From e0ab3bb51a133c99ada1517d8bb36f68713532e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robin Dittmar <robindittmar@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:56:43 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat: added generic json payload decoder function

---
 internal/api/request/json.go | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 internal/api/request/json.go

diff --git a/internal/api/request/json.go b/internal/api/request/json.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9140bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/api/request/json.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package request
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+)
+
+func DecodeJSON[T any](r *http.Request) (T, error) {
+	var payload T
+
+	decoder := json.NewDecoder(r.Body)
+	decoder.DisallowUnknownFields()
+
+	if err := decoder.Decode(&payload); err != nil {
+		return payload, fmt.Errorf("error decoding payload: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return payload, nil
+}