From a84d3dc9fcbf9d4cb488b349a9c174f2b120ba99 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tyler <tystuyfzand@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2021 21:27:47 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add error to json response

---
 main.go | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 92be0c2..0b4ba8d 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ var (
 
 type response struct {
 	Success      bool            `json:"success"`
+	Error        error           `json:"error,omitempty"`
 	MatchedRules yara.MatchRules `json:"rules,omitempty"`
 }
 
@@ -168,8 +169,7 @@ func scanHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 				log.WithField("match", m).Debug("Matched rules")
 
 				if err != nil {
-					w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
-					w.Write([]byte(err.Error()))
+					json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(response{Success: false, Error: err})
 				} else {
 					json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(response{Success: true, MatchedRules: *m})
 				}