package server import ( "net/http" "runtime/debug" ) // serverError helper writes a log entry at Error level (including the request // method and URI as attributes), then sends a generic 500 Internal Server Error // response to the user. func (rs *RatchetServer) serverError(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, err error) { var ( method = r.Method uri = r.URL.RequestURI() // Use debug.Stack() to get the stack trace. This returns a byte slice, which // we need to convert to a string so that it's readable in the log entry. trace = string(debug.Stack()) ) rs.logger.Error(err.Error(), "method", method, "uri", uri, "trace", trace) http.Error(w, http.StatusText(http.StatusInternalServerError), http.StatusInternalServerError) } // clientError helper sends a specific status code and corresponding description // to the user. We'll use this later in the book to send responses like 400 "Bad // Request" when there's a problem with the request that the user sent func (rs *RatchetServer) clientError(w http.ResponseWriter, status int) { http.Error(w, http.StatusText(status), status) }