14. Using the Go HTTP Client

Activity 14.01: Requesting Data from a Web Server and Processing the Response

Solution:

1. Add the necessary imports:

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

   Here, encoding/json is used to parse the response and marshal it into the structs. fmt is used to print out the counts and io/ioutil is used to read in the response body. log is used if something goes wrong to output the error. net/http is what we use to do the GET request.

2. Create structs to parse the data:

   type Names struct {
       Names []string `json:"names"`
   }

3. Create a function called getDataAndParseResponse() that returns two integers:

   func getDataAndParseResponse() (int, int) {

4. Send a GET request to the server:

       r, err := http...