Adding concurrency control in our updateMovieHandler and documenting it.

cmd/api/errors.go

@@ -56,3 +56,8 @@ func (app *application) badRequestResponse(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reques
 func (app *application) failedValidationResponse(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, errors map[string]string) {
 	app.errorResponse(w, r, http.StatusUnprocessableEntity, errors)
 }
+
+func (app *application) editConflictResponse(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	message := "unable to update the record due to an edit conflict, please try again"
+	app.errorResponse(w, r, http.StatusConflict, message)
+}

cmd/api/movies.go

@@ -151,7 +151,12 @@ func (app *application) updateMovieHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reques
 	// Pass the updated movie record to our new Update() method
 	err = app.models.Movies.Update(movie)
 	if err != nil {
-		app.serverErrorResponse(w, r, err)
+		switch {
+		case errors.Is(err, data.ErrEditConflict):
+			app.editConflictResponse(w, r)
+		default:
+			app.serverErrorResponse(w, r, err)
+		}
 		return
 	}