Added middleware to let excluded files skip middleware chain

middleware/authentication.go

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package middleware
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
+)
+
+// Take current request
+// Get cookies from browser
+// Parse the tokens
+// Check if tokens blacklisted
+// Trigger refresh if required
+// Create context with state of user authorization
+// Pass request on with context
+
+func Authentication(logger *zerolog.Logger, next http.Handler) http.Handler {
+	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+	})
+}

middleware/excluded.go

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package middleware
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+var excludedFiles = map[string]bool{
+	"/static/css/output.css": true,
+}
+
+// Checks is path requested if for an excluded file and returns the file
+// instead of passing the request onto the next middleware
+func ExcludedFiles(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
+	return http.HandlerFunc(
+		func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			if excludedFiles[r.URL.Path] {
+				filePath := strings.TrimPrefix(r.URL.Path, "/")
+				http.ServeFile(w, r, filePath)
+			} else {
+				next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+			}
+		},
+	)
+}

middleware/favicon.go

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package middleware
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+)
+
+func Favicon(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
+	return http.HandlerFunc(
+		func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			if r.URL.Path == "/favicon.ico" {
+				http.ServeFile(w, r, "static/favicon.ico")
+			} else {
+				next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+			}
+		},
+	)
+}

middleware/logging.go

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package middleware
 
 import (
 	"net/http"
-	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
@@ -29,13 +28,10 @@ func Logging(logger *zerolog.Logger, next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 			statusCode:     http.StatusOK,
 		}
 		next.ServeHTTP(wrapped, r)
-		if !strings.Contains(r.URL.Path, "favicon.ico") &&
-			!strings.Contains(r.URL.Path, "output.css") {
-			logger.Info().
-				Int("status", wrapped.statusCode).
-				Str("method", r.Method).
-				Str("resource", r.URL.Path).
-				Dur("time_elapsed", time.Since(start)).Msg("Served")
-		}
+		logger.Info().
+			Int("status", wrapped.statusCode).
+			Str("method", r.Method).
+			Str("resource", r.URL.Path).
+			Dur("time_elapsed", time.Since(start)).Msg("Served")
 	})
 }

server/server.go

@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ func NewServer(
 		conn,
 	)
 	var handler http.Handler = mux
+	// Add middleware here, must be added in reverse order of execution
+	// i.e. First in list will get executed last during the request handling
 	handler = middleware.Logging(logger, handler)
+	handler = middleware.Authentication(logger, handler)
+
+	// Serve the favicon and exluded files before any middleware is added
+	handler = middleware.ExcludedFiles(handler)
+	handler = middleware.Favicon(handler)
 	return handler
 }