Content Negotiation Example - viewAndApiOutputHelper Function

viewAndApiOutputHelper.ts

import View from "@ioc:Adonis/Core/View"
import { 
  ApiDataPayloadStructure, 
  OutputTypeStructure, 
  ViewDataPayloadStructure
} from "App/Interfaces/viewAndApiOutputInterfaces"

function viewAndApiOutputHelper(outputType: OutputTypeStructure, viewDataPayload: ViewDataPayloadStructure, apiDataPayload: ApiDataPayloadStructure) {
  if (outputType === 'html') {
    return View.render(viewDataPayload.viewTemplate, viewDataPayload.outputData)
  }

  if (outputType === 'json') {
    return {
      status_code: apiDataPayload.statusCode,
      status: apiDataPayload.statusMessage,
      message: apiDataPayload.responseMessage,
      results: apiDataPayload.outputData
    }
  }

  return {
    message: 'Please specify the appropriate Output Options'
  }
}

export default viewAndApiOutputHelper