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general/testing.go

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+package general
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// code based on https://go-chi.io/#/pages/testing
+
+// ExecuteRequest creates a new ResponseRecorder
+// then executes the request by calling ServeHTTP in the router
+// after which the handler writes the response to the response recorder
+// which we can then inspect.
+func ExecuteRequest(req *http.Request, s *Server) *httptest.ResponseRecorder {
+	rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	s.Router.ServeHTTP(rr, req)
+
+	return rr
+}
+
+// CheckResponseCode is a simple utility to check the response code
+// of the response
+func CheckResponseCode(t *testing.T, expected, actual int) {
+	if expected != actual {
+		t.Errorf("Expected response code %d. Got %d\n", expected, actual)
+	}
+}