How to set HTTP status code on http.ResponseWriter

Question

How do I set the HTTP status code on an http.ResponseWriter (e.g. to 500 or 403)?

I can see that requests normally have a status code of 200 attached to the

Answer 1

Apart from WriteHeader(int) you can use the helper method http.Error, for example:

func yourFuncHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {

    http.Error(w, "my own error message", http.StatusForbidden)

    // or using the default message error

    http.Error(w, http.StatusText(http.StatusNotFound), http.StatusNotFound)
}

http.Error() and http.StatusText() methods are your friends