How can we make HTTP GET request in Golang
The HTTP GET method is used for requesting data from the server or some other source. In this shot, we will learn how to fetch data with the GET method in Golang.
1. Create a Golang file
Let’s name this file main.go and import the necessary packages:
package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
)
The net/http package provides all the utilities that we need to make HTTP requests.
2. Make a GET request
The net/http package has a Get() method, which is used for making GET requests that accept a URL and return a response and an error. When the error is nil, the response returned will contain a response body and vice versa.
response, error := http.Get("https://reqres.in/api/products")
if error != nil {
fmt.Println(error)
}
fmt.Println(response)
Note: At this point, the response contains a large amount of incoherent data, like the header and properties of the request.
Code
package mainimport ("fmt""net/http")func main() {// make GET requestresponse, error := http.Get("https://reqres.in/api/products")if error != nil {fmt.Println(error)}// print responsefmt.Println(response)}
As can be seen in the code given above, we made a GET request to this URL and then output the response on the console.
