package utils import ( "encoding/json" "fmt" "io" "net/http" "os" log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus" ) // WriteResponse encodes the given value as JSON or string and renders it for http client func WriteResponse(w http.ResponseWriter, code int, value interface{}) { switch value.(type) { case string: w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/plain; charset=us-ascii") w.WriteHeader(code) if _, err := fmt.Fprintln(w, value); err != nil { log.Errorf("unable to send string response: %q", err) } case *os.File: w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/octet; charset=us-ascii") w.WriteHeader(code) if _, err := io.Copy(w, value.(*os.File)); err != nil { log.Errorf("unable to copy to response: %q", err) } default: WriteJSON(w, code, value) } } func WriteJSON(w http.ResponseWriter, code int, value interface{}) { w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json") w.WriteHeader(code) coder := json.NewEncoder(w) coder.SetEscapeHTML(true) if err := coder.Encode(value); err != nil { log.Errorf("unable to write json: %q", err) } }