// Attempts to deserialize a region from the incoming request. If there is an
// error, writes a message to the response and returns false.
func regionFromRequest(c web.C, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, region *model.Region) bool {
// Unmarshal the region from the payload
defer r.Body.Close()
in := struct {
Name string `json:"name"`
TestStart *int64 `json:"test_start"`
TestEnd *int64 `json:"test_end"`
}{}
if err := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&in); err != nil {
http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
return false
}
// Validate input
if len(in.Name) < 1 {
http.Error(w, "no name given", http.StatusBadRequest)
return false
}
if (in.TestStart != nil) != (in.TestEnd != nil) {
http.Error(w, "if a test start or end is given, both must be provided", http.StatusBadRequest)
return false
}
// Create our 'normal' model.
*region = model.Region{}
region.Name = in.Name
if in.TestStart != nil {
region.TestStart.Valid = true
region.TestStart.Int64 = *in.TestStart
}
if in.TestEnd != nil {
region.TestEnd.Valid = true
region.TestEnd.Int64 = *in.TestEnd
}
return true
}
