package webutility import ( "fmt" "net/http" "strings" ) type Filter map[string]string func (fs Filter) validate(validFilters []string) (Filter, bool) { goodFilters := make(map[string]string) cnt := 0 len := 0 for f, _ := range fs { len++ for _, v := range validFilters { if f == v { cnt++ goodFilters[f] = fs[f] } } } result := true if len > 0 && cnt == 0 { // if no valid filters are found declare filtering request as invalid result = false } return goodFilters, result } // requires input in format: "param1::value1|param2::value2..." func ParseFilters(req *http.Request, header string) (filters Filter) { q := req.FormValue(header) q = strings.Trim(q, "\"") kvp := strings.Split(q, "|") filters = make(map[string]string, len(kvp)) for i, _ := range kvp { kv := strings.Split(kvp[i], "::") if len(kv) == 2 { key := kv[0] val := kv[1] filters[key] = val } } return filters } func MakeFilterString(prefix string, filters Filter, validFilters []string) (res string, ok bool) { if prefix != "" { prefix += "." } if len(filters) == 0 { return "", true } filters, ok = filters.validate(validFilters) if !ok { return "", ok } for k, v := range filters { if res != "" { res += " and " } else { res += " where " } res += fmt.Sprintf("%s%s = '%s'", prefix, k, v) } return res, ok }