Simple HTTP server that returns random HTTP status code, written in Go

random-status.go

// Simple HTTP server that returns random HTTP status code, written in Go.
// Author: Gary A. Stafford <garystafford@rochester.rr.com>
// Created: 11/04/2016

package main

import (
	"io"
	"math/rand"
	"net/http"
)

var statusCodesAll = [60]int{
	100, 101, 102, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206,
	207, 208, 226, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306,
	307, 308, 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407,
	408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416, 417,
	418, 422, 423, 424, 426, 428, 429, 431, 451, 500,
	501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507, 508, 510, 511}

var statusCodesCommonWeighted = [35]int{
	200, 200, 200, 200, 200, 200, 200, 200, 200, 200,
	300, 301, 302, 304, 307, 400, 401, 403, 404, 404,
	404, 404, 404, 410, 500, 500, 500, 500, 500, 501,
	503, 503, 503, 503, 550}

func status(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
	foo := statusCodesCommonWeighted[rand.Intn(len(statusCodesCommonWeighted))]
	w.WriteHeader(foo)
	io.WriteString(w, "Random HTTP Status Code Generator, written in Go")
}

func main() {
	http.HandleFunc("/", status)
	http.ListenAndServe(":8000", nil)
}

Run Server:
go run random-status.go

Example Output:

19:50:55-gstafford:~/Documents/projects/$ http localhost:8000
HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden
Content-Length: 35
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2016 23:50:57 GMT

Random HTTP Status Code Generator, written in Go

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