From f8e864efdd16e95d6bc92f66065cc4249896e158 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Felix Auringer <48409110+felixauringer@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2021 12:29:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add health route

---
 api/health.go            | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 api/response_messages.go |  5 +++++
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 api/health.go
 create mode 100644 api/response_messages.go

diff --git a/api/health.go b/api/health.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0743b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/health.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package api
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"log"
+	"net/http"
+)
+
+// Health sends the response that the API works. If it
+// it is able to do so, it is obviously correct.
+func Health(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	response, err := json.Marshal(Message{"I'm alive!"})
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("Error formatting the health route: %v\n", err)
+		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+	}
+	if _, err := w.Write(response); err != nil {
+		log.Printf("Error handling the health route: %v\n", err)
+		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/api/response_messages.go b/api/response_messages.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dfb13d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/response_messages.go
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package api
+
+type Message struct {
+	Msg string `json:"msg"`
+}