try to range over (or more generally reader from) a nil map.
for key, value := range headers {
w.Header()[key] = value
}
// Add the "Content-Type: application/json" header, then write the status code and
// JSON response.
w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
w.WriteHeader(status)
w.Write(js)
return nil
}
