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internal/api/helpers.go

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+package api
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"net/http"
+)
+
+// ErrorResponse represents a JSON error response
+type ErrorResponse struct {
+	Error string `json:"error"`
+}
+
+// JSONError sends a JSON error response
+func JSONError(w http.ResponseWriter, message string, statusCode int) {
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	w.WriteHeader(statusCode)
+	json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(ErrorResponse{Error: message})
+}
+
+// JSONResponse sends a JSON response
+func JSONResponse(w http.ResponseWriter, data interface{}, statusCode int) {
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	w.WriteHeader(statusCode)
+	json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(data)
+}