gin bindings are actually not that nice

auth/auth.go

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 package auth
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ func Init(c *Config, infoLog, errLog, dbgLog *log.Logger) (err error) {
 func newSession() gin.HandlerFunc {
 	return func(c *gin.Context) {
 		request := &NewSessionRequest{}
-		err := c.ShouldBindJSON(&request)
+		err := json.NewDecoder(c.Request.Body).Decode(request)
 		if err != nil {
 			c.JSON(http.StatusBadRequest, HTTPErrorResponse{"Error decoding request: " + err.Error()})
 			return