Random String

gistfile1.txt

/*
For this implementation I'm using third party service for getting random data. 
*/

package main

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

var RANDOM_DATA string = "https://www.random.org/cgi-bin/randbyte"

func main() {

    client := &http.Client{}

    req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", RANDOM_DATA, nil)
    req.Header.Add("Accept", "application/json")
    resp, err := client.Do(req)

    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }   

    defer resp.Body.Close()
    resp_body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    fmt.Println(string(resp_body))
}


/*

Output

╚═>go build random.go 
╔ǁpetko.petkov@dev-vm:~ 9 files, 6.3M    
╚═>./random 
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*/