From ab8410b41dc8628457d372cd8eaccc32783b4146 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Enot (ded) Skelly" <enot@mailbox.org>
Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 14:12:47 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] add api response helper

---
 internal/api/handlers/helpers.go | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 internal/api/handlers/helpers.go

diff --git a/internal/api/handlers/helpers.go b/internal/api/handlers/helpers.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2341969
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/api/handlers/helpers.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package handlers
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"net/http"
+)
+
+func respond(w http.ResponseWriter, status int, data any) {
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	w.WriteHeader(status)
+	json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(data)
+}