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request_hangs.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io/ioutil"
	"log"
	"net/http"
	"net/http/httptest"
	"net/http/httputil"
	"time"
)

func main() {
	//Start a server that sleeps for 10 second before returning a response
	slowServer := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
		incoming, _ := httputil.DumpRequest(r, false)
		fmt.Printf("Server: Incoming Request %s", string(incoming))
		time.Sleep(10 * time.Second) // Do difficult Job
		w.Write([]byte("Hello There!"))

	}))

	request, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", slowServer.URL, nil)
	var (
		resp *http.Response
		err  error
	)
	st := time.Now()
	if resp, err = http.DefaultClient.Do(request); err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("Error in request %s\n", err.Error())
	}
	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Printf("Request to %s,  Response = %s, Time Elapsed= %s\n", slowServer.URL, body, time.Now().Sub(st))

}