Simplifying error response writing for object handlers

pkg/api/api_generic_handlers.go

@@ -142,3 +142,14 @@ func ignoreUnImplementedObjectResources(req *http.Request) bool {
 	}
 	return false
 }
+
+func writeErrorResponse(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, errorType int, acceptsContentType contentType, resource string) {
+	error := getErrorCode(errorType)
+	errorResponse := getErrorResponse(error, resource)
+	// set headers
+	setCommonHeaders(w, getContentTypeString(acceptsContentType))
+	w.WriteHeader(error.HTTPStatusCode)
+	// write body
+	encodedErrorResponse := encodeErrorResponse(errorResponse, acceptsContentType)
+	w.Write(encodedErrorResponse)
+}