Implemented request validation in a filter

controllers/get_license.go

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ type GetLicenseController struct{ beego.Controller }
 
 // @router /rest/getLicense.view [get]
 func (this *GetLicenseController) Get() {
-	validate(this)
 	response := responses.NewXML(&responses.License{Valid: true})
 	this.Ctx.Output.Body(response)
 }

controllers/get_music_folders.go

@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ type GetMusicFoldersController struct{ beego.Controller }
 
 // @router /rest/getMusicFolders.view [get]
 func (this *GetMusicFoldersController) Get() {
-	validate(this)
-
 	repository := new(repositories.MediaFolderRepository)
 	mediaFolderList, _ := repository.GetAll()
 	folders := make([]responses.MusicFolder, len(mediaFolderList))

controllers/ping.go

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ type PingController struct{ beego.Controller }
 
 // @router /rest/ping.view [get]
 func (this *PingController) Get() {
-	validate(this)
 	response := responses.NewEmpty()
 	xmlBody, _ := xml.Marshal(response)
 	this.Ctx.Output.Body([]byte(xml.Header + string(xmlBody)))

controllers/validation.go

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ type ControllerInterface interface {
 	CustomAbort(status int, body string)
 }
 
-func validate(controller ControllerInterface) {
+func Validate(controller ControllerInterface) {
 	if beego.AppConfig.String("disableValidation") != "true" {
 		checkParameters(controller)
 		authenticate(controller)

routers/router.go

@@ -1,16 +1,10 @@
-// @APIVersion 1.0.0
-// @Title beego Test API
-// @Description beego has a very cool tools to autogenerate documents for your API
-// @Contact astaxie@gmail.com
-// @TermsOfServiceUrl http://beego.me/
-// @License Apache 2.0
-// @LicenseUrl http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
 package routers
 
 import (
 	"github.com/deluan/gosonic/controllers"
 
 	"github.com/astaxie/beego"
+"github.com/astaxie/beego/context"
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -19,4 +13,10 @@ func init() {
 		&controllers.GetLicenseController{},
 		&controllers.GetMusicFoldersController{},
 	)
+
+	var ValidateRequest = func(ctx *context.Context) {
+		controllers.Validate(&beego.Controller{Ctx: ctx})
+	}
+
+	beego.InsertFilter("/rest/*", beego.BeforeRouter, ValidateRequest)
 }

tests/test_helper.go

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/astaxie/beego"
 	"net/http/httptest"
-"net/http"
+	"net/http"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
 )