Package ahoy

Author: Steve McDougall

.github/workflows/go.yml

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+name: Go
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ master ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ master ]
+
+jobs:
+
+  build:
+    name: Build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+
+    - name: Set up Go 1.x
+      uses: actions/setup-go@v2
+      with:
+        go-version: ^1.13
+      id: go
+
+    - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+    - name: Get dependencies
+      run: |
+        go get -v -t -d ./...
+        if [ -f Gopkg.toml ]; then
+            curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golang/dep/master/install.sh | sh
+            dep ensure
+        fi
+
+    - name: Build
+      run: go build -v .
+
+    - name: Test
+      run: go test -v .

README.md

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+# Go HTTP Response
+
+A simple package to build HTTP Responses in a specific format.

go.mod

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+module github.com/JustSteveKing/go-http-response
+
+go 1.13

response.go

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+package response
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"net/http"
+)
+
+// Response is a generic HTTP Response Struct
+type Response struct {
+	Data string `json:"data"`
+}
+
+// Send a HTTP Response
+func Send(responseWriter http.ResponseWriter, code int, payload interface{}, contentType string) {
+	response, _ := json.Marshal(payload)
+
+	responseWriter.Header().Set("Content-Type", contentType)
+	responseWriter.WriteHeader(code)
+	responseWriter.Write(response)
+}

response_test.go

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+package response
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestResponse(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("Test something", func(t *testing.T) {
+		handler := func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			body := &Response{
+				Data: "foo",
+			}
+			Send(w, 200, body, "application/json")
+		}
+
+		req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "http://example.com/foo", nil)
+		w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		handler(w, req)
+	})
+}