A simple GET request in GoLang

get.go

package main

import (
	"bufio"
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"net"
)

func main() {
	ExampleGETReq()
	AlternateExampleGETReq()
}

func ExampleGETReq() {
	addr, err := net.ResolveTCPAddr("tcp", "google.com:80")
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

	// Open a connection to google.com
	conn, err := net.DialTCP("tcp", nil, addr)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	// Write to the connection
	fmt.Fprintf(conn, "GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n")

	// Listen for reply and process it
	status, err := bufio.NewReader(conn).ReadString('\n')
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	fmt.Println("Status: ", status)

	// Finally close the connection
	conn.Close()
}

func AlternateExampleGETReq() {
	// Open a connection to google.com
	conn, err := net.Dial("tcp", "google.com:80")
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	// Write to the connection
	fmt.Fprintf(conn, "GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n")

	// Listen for reply and process it
	status, err := bufio.NewReader(conn).ReadString('\n')
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	fmt.Println("Status: ", status)

	// Finally close the connection
	conn.Close()
}