Make broadcast payloads a string for easier testing

app_test.go

@@ -434,10 +434,7 @@ func Test_session_owner_can_broadcast_to_another_client(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Client 1 (session owner) broadcast to other clients in session
-	sentPayload := ExamplePayload{
-		Title: "test title",
-		Body:  "test body",
-	}
+	sentPayload := "{\"test\":\"testy\"}"
 	broadcastToSessionMsg := BroadcastToSessionMsg{
 		Type:    "BroadcastToSession",
 		Payload: sentPayload,
@@ -457,17 +454,16 @@ func Test_session_owner_can_broadcast_to_another_client(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("Error parsing BroadcastFromSessionMsg")
 	}
 
-	receivedPayload := broadcastFromSessionMsg.Payload.(map[string]interface{})
+	receivedPayload := broadcastFromSessionMsg.Payload
 
-	if receivedPayload["Body"] != sentPayload.Body {
+	if sentPayload != receivedPayload {
 		t.Logf("Received payload: %v", broadcastFromSessionMsg.Payload)
 		t.Logf("Sent payload: %v", sentPayload)
 		t.Fatalf(
 			"Expected payload body received to be same as one sent but sent %s is different from received %s",
-			sentPayload.Body,
-			receivedPayload["Body"],
+			sentPayload,
+			receivedPayload,
 		)
-
 	}
 
 }

msg_types.go

@@ -106,16 +106,16 @@ type ClientLeftSessionMsg struct {
 
 // BroadcastToSessionMsg - Used by client to send content to all clients in session
 type BroadcastToSessionMsg struct {
-	Type    string      `json:"type"`
-	Payload interface{} `json:"payload"`
+	Type    string `json:"type"`
+	Payload string `json:"payload"`
 }
 
 // BroadcastFromSessionMsg - Used by server to send content all clients in a session
 type BroadcastFromSessionMsg struct {
-	Type             string      `json:"type"`
-	FromSessionOwner bool        `json:"fromSessionOwner"`
-	SenderID         string      `json:"senderId"`
-	Payload          interface{} `json:"payload"`
+	Type             string `json:"type"`
+	FromSessionOwner bool   `json:"fromSessionOwner"`
+	SenderID         string `json:"senderId"`
+	Payload          string `json:"payload"`
 }
 
 // ErrorMsg - Websocket error message