initial hopefully work setup

server.go

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+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+)
+
+func alertReceiver(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	if r.Method != http.MethodPost {
+		http.Error(w, "Method not allowed", http.StatusMethodNotAllowed)
+		return
+	}
+
+	body, err := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(r.Body, 1<<20))
+	if err != nil {
+		http.Error(w, "Payload exceeded maximum size. Are you really sending alerts?", http.StatusBadRequest)
+		return
+	}
+	defer r.Body.Close()
+
+	if len(body) == 0 {
+		http.Error(w, "Empty payload", http.StatusBadRequest)
+		return
+	}
+
+	payload := ParseAlert(body)
+	fmt.Printf(payload)
+
+}