golang http post request code example

Example 1: make a get request in go

package main

import (
	"io/ioutil"
	"log"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	resp, err := http.Get("https://httpbin.org/get")

	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	defer resp.Body.Close()

	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalln(err)
	}
	log.Println(string(body))
}

Example 2: go make http post request

import (
   "bytes"
   "encoding/json"
   "io/ioutil"
   "log"
   "net/http"
)

func main() {
//Encode the data
   postBody, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]string{
      "name":  "Toby",
      "email": "[email protected]",
   })
   responseBody := bytes.NewBuffer(postBody)
//Leverage Go's HTTP Post function to make request
   resp, err := http.Post("https://postman-echo.com/post", "application/json", responseBody)
}