Code reviewMediumcr-g363

Subject Api designLevel Mid–Senior~20 minCommon in Networking & APIs interviewsIndustries Software development

Question

Review this Go response type for a document-processing API. A new requirement needs a third state ('partially processed').

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1type DocStatus struct {2    ID        string `json:"id"`3    Processed bool   `json:"processed"` // true = done, false = pending4}5 6func getStatus(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {7    d := repo.Get(chi.URLParam(r, "id"))8    writeJSON(w, 200, DocStatus{ID: d.ID, Processed: d.Done})9}

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