Using json and net/http get, parse and select data from web endpoint response.

get_github_api.go

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "log"
    "net/http"
    "io/ioutil"
    "encoding/json"
)

type mytype map[string]string

func main() {
    res, err := http.Get("https://api.github.com/")
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }

    github, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
	res.Body.Close()
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

    var data mytype

    err = json.Unmarshal(github, &data)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

    current_user := data["current_user_url"]
    events_url := data["events_url"]
    rate_limit := data["rate_limit_url"]

    fmt.Println("Current User:", current_user)
    fmt.Println("Events URL:", events_url)
    fmt.Println("Rate Limit URL:", rate_limit)

    for k, _ := range data {
        fmt.Printf("%s\n", k)
    }

    for _, v := range data {
        fmt.Printf("%s\n", v)
    }
}