handle get request and send response golang code example

Example 1: golang get request data

package main

func fetchResponse(url string) string{
	resp, _ := http.Get(url)	
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	return string(body)
}

func main() {	
	resp := fetchResponse("http://someurl.com")
	fmt.Println(resp)
}

Example 2: golang http writer redirect

func redirect(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
    http.Redirect(w, r, "http://www.google.com", 301)
}