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The net/http Package

Let’s learn about the net/http package.

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The http.Response type
The http.Request type
The http.Transport type
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The net/http package offers functions that allow us to develop web servers and clients. For example, http.Get() and http.NewRequest() are used by clients for making HTTP requests, whereas http.ListenAndServe() is used for starting web servers by specifying the IP address and the TCP port the server listens to. Additionally, http.HandleFunc() defines supported URLs as well as the functions that are going to handle these URLs.

The next three subsections describe three important data structures of the net/http package—we can ...

Course Introduction

Introduction to Go

Basic Go Data Types

Composite Data Types

Reflection and Interfaces

Go Packages and Functions

Telling a UNIX System What to Do

Go Concurrency

Building Web Services

Working with TCP/IP and WebSocket

Working with REST APIs

Code Testing and Profiling

Working with gRPC

Go Generics

Conclusion

Appendix A—Go Garbage Collector

The net/http Package