- Created separate handler for response payload compression

- Passing pointer to server instead of value

Author: roshangade

api.go

@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ var (
 /**
  * Required handle for http module
  */
-func (api API) ServeHTTP(res http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+func (api *API) ServeHTTP(res http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 
 	// STEP 1: initialize context
 	ctx := Context{

api_test.go

@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ func TestAPI_ServeHTTP(t *testing.T) {
 		ctx.JSON(`{"message": "Hello World!"}`)
 	})
 
-	dummy := httptest.NewServer(_api)
+	dummy := httptest.NewServer(&_api)
 	defer dummy.Close()
 
 	res, err := http.Get(dummy.URL)

context.go

@@ -6,11 +6,8 @@
 package rest
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
-	"compress/gzip"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
-	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/go-rs/rest-api-framework/render"
 )
@@ -134,7 +131,6 @@ func (ctx *Context) JSON(data interface{}) {
 		Body: data,
 	}
 	body, err := json.Write(ctx.Response)
-	//ctx.SetHeader("Content-Type", "application/json;charset=UTF-8")
 	ctx.send(body, err)
 }
 
@@ -146,7 +142,6 @@ func (ctx *Context) Text(data string) {
 		Body: data,
 	}
 	body, err := txt.Write(ctx.Response)
-	//ctx.SetHeader("Content-Type", "text/plain;charset=UTF-8")
 	ctx.send(body, err)
 }
 
@@ -165,30 +160,6 @@ func (ctx *Context) PostSend(task Task) {
 }
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////
-func compress(data []byte) (cdata []byte, err error) {
-	var b bytes.Buffer
-	gz := gzip.NewWriter(&b)
-
-	_, err = gz.Write(data)
-	if err != nil {
-		return
-	}
-
-	err = gz.Flush()
-	if err != nil {
-		return
-	}
-
-	err = gz.Close()
-	if err != nil {
-		return
-	}
-
-	cdata = b.Bytes()
-
-	return
-}
-
 /**
  * Send data
  */
@@ -216,13 +187,6 @@ func (ctx *Context) send(data []byte, err error) {
 			ctx.Response.Header().Set(key, val)
 		}
 
-		if strings.Contains(ctx.Request.Header.Get("Accept-Encoding"), "gzip") {
-			data, err = compress(data)
-			if err == nil {
-				ctx.Response.Header().Set("Content-Encoding", "gzip")
-			}
-		}
-
 		ctx.Response.WriteHeader(ctx.status)
 
 		_, err = ctx.Response.Write(data)

examples/server.go

@@ -37,5 +37,5 @@ func main() {
 
 	fmt.Println("Starting server.")
 
-	http.ListenAndServe(":8080", api)
+	http.ListenAndServe(":8080", &api)
 }

go.mod

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module github.com/go-rs/rest-api-framework
+
+go 1.12