Quote of the day in Go Lang (playing with Go for the first time)

main.go

package main

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

// go run main.go
func main() {
	url := "http://api.forismatic.com/api/1.0/?method=getQuote&format=json&lang=en"
	var response, err = http.DefaultClient.Get(url)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	defer response.Body.Close()

	bodyBytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(response.Body)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

	//bodyString := string(bodyBytes)
	//fmt.Print(bodyString)

	var quoteData QuoteData
	json.Unmarshal(bodyBytes, &quoteData)
	fmt.Println(quoteData.QuoteText)

	author := quoteData.QuoteAuthor
	if len(author) < 1 {
		author = "unknown"
	}

	fmt.Println(" - " + author)
}

type QuoteData struct {
	QuoteAuthor string
	QuoteText   string
}