REST API Calls Without External Libraries: Go net/http Tutorialn #31

Learn how to make HTTP requests in Go! The net/http package provides everything you need to interact with REST APIs - no external libraries required. 📚 What you'll learn: - Making GET requests with http.Get - Reading response status, headers, and body - defer resp.Body.Close() pattern - io.ReadAll for reading response bodies - Sending POST requests with JSON using http.Post - Struct JSON tags for serialization (json:"field") - json.Marshal and json.Unmarshal - bytes.NewBuffer as an io.Reader - Custom http.Client with timeouts - http.NewRequest for full control - Setting custom headers (Accept, User-Agent) - url.Values for safe query parameters - json.NewDecoder for streaming JSON decode - Helper function patterns for API calls - map[string]any for dynamic JSON ⏱️ Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 0:30 - GET Requests (http.Get, status codes, headers, body) 2:37 - POST Requests (JSON tags, Marshal, http.Post) 5:26 - Custom Client (timeouts, NewRequest, headers, query params) 8:01 - JSON Patterns (NewDecoder, helper functions, map[string]any) 11:15 - Recap 11:45 - Up Next: HTTP Server 💻 Code: https://github.com/GoCelesteAI/go_http_client 🔔 Subscribe for more Go tutorials!