http.get() example to get a remote url and display its content

get_client.go

package main

import (
	"flag"
	"fmt"
	"io/ioutil"
	"net/http"
)

var url = flag.String("u", "", "URL to read")

func main() {
	flag.Parse()
	resp, err := http.Get(*url)

	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	defer resp.Body.Close()

	content, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(content))
}

Example: go run get_client.go -u http://www.google.it