Make routes more readable by aliasing jwt.Handler

server/main.go

@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ func main() {
 		ValidationKeyGetter: func(token *jwt.Token) (interface{}, error) {
 			return []byte("TODO"), nil
 	}})
+	var jHdlr = jwt.Handler // make an alias so routes will be more readable
 
 	// Create or update schemas …
 	db.AutoMigrate(&User{})
@@ -246,6 +247,7 @@ func main() {
 	db.Model(&Item{}).Related(&Unit{})
 	defer db.Close()
 
+
 	// define URL handlers
 	r := mux.NewRouter()
 
@@ -255,26 +257,26 @@ func main() {
 	// TODO: delete, modify
 
 	// List Management
-		r.Handle("/lists", jwt.Handler(ehttp.HandlerFunc(createList))).Methods("POST") // Make a new list
-		r.Handle("/lists", jwt.Handler(ehttp.HandlerFunc(nil))).Methods("GET") // Get list of lists
-		r.Handle("/lists/{name}", jwt.Handler(ehttp.HandlerFunc(nil))).Methods("PUT") // Update list (name, icon, …)
-		r.Handle("/lists/{name}", jwt.Handler(ehttp.HandlerFunc(nil))).Methods("DELETE") // Delete a list
-		r.Handle("/lists/{name}", jwt.Handler(ehttp.HandlerFunc(nil))).Methods("GET") // Get list content (i.e., items)
+	r.Handle("/lists", jHdlr(ehttp.HandlerFunc(createList))).Methods("POST") // Make a new list
+	r.Handle("/lists", jHdlr(ehttp.HandlerFunc(nil))).Methods("GET") // Get list of lists
+	r.Handle("/lists/{name}", jHdlr(ehttp.HandlerFunc(nil))).Methods("PUT") // Update list (name, icon, …)
+	r.Handle("/lists/{name}", jHdlr(ehttp.HandlerFunc(nil))).Methods("DELETE") // Delete a list
+	r.Handle("/lists/{name}", jHdlr(ehttp.HandlerFunc(nil))).Methods("GET") // Get list content (i.e., items)
 	// List sharing
-		r.Handle("/lists/{name}/sharers", jwt.Handler(ehttp.HandlerFunc(nil))).Methods("POST") // Add new sharer
-		r.Handle("/lists/{name}/sharers", jwt.Handler(ehttp.HandlerFunc(nil))).Methods("GET") // Get list of sharers
-		r.Handle("/lists/{name}/sharers/{user}", jwt.Handler(ehttp.HandlerFunc(nil))).Methods("DELETE") // Remove sharer
+	r.Handle("/lists/{name}/sharers", jHdlr(ehttp.HandlerFunc(nil))).Methods("POST") // Add new sharer
+	r.Handle("/lists/{name}/sharers", jHdlr(ehttp.HandlerFunc(nil))).Methods("GET") // Get list of sharers
+	r.Handle("/lists/{name}/sharers/{user}", jHdlr(ehttp.HandlerFunc(nil))).Methods("DELETE") // Remove sharer
 
-		r.Handle("/lists/{name}/items", jwt.Handler(ehttp.HandlerFunc(nil))).Methods("PUT") // Add new item
-		r.Handle("/lists/{name}/items/{item}", jwt.Handler(ehttp.HandlerFunc(nil))).Methods("DELETE") // Delete item
-		r.Handle("/lists/{name}/items/{item}", jwt.Handler(ehttp.HandlerFunc(nil))).Methods("POST") // Update item
+	r.Handle("/lists/{name}/items", jHdlr(ehttp.HandlerFunc(nil))).Methods("PUT") // Add new item
+	r.Handle("/lists/{name}/items/{item}", jHdlr(ehttp.HandlerFunc(nil))).Methods("DELETE") // Delete item
+	r.Handle("/lists/{name}/items/{item}", jHdlr(ehttp.HandlerFunc(nil))).Methods("POST") // Update item
 
 	// Unit-history (unit is a ever-growing list only used for auto-completion)
-		r.Handle("/units", jwt.Handler(ehttp.HandlerFunc(nil))).Methods("POST") // Make a new unit
-		r.Handle("/units", jwt.Handler(ehttp.HandlerFunc(nil))).Methods("GET") // Get list of units
+	r.Handle("/units", jHdlr(ehttp.HandlerFunc(nil))).Methods("POST") // Make a new unit
+	r.Handle("/units", jHdlr(ehttp.HandlerFunc(nil))).Methods("GET") // Get list of units
 
 	loggedRouter := handlers.LoggingHandler(os.Stdout, r)
 	http.Handle("/", loggedRouter)
 	http.ListenAndServe(":8000", nil)
-	}
+}