Request module and tests

http/request.go

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+package http
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+)
+
+var devnull io.Writer = ioutil.Discard
+
+func Do(method string, url string, r io.Reader, w io.Writer) error {
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, r)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	client := &http.Client{}
+	res, err := client.Do(req)
+
+	if res != nil {
+		defer res.Body.Close()
+	}
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if res.StatusCode < 200 || res.StatusCode >= 300 {
+		return errors.New(GetReason(res))
+	}
+
+	if w == nil {
+		_, err = io.Copy(devnull, res.Body)
+	} else {
+		_, err = io.Copy(w, res.Body)
+	}
+	return err
+}