lab/go-api/main.go

package main

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"strconv"
)

func handler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
	fmt.Println("Running handler...")

	code := getResponseCode(r)

	w.WriteHeader(code)
	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")

	if (code != 200) {
		json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(map[string]any{
			"message": "There has been an error.",
			"statusCode": code,
		})
	} else {
		json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(map[string]string{
			"name": "Oliver Davies",
		})
	}
}

func getResponseCode(r *http.Request) int {
	// If the `force-fail` header is set, get and return its value.
	if failCode := r.Header.Get("force-fail"); failCode != "" {
		fmt.Println("`force-fail` header set...")

		if code, err := strconv.Atoi(failCode); err == nil {
			fmt.Printf("Setting the response code to %d...", code)

			return code
		}
	}

	return http.StatusOK
}

func main() {
	http.HandleFunc("/", handler)

	http.ListenAndServe(":8080", nil)
}