From f1539d34942bcb9e70d7758882308578320f8f0c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard Collins <richardc@richardc.net>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 16:03:47 +1300
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Change Error and Status to print textual status codes

---
 render.go | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/render.go b/render.go
index 807e801..9c00c4f 100644
--- a/render.go
+++ b/render.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/xml"
 	"fmt"
 	"html/template"
-  "io"
+	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ type Render interface {
 	Error(status int)
 	// Status is an alias for Error (writes an http status to the http.ResponseWriter)
 	Status(status int)
+	// StatusText is the same as Status except it allows you to customise the error text.
+	StatusText(status int, text string)
 	// Redirect is a convienience function that sends an HTTP redirect. If status is omitted, uses 302 (Found)
 	Redirect(location string, status ...int)
 	// Template returns the internal *template.Template used to render the HTML
@@ -325,10 +327,15 @@ func (r *renderer) Data(status int, v []byte) {
 
 // Error writes the given HTTP status to the current ResponseWriter
 func (r *renderer) Error(status int) {
-	r.WriteHeader(status)
+	r.Status(status)
 }
 
 func (r *renderer) Status(status int) {
+	r.StatusText(status, http.StatusText(status))
+}
+
+func (r *renderer) StatusText(status int, text string) {
+	fmt.Fprint(r, status, " ", text)
 	r.WriteHeader(status)
 }
 

From bdaac41b4ea8a1f874d36e3afb28a86e214983c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard Collins <richardc@richardc.net>
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2014 09:03:11 +1300
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Fix bug Status always sending 200 status code

---
 render.go | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/render.go b/render.go
index 9c00c4f..487c44b 100644
--- a/render.go
+++ b/render.go
@@ -335,8 +335,8 @@ func (r *renderer) Status(status int) {
 }
 
 func (r *renderer) StatusText(status int, text string) {
-	fmt.Fprint(r, status, " ", text)
 	r.WriteHeader(status)
+	fmt.Fprint(r, status, " ", text)
 }
 
 func (r *renderer) Redirect(location string, status ...int) {