Fixed EncodeJSONResponse body writing #1291

transport/http/server.go

@@ -159,7 +159,8 @@ func NopRequestDecoder(ctx context.Context, r *http.Request) (interface{}, error
 // JSON object to the ResponseWriter. Many JSON-over-HTTP services can use it as
 // a sensible default. If the response implements Headerer, the provided headers
 // will be applied to the response. If the response implements StatusCoder, the
-// provided StatusCode will be used instead of 200.
+// provided StatusCode will be used instead of 200. If the StatusCode is between 100-199,
+// or equal to 204 or 304, the response body will not be written.
 func EncodeJSONResponse(_ context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, response interface{}) error {
 	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=utf-8")
 	if headerer, ok := response.(Headerer); ok {
@@ -174,10 +175,17 @@ func EncodeJSONResponse(_ context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, response inter
 		code = sc.StatusCode()
 	}
 	w.WriteHeader(code)
-	if code == http.StatusNoContent {
+
+	switch {
+	case code >= 100 && code <= 199:
+		return nil
+	case code == http.StatusNoContent:
+		return nil
+	case code == http.StatusNotModified:
 		return nil
+	default:
+		return json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(response)
 	}
-	return json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(response)
 }
 
 // DefaultErrorEncoder writes the error to the ResponseWriter, by default a

transport/http/server_test.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package http_test
 import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
@@ -332,30 +333,38 @@ func TestAddMultipleHeadersErrorEncoder(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-type noContentResponse struct{}
+type noBodyResponse struct{ Code int }
 
-func (e noContentResponse) StatusCode() int { return http.StatusNoContent }
+func (e noBodyResponse) StatusCode() int { return e.Code }
 
-func TestEncodeNoContent(t *testing.T) {
-	handler := httptransport.NewServer(
-		func(context.Context, interface{}) (interface{}, error) { return noContentResponse{}, nil },
-		func(context.Context, *http.Request) (interface{}, error) { return struct{}{}, nil },
-		httptransport.EncodeJSONResponse,
-	)
-
-	server := httptest.NewServer(handler)
-	defer server.Close()
-
-	resp, err := http.Get(server.URL)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
+func TestEncodeNoBody(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []int{
+		http.StatusNoContent,
+		http.StatusNotModified,
 	}
-	if want, have := http.StatusNoContent, resp.StatusCode; want != have {
-		t.Errorf("StatusCode: want %d, have %d", want, have)
-	}
-	buf, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
-	if want, have := 0, len(buf); want != have {
-		t.Errorf("Body: want no content, have %d bytes", have)
+	for _, code := range testCases {
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprint(code), func(t *testing.T) {
+			handler := httptransport.NewServer(
+				func(context.Context, interface{}) (interface{}, error) { return noBodyResponse{code}, nil },
+				func(context.Context, *http.Request) (interface{}, error) { return struct{}{}, nil },
+				httptransport.EncodeJSONResponse,
+			)
+
+			server := httptest.NewServer(handler)
+			defer server.Close()
+
+			resp, err := http.Get(server.URL)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			if want, have := code, resp.StatusCode; want != have {
+				t.Errorf("StatusCode: want %d, have %d", want, have)
+			}
+			buf, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+			if want, have := 0, len(buf); want != have {
+				t.Errorf("Body: want no content, have %d bytes", have)
+			}
+		})
 	}
 }