update file structure [ci skip]

tools/utils/utils.go

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+package utils
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// ParseComponents parses the components of an URL creating an array
+func ParseComponents(r *http.Request) []string {
+	//The URL that the user queried.
+	path := r.URL.Path
+	path = strings.TrimSpace(path)
+	//Cut off the leading and trailing forward slashes, if they exist.
+	//This cuts off the leading forward slash.
+	if strings.HasPrefix(path, "/") {
+		path = path[1:]
+	}
+	//This cuts off the trailing forward slash.
+	if strings.HasSuffix(path, "/") {
+		cutOffLastCharLen := len(path) - 1
+		path = path[:cutOffLastCharLen]
+	}
+	//We need to isolate the individual components of the path.
+	components := strings.Split(path, "/")
+	return components
+}
+
+func RespondJSON(w http.ResponseWriter, message map[string]string, code int, err error) (int, error) {
+	msg, msgErr := json.Marshal(message)
+
+	if msgErr != nil {
+		return 500, msgErr
+	}
+
+	if code == 500 && err != nil {
+		err = errors.New(message["message"])
+	}
+
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	w.WriteHeader(code)
+	w.Write(msg)
+	return 0, err
+}