1 files changed, 57 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/system/api/json.go b/system/api/json.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9d448e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/api/json.go
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package api
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"log"
+	"net/http"
+)
+
+func fmtJSON(data ...json.RawMessage) ([]byte, error) {
+	var msg = []json.RawMessage{}
+	for _, d := range data {
+		msg = append(msg, d)
+	}
+
+	resp := map[string][]json.RawMessage{
+		"data": msg,
+	}
+
+	var buf = &bytes.Buffer{}
+	enc := json.NewEncoder(buf)
+	err := enc.Encode(resp)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Println("Failed to encode data to JSON:", err)
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return buf.Bytes(), nil
+}
+
+func toJSON(data []string) ([]byte, error) {
+	var buf = &bytes.Buffer{}
+	enc := json.NewEncoder(buf)
+	resp := map[string][]string{
+		"data": data,
+	}
+
+	err := enc.Encode(resp)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Println("Failed to encode data to JSON:", err)
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return buf.Bytes(), nil
+}
+
+// sendData should be used any time you want to communicate
+// data back to a foreign client
+func sendData(res http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, data []byte) {
+	res.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	res.Header().Set("Vary", "Accept-Encoding")
+
+	_, err := res.Write(data)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Println("Error writing to response in sendData")
+	}
+}