diff --git a/encode/encode.go b/encode/encode.go
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+++ b/encode/encode.go
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+package encode
+
+import "net/http"
+
+//Encoder for api http endpoints
+type Encoder interface {
+	//Encode an interface{} to a data format.
+	//Can only be called once in a request because it sets data format specific http headers
+	Encode(w http.ResponseWriter, v interface{}) error
+}
diff --git a/encode/json.go b/encode/json.go
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+++ b/encode/json.go
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+package encode
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"net/http"
+)
+
+type jsonEncoder struct{}
+
+//NewJSONEncoder for JSON API endpoints
+func NewJSONEncoder() Encoder {
+	return &jsonEncoder{}
+}
+
+func (e *jsonEncoder) Encode(w http.ResponseWriter, v interface{}) error {
+	defer w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=utf-8")
+	return json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(v)
+}
diff --git a/transport/endpoint.go b/transport/endpoint.go
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+++ b/transport/endpoint.go
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+package transport
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/TheMysteriousVincent/apiexperiments/encode"
+	"github.com/TheMysteriousVincent/libs/problem"
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+)
+
+//HandlerFunc of the main service functions
+type HandlerFunc func(ctx context.Context, r *http.Request) (interface{}, error)
+
+//MiddlewareFunc of middlewares surrounding the main service
+type MiddlewareFunc func(ctx context.Context, r *http.Request) error
+
+//Endpoint of an service
+type Endpoint interface {
+	//PutMiddlewareBefore the handler.
+	//PutMiddlewareBefore can be called multiple as every middleware is appended one after another
+	PutMiddlewareBefore(mw MiddlewareFunc) Endpoint
+	//PutMiddlewareAfter the handler.
+	//PutMiddlewareAfter can be called multiple as every middleware is appended one after another
+	PutMiddlewareAfter(mw MiddlewareFunc) Endpoint
+	//HandlerFunc for the http endpoint
+	HandlerFunc(*zap.Logger) http.HandlerFunc
+}
+
+type endpoint struct {
+	before MiddlewareFunc
+	after  MiddlewareFunc
+	hndl   HandlerFunc
+	enc    encode.Encoder
+}
+
+//NewEndpoint of an http service
+func NewEndpoint(e encode.Encoder, hndl HandlerFunc) Endpoint {
+	return &endpoint{
+		hndl: hndl,
+		enc:  e,
+	}
+}
+
+func (e *endpoint) PutMiddlewareBefore(mw MiddlewareFunc) Endpoint {
+	if e.before == nil {
+		e.before = mw
+	} else {
+		e.before = func(ctx context.Context, r *http.Request) error {
+			if err := e.before(ctx, r); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			return mw(ctx, r)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return e
+}
+
+func (e *endpoint) PutMiddlewareAfter(mw MiddlewareFunc) Endpoint {
+	if e.after == nil {
+		e.after = mw
+	} else {
+		e.after = func(ctx context.Context, r *http.Request) error {
+			if err := e.after(ctx, r); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			return mw(ctx, r)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return e
+}
+
+func (e *endpoint) HandlerFunc(l *zap.Logger) http.HandlerFunc {
+	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		ctx := r.Context()
+
+		if err := e.before(ctx, r); err != nil {
+			e.encodeError(w, err, l)
+			return
+		}
+
+		v, err := e.hndl(ctx, r)
+		if err != nil {
+			e.encodeError(w, err, l)
+			return
+		}
+
+		if err := e.after(ctx, r); err != nil {
+			e.encodeError(w, err, l)
+			return
+		}
+
+		e.enc.Encode(w, v)
+	}
+}
+
+func (e *endpoint) encodeError(w http.ResponseWriter, err error, l *zap.Logger) {
+	if err := e.enc.Encode(w, e.finalizeError(err)); err != nil {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		l.Error(
+			"encoding failed",
+			zap.Error(err),
+		)
+	}
+}
+
+func (e *endpoint) finalizeError(err error) problem.Problem {
+	p, ok := err.(problem.Problem)
+	if !ok {
+		p = problem.New(
+			http.StatusText(http.StatusInternalServerError),
+			err.Error(),
+			http.StatusInternalServerError,
+		)
+	}
+
+	if p.Status == 0 {
+		p.Status = http.StatusInternalServerError
+	}
+
+	return p
+}