Added golangci linting and improved what was required

websocket/client.go

@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ const (
 
 	// Send pings to peer with this period. Must be less than pongWait.
 	pingPeriod = (pongWait * 9) / 10
-
-	// Maximum message size allowed from peer.
-	maxMessageSize = 512
 )
 
 var upgrader = websocket.Upgrader{
@@ -52,10 +49,10 @@ func (c *Client) writePump() {
 	for {
 		select {
 		case message, ok := <-c.send:
-			c.conn.SetWriteDeadline(time.Now().Add(writeWait))
+			_ = c.conn.SetWriteDeadline(time.Now().Add(writeWait))
 			if !ok {
 				// The hub closed the channel.
-				c.conn.WriteMessage(websocket.CloseMessage, []byte{})
+				_ = c.conn.WriteMessage(websocket.CloseMessage, []byte{})
 				return
 			}
 
@@ -63,13 +60,13 @@ func (c *Client) writePump() {
 			if err != nil {
 				return
 			}
-			w.Write(message)
+			_, _ = w.Write(message)
 
 			if err := w.Close(); err != nil {
 				return
 			}
 		case <-ticker.C:
-			c.conn.SetWriteDeadline(time.Now().Add(writeWait))
+			_ = c.conn.SetWriteDeadline(time.Now().Add(writeWait))
 			if err := c.conn.WriteMessage(websocket.PingMessage, nil); err != nil {
 				return
 			}

websocket/hub.go

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func (h *Hub) Broadcast(message interface{}) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	h.broadcast <- []byte(payload)
+	h.broadcast <- payload
 	return nil
 }