golang-lib/web/request.go

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Go

package web
import (
"encoding/json"
"net/http"
"time"
)
// JSONRequest issues a GET request to the specified URL and reads the returned
// JSON into value. See json.Unmarshal for the rules for converting JSON into a
// value.
func JSONRequest(url string, value interface{}) error {
netClient := &http.Client{
Timeout: time.Second * 20,
}
resp, err := netClient.Get(url)
if err != nil {
return err
}
err = json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&value)
resp.Body.Close()
if err != nil {
return err
}
return nil
}