HTTP requests with header

Author: bsnux

httpHeader/main.go

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+package main
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+	"os"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "https://api.github.com/users/bsnux", nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("client: could not create request: %s\n", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	req.Header.Set("Accept", "application/vnd.github.v3+json")
+	client := &http.Client{}
+	res, err := client.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("client: error sending http request: %s\n", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("client: could not read response body: %s\n", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	var result map[string]interface{}
+	jsonErr := json.Unmarshal(body, &result)
+	if jsonErr != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("json: could not parse json: %s\n", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+	fmt.Println(result["bio"])
+}