Creating an HTTP request

This recipe will show you how to construct a HTTP request with specific parameters.

How to do it...

1. Open the console and create the folder chapter07/recipe06.
2. Navigate to the directory.

3. Create the request.go file with the following content:

        package main

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

        type StringServer string

        func (s StringServer) ServeHTTP(rw http.ResponseWriter,
                                        req *http.Request) {
          req.ParseForm()
          fmt.Printf("Received form data: %v\n", req.Form)
          fmt.Printf(&quot...