httpclient is a simple convenience package for performing http/api requests in Go. It wraps the standard libraries net/http package to avoid the repetitive request->decode->closebody logic you're likely so familiar with. Using the lib is very simple - just as with the net/http package you can define a client of your own or use the default. Below is a very basic example.
package main
import "github.com/starboy/httpclient"
func main() {
s, err := httpclient.GetString("https://api.github.com/users/starboy/repos")
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
println(s)
}Copyright © 2018 Steven Wolfe
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