package http import ( "errors" "io" "io/ioutil" "net/http" ) // Get perform a request using Request with the GET method func Get(url string, contentType string, r io.Reader, w io.Writer) error { return Request("GET", url, contentType, r, w) } // Post perform a request using Request with the POST method func Post(url string, contentType string, r io.Reader, w io.Writer) error { return Request("POST", url, contentType, r, w) } // Put perform a request using Request with the PUT method func Put(url string, contentType string, r io.Reader, w io.Writer) error { return Request("PUT", url, contentType, r, w) } // Delete perform a request using Request with the DELETE method func Delete(url string, contentType string, r io.Reader, w io.Writer) error { return Request("DELETE", url, contentType, r, w) } var devnull = ioutil.Discard // Request will perform the request to the given url and method sending the // content of the given reader as the body and writing all the contents // of the response to the given writer. The reader and writer are // optional. func Request(method string, url string, contentType string, r io.Reader, w io.Writer) error { req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, r) if err != nil { return err } if contentType != "" { req.Header.Add("Content-Type", contentType) } res, err := new(http.Client).Do(req) if err != nil { return err } defer res.Body.Close() 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 }