package rest import ( "fmt" "net/http" "io/ioutil" ) type Client interface { Get(url string) (*http.Response, error) GetBody(url string) (string, error) } type HttpClient struct { } // something like this? https://freshman.tech/snippets/go/http-response-to-string/ func (client *HttpClient) GetBody(url string) (string, error) { resp, geterr := http.Get(url) if geterr != nil { return "", geterr } if resp.StatusCode < 200 || resp.StatusCode > 299 { return "", fmt.Errorf("Status code for %s is not OK (%d)", url, resp.StatusCode) } defer resp.Body.Close() body, readerr := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body) if readerr != nil { return "", readerr } return string(body), nil } func (client *HttpClient) Get(url string) (*http.Response, error) { return http.Get(url) }