HTTP client

Context

The net/http package provides an HTTP client. Use http.Get for simple GET requests, or http.Client for custom timeouts, headers, etc.

Example

Fetch a URL and print the status code.

Code example

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "net/http"
    "time"
)

func main() {
    client := &http.Client{Timeout: 5 * time.Second}
    resp, err := client.Get("https://example.com")
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error:", err)
        return
    }
    defer resp.Body.Close()
    fmt.Println("Status:", resp.Status)
}

Output

Status: 200 OK

Useful links

• net/http package
• Go by Example: HTTP Clients