WASAPhoto/service/api/liveness.go

package api

import (
	"net/http"

	"github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter"
	"github.com/notherealmarco/WASAPhoto/service/api/helpers"
)

// liveness is an HTTP handler that checks the API server status. If the server cannot serve requests (e.g., some
// resources are not ready), this should reply with HTTP Status 500. Otherwise, with HTTP Status 200
func (rt *_router) liveness(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, ps httprouter.Params) {
	if err := rt.db.Ping(); err != nil {
		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
		return
	}
	helpers.SendStatus(200, w, "Server is live!", rt.baseLogger)
}