func DecodeAndValidate(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, obj interface{}) (err error) {
decoder := json.NewDecoder(r.Body)
if err = decoder.Decode(obj); err != nil {
log.Println("Error in decoding request body. Error is ", err)
ErrorResponse(w, errors.New("Invalid json details in request body"), http.StatusBadRequest)
return
}
log.Println("decoded object type and value:", fmt.Sprintf("%T", obj), obj)
valid := validation.Validation{}
var b bool
if b, err = valid.RecursiveValid(obj); err != nil || !b {
var buffer bytes.Buffer
if valid.HasErrors() {
for _, validationErr := range valid.Errors {
buffer.WriteString(validationErr.Field + " " + validationErr.Message + ".")
}
}
err = errors.New(buffer.String())
ErrorResponse(w, err, http.StatusBadRequest)
}
return
}