Trivial Go server

now_api.go

package main

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"net/http"
	"time"

	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
)

func main() {
	r := mux.NewRouter()
	r.HandleFunc("/", GetIndex)
	r.HandleFunc("/now", GetNow)
	panic(getServer(":5000", r).ListenAndServe())
}

func getServer(httpAddr string, *mux.Router) string {
	return &http.Server{
		Addr:         httpAddr,
		ReadTimeout:  1000 * time.Second,
		WriteTimeout: 1000 * time.Second,
		IdleTimeout:  120 * time.Second,
		Handler:      r,
	}
}

func GetIndex(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
	w.Write([]byte("Hello, world! Visit /now for the current time."))
}

func GetNow(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
	nowb, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]time.Time{"now": time.Now()})
	w.Write(nowb)
}