finnow/finnow-api/source/util/json.d

/// Utilities for reading and writing JSON in HTTP request contexts.
module util.json;

import handy_httpd;
import slf4d;
import asdf;

/**
 * Reads a JSON payload into a type T. Throws an `HttpStatusException` if
 * the data cannot be read or converted to the given type, with a 400 BAD
 * REQUEST status. The type T should not have `const` members.
 * Params:
 *   ctx = The request context to read from.
 * Returns: The data that was read.
 */
T readJsonPayload(T)(ref HttpRequestContext ctx) {
    try {
        string requestBody = ctx.request.readBodyAsString();
        return deserialize!T(requestBody);
    } catch (SerdeException e) {
        debug_("Got an exception while deserializing a request body.", e);
        throw new HttpStatusException(HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST);
    }
}

/**
 * Writes data of type T to a JSON response body. Throws an `HttpStatusException`
 * with status 501 INTERNAL SERVER ERROR if serialization fails.
 * Params:
 *   ctx = The request context to write to.
 *   data = The data to write.
 */
void writeJsonBody(T)(ref HttpRequestContext ctx, in T data) {
    try {
        string jsonStr = serializeToJson(data);
        ctx.response.writeBodyString(jsonStr, "application/json");
    } catch (SerdeException e) {
        debug_("Exception while serializing a response body.", e);
        throw new HttpStatusException(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
    }
}