Creating Filters struct and using it inside our listMoviesHandler

cmd/api/movies.go

@@ -206,11 +206,9 @@ func (app *application) deleteMovieHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reques
 func (app *application) listMoviesHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	// To keep things consistent with our other handlers, we'll define an input struct to hold the expected values from the request query string
 	var input struct {
-		Title    string
+		Title  string
-		Genres   []string
+		Genres []string
-		Page     int
+		data.Filters
-		PageSize int
-		Sort     string
 	}
 
 	// Initialize a new Validator instance
@@ -224,11 +222,11 @@ func (app *application) listMoviesHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request
 	input.Genres = app.readCSV(qs, "genres", []string{})
 
 	// Get the page and page_size query string values as integers. Notice that we set the default page value to 1 and default page_size to 20, and that we pass the validator instance as the final argument here
-	input.Page = app.readInt(qs, "page", 1, v)
+	input.Filters.Page = app.readInt(qs, "page", 1, v)
-	input.PageSize = app.readInt(qs, "page_size", 20, v)
+	input.Filters.PageSize = app.readInt(qs, "page_size", 20, v)
 
 	// Extract the sort query string value, falling back to "id" if it is not provided by the client (which will imply an ascending sort on movie ID)
-	input.Sort = app.readString(qs, "sort", "id")
+	input.Filters.Sort = app.readString(qs, "sort", "id")
 
 	// Check the Validator instance for any errors and use the failedValidationResponse() helper to send the client a response if necessary
 	if !v.Valid() {

internal/data/filters.go

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package data
+
+type Filters struct {
+	Page     int
+	PageSize int
+	Sort     string
+}