OMG, it was my *test* that was modifying the value... Thanks so much for your time
On Monday, April 6, 2020 at 4:24:10 PM UTC+10, Jakob Borg wrote: > > Hi Shane, > > This doesn't happen with your example: > https://play.golang.org/p/C3zb6Qyx-2f > > Can you provide a small example of when it does happen? > > //jb > > On 6 Apr 2020, at 08:03, Shane H <sha...@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote: > > I know that it's documented that the json encoder will produce base64 "Array > and slice values encode as JSON arrays, except that []byte encodes as a > base64-encoded string", but I am getting a base64 response when I pass in > a string > > response := []string > response = append(response, " > http://localhost:10000/obscured/media/f7/c3/e6/a74f71b64712bf11af31b2d027dadbe41f63313103d14a528043d66173 > ") > > w.WriteHeader(http.StatusCreated) > if err := json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(response); err != nil{ > // handle error > } > > Will produce the base64 equivalent of the URL, instead of json. > > Given that every time I have asked for help on this list I have discovered > that it's something that I am doing wrong, I do NOT mind if someone > helpfully points me toward the documentation I am misreading > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "golang-nuts" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to golan...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/4e145a21-52cb-4393-bda0-b11d11a471ed%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/4e145a21-52cb-4393-bda0-b11d11a471ed%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/ed5fba21-594d-4952-9937-c08182d43433%40googlegroups.com.