server.go

package main

import (
	_ "github.com/lib/pq"
	//"database/sql"
	//"github.com/jmoiron/sqlx"
	"log"

	"io"
	"net/http"

	"encoding/json"
)

type Notification struct {
	Id 						string
	Status 					string
	DescriptionOfProblem 	string
}

type Response struct {
	Data struct {
		Children []struct {
			Data Notification
		}
	}
}

var notifications = []Notification{}

func HelloServer(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
	io.WriteString(w, "hello, world!\n")
}

func AllNotifications(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
	log.Println("Entering AllNotifications")
	io.WriteString(w, "This will list all of the notifications in the database.\n")

	response := Response{ Data: { Children: {notifications} } }

	log.Println(response)
	b, err := json.Marshal(response)
	if err != nil {
		log.Println(err)
	} else {
		log.Println("string(b) is:", string(b))
	}
}

func main() {
	log.Println("Starting server")

	log.Println("Creating records")

	notifications = append(notifications,
		Notification{"1", "OPEN", "What do you think?"},
		Notification{"2", "CLOSED", "What do you think?"},
		Notification{"3", "", "What do you think?"},
	)
	log.Println(notifications)

	http.HandleFunc("/hello", HelloServer)
	http.HandleFunc("/api/notifications", AllNotifications)

	err := http.ListenAndServe(":8080", nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal("ListenAndServe: ", err)
	} else {
		log.Println("Listening on 8080")
	}
}