GO and XML sample4

gistfile1.go

//Generic Reader
type nopCloser struct {
        io.Reader
}

//update function
func (a *Account) Update() error {
        if xmlstring, err := xml.MarshalIndent(a, "", "    "); err == nil {
                xmlstring = []byte(xml.Header + string(xmlstring))
                client := &http.Client{}
                body := nopCloser{bytes.NewBufferString(string(xmlstring))}
                if req, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", "http://example.com/someresource", body); err != nil {
                        return err
                } else {
                        req.Header.Add("Accept", "application/xml")
                        req.Header.Add("Content-Type","application/xml; charset=utf-8")
                        req.ContentLength = int64(len(string(msgbody)))
                        if resp, resperr := client.Do(req); resperr != nil {
                                return resperr
                        }
                } 
        } else {
                return err
        }
        return nil
    
}

func main() {
       account, _ = GetAccount("account_code_here")
       account.FirstName = "Santa"
       account.LastName = "Claus"

       if err := account.Update(); err == nil {
                 println("Successfully Updated")
       } else {
                 println(err.Error())
       }
}