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func postJson(url string, jsonStr []byte) {
	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", url, bytes.NewBuffer(jsonStr))
	req.Header.Set("X-Custom-Header", "myvalue")
	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, err := client.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

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func randomInt(min int, max int) int {
	// min and max inclusive
	// assumes Seed has been set once for the program
	// use something like rand.Seed(time.Now().UTC().UnixNano())
	return min + rand.Intn(max-min+1)
}

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func epoch() int64 {
	return time.Now().Unix()
}

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# Logstash filter to remove embedded NULL characters

filter {
	mutate {
		gsub => [
			# Replace all NULL characters empty string. Do this to the message field first which will apply to all fields instead of specifying individual fields.
			"message", "[\u0000]", ""
			]
	}