Simple client that HTTP gets and JSON parses an endpoint

httpClient.go

package main

import "net/http"
import "fmt"
import "io/ioutil"
import "encoding/json"

// Artist is a struct to hold artist values
type Artist struct {
	Name, Shortname, Reknown, Bio string
}

func main() {
	resp, err := http.Get("https://gist.githubusercontent.com/planetoftheweb/98f35786733c8cccf81e/raw/f3dad774ed1fe20b36011b1261bb392ee759b867/data.json")
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	defer resp.Body.Close()

	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	artists := make([]Artist, 1)
	if err := json.Unmarshal(body, &artists); err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	for _, artist := range artists {
		fmt.Printf("%s (%s)\n%s\n\n", artist.Name, artist.Shortname, artist.Reknown)
		fmt.Println(artist.Bio + "\n\n")
	}
}