send error status code on api error

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/guff/handlers/api.cr b/src/guff/handlers/api.cr
index eab0383..4401f75 100644
--- a/src/guff/handlers/api.cr
+++ b/src/guff/handlers/api.cr
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ class Guff::Handlers::APIHandler < Guff::Handler
     namespace : String,
     method    : String
   )
-    # set response type
-    context.response.content_type = get_content_type
+    # default to success
+    ok = true
 
     # method call
     json = begin
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ class Guff::Handlers::APIHandler < Guff::Handler
         ],
       })
     rescue e
+      # set error
+      ok = false
+
       # log backtrace
       # FIXME
       puts e.inspect_with_backtrace
@@ -140,7 +143,9 @@ class Guff::Handlers::APIHandler < Guff::Handler
       { "error": e.to_s }.to_json
     end
 
-    # send body
+    # send type, code, and body
+    context.response.content_type = get_content_type
+    context.response.status_code = ok ? 200 : 400
     context.response << json
   end