workerclient/workerclient.go

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func startSingleConnection(connectionId int) {
 		}
 
 		for {
-			requestMessage, err := bufio.NewReader(conn).ReadString('\n')
+			encodedRequestMessage, err := bufio.NewReader(conn).ReadString('\n')
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Printf("(%d) Error receiving request from load balancer server : %s\n", connectionId, err)
 				_ = conn.Close()
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ func startSingleConnection(connectionId int) {
 				break
 			}
 
+			requestMessageBytes, _ := b64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(strings.TrimSpace(encodedRequestMessage))
+			requestMessage := string(requestMessageBytes)
+
 			log.Printf("(%d) Received new request message : %s", connectionId, requestMessage)
 
 			// TODO: Move prefix to the ENV

workerserver/workerserver.go

@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ func handleConnection(conn net.Conn) {
 	for {
 		request := <-workerDescription.Req
 
-		_, err := conn.Write([]byte("URL " + request.Url + "\n"))
+		requestBase64 := b64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte("URL " + request.Url))
+
+		_, err := conn.Write([]byte(requestBase64 + "\n"))
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Println("Cannot send to " + clientAddr)
 			conn.Close()