Simple HTTP wrapper in Go

golang-http

package main

import "net/http"
import "io/ioutil"
import "os"
import "fmt"
import "bytes"

func handleError(e error) {
	if e != nil {
		fmt.Println(e)
		os.Exit(1)
	}
}

func fetch(method string, url string, payload []byte, headers map[string]string) string {
	client := &http.DefaultClient
	request, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, bytes.NewBuffer(payload))
	handleError(err)

	// copy headers
	if headers != nil {
		for k, v := range headers {
			request.Header.Set(k, v)
		}
	}

	// perform request
	resp, err := client.Do(request)
	handleError(err)

	// read response
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	contents, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	handleError(err)

	return string(contents)
}

func get(url string, payload []byte, headers map[string]string) string {
	return fetch("GET", url, payload, headers)
}

func post(url string, payload []byte, headers map[string]string) string {
	return fetch("POST", url, payload, headers)
}

func put(url string, payload []byte, headers map[string]string) string {
	return fetch("PUT", url, payload, headers)
}

func main() {
	headers := make(map[string]string)
	headers["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
	result := post("http://localhost:4567?omg=lol&whatever=1", []byte("{\"test\":\"me\"}"), headers)
	fmt.Println(result)
}