Create a writeJSON helper

cmd/api/handlers-api.go

@@ -251,7 +251,5 @@ func (app *application) CreateAuthToken(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request)
 	payload.Error = false
 	payload.Message = "Success!"
 
-	out, _ := json.MarshalIndent(payload, "", "\t")
+	_ = app.writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, payload)
-	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-	w.Write(out)
 }

cmd/api/helpers.go

@@ -27,6 +27,29 @@ func (app *application) readJSON(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, data in
 	return nil
 }
 
+// writeJSON writes arbitrary data out as JSON
+func (app *application) writeJSON(
+	w http.ResponseWriter,
+	status int, data interface{},
+	headers ...http.Header,
+) error {
+	out, err := json.MarshalIndent(data, "", "\t")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if len(headers) > 0 {
+		for k, v := range headers[0] {
+			w.Header()[k] = v
+		}
+	}
+
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	w.WriteHeader(status)
+	w.Write(out)
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (app *application) badRequest(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, err error) error {
 	var payload struct {
 		Error   bool   `json:"error"`

cmd/web/templates/login.page.gohtml

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Login
     </div>
     <div class="mb-3">
         <label for="password" class="form-label">Password</label>
-        <input type="text"
+        <input type="password"
                id="password"
                name="password"
                autocomplete="password-new"

tmp/air.log

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
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