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package main
import (
"encoding/json"
"net/http"
)
type envelope map[string]any
// This was the original function signature without enveloping
// func (app *application) writeJSON(w http.ResponseWriter, status int, data any, headers http.Header) error {
func (app *application) writeJSON(w http.ResponseWriter, status int, data envelope, headers http.Header) error {
// TODO set a flag for wether to indent or not. Indenting cost CPU time, more memory, and more allocs
// approximately 65% more time 30% more mem.
//js, err := json.Marshal(data)
// Use the json.MarshalIndent() function so that whitespace is added to the encoded
// JSON. Here we use no line prefix ("") and tab indents ("\t") for each element.
js, err := json.MarshalIndent(data, "", "\t")
if err != nil {
return err
}
js = append(js, '\n')
// At this point, we know 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 OK if the provided header map is nil. Go doesn't throw an error
// if you try to range over (or generally, read 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
}