refactor and added test

caddyhttp/httpserver/replacer.go

@@ -127,12 +127,9 @@ func NewReplacer(r *http.Request, rr *ResponseRecorder, emptyValue string) Repla
 					return ""
 				}
 
-				body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
-				// Create a new ReadCloser to keep the body from being drained.
-				r.Body = ioutil.NopCloser(bytes.NewBuffer(body))
-
+				body, err := readRequestBody(r)
 				if err != nil {
-					log.Printf("[WARNING] Cannot read request body %v", err)
+					log.Printf("[WARNING] Cannot copy request body %v", err)
 					return ""
 				}
 
@@ -164,6 +161,18 @@ func canLogRequest(r *http.Request) (canLog bool) {
 	return
 }
 
+// readRequestBody reads the request body and sets a
+// new io.ReadCloser that has not yet been read.
+func readRequestBody(r *http.Request) ([]byte, error) {
+	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	// Create a new ReadCloser to keep the body from being drained.
+	r.Body = ioutil.NopCloser(bytes.NewBuffer(body))
+	return body, nil
+}
+
 // Replace performs a replacement of values on s and returns
 // the string with the replaced values.
 func (r *replacer) Replace(s string) string {

caddyhttp/httpserver/replacer_test.go

 package httpserver
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"os"
@@ -161,3 +162,25 @@ func TestRound(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestReadRequestBody(t *testing.T) {
+	r, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "/", strings.NewReader(`null`))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+	defer r.Body.Close()
+
+	body, err := readRequestBody(r)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error("readRequestBody failed", err)
+	}
+
+	var data = make([]byte, len(body))
+	_, err = r.Body.Read(data)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	} else if !bytes.Equal(body, data) {
+		t.Error("Expceted equal bytes.")
+	}
+}