build a 302 redirect reponse in golang

anonymous-gist.go

// buildRedirect creates a 302 redirect for the request
func buildRedirect(request *http.Request) *http.Response {
	log.Printf("transport: building redirect for: %s", request.URL.String())
	response := &http.Response{
		StatusCode: http.StatusFound,
		Header:     make(map[string][]string),
		Body:       buildEmptyBody()}
	response.Header.Add("Location", request.URL.String())
	return response
}

func buildEmptyBody() io.ReadCloser {
	return ioutil.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader([]byte("")))
}