How to set http.ResponseWriter Content-Type header globally for all API endpoints?

Question

I am new to Go and I\'m building a simple API with it now:

package main

import (
    \"encoding/json\"
    \"fmt\"
    \"github.com/gorilla/mux\"
    \"github.c         


        

Answer 1

You can define middleware for mux router, here is an example:

func main() {
    port := ":3000"
    var router = mux.NewRouter()
    router.Use(commonMiddleware)

    router.HandleFunc("/m/{msg}", handleMessage).Methods("GET")
    router.HandleFunc("/n/{num}", handleNumber).Methods("GET")
    // rest of code goes here
}

func commonMiddleware(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
    return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
        w.Header().Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
        next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
    })
}

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