helpers

func BadRequestResponse ¶

func BadRequestResponse(res http.ResponseWriter, message string)

BadRequestResponse returns a JSON response indicating that some unexpected error occurred

func CheckPasswordHash ¶

func CheckPasswordHash(password, hash string) bool

CheckPasswordHash checks whether hash can be decrypted as password

func CreatePostWithoutAuthor ¶

func CreatePostWithoutAuthor(content types.AuthorPosts) interface{}

CreatePostWithoutAuthor removes the Author field from the array of Post

func CreateToken ¶

func CreateToken(authorId string) (string, error)

CreateToken creates a JSON web token storing authorId that expires after 24 hours

func ForbiddenResponse ¶

func ForbiddenResponse(res http.ResponseWriter)

ForbiddenResponse returns a JSON response indicating token provided was invalid or authorId in the token didn't match with the postId provided.

Example - Session expired or post's author and logged in author mismatch

func GetAuthorIdFromHeader ¶

func GetAuthorIdFromHeader(req *http.Request) string

GetAuthorIdFromHeader returns the value of key "token" in the request's header

func HashPassword ¶

func HashPassword(password string) (string, error)

HashPassword encrypts a string

func InternalServerErrorResponse ¶

func InternalServerErrorResponse(res http.ResponseWriter, message string)

InternalServerError returns a JSON response indicating that some unexpected error occurred

func MethodNotAllowedResponse ¶

func MethodNotAllowedResponse(res http.ResponseWriter)

MethodNotAllowedResponse returns a JSON response indicating requested URL cannot be queried with the given method type

Example - Doing a POST on a GET only URL

func NotFoundResponse ¶

func NotFoundResponse(res http.ResponseWriter)

NotFoundResponse returns a JSON response indicating requested URL could not be found

func RangeIn ¶

func RangeIn(low, hi int) int

RangeIn returns a random number between low and hi

func ShiftPath ¶

func ShiftPath(p string) (head, tail string)

ShiftPath splits the URL path component into two segments where first segment is the portion before first slash and rest is second

Parameter: /this/is/a/url/

Result: this /is/a/url