GET JSON array in Golang

easyget.go

package easyget

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

// Define Request struct
type Request struct {
	BaseUrl string
	Endpoint string
	QueryString string
	Headers map[string][]string
}

// Define Response struct
type Response struct {
	RawBody []byte
	Body Body
	Headers map[string][]string
	Status int
	Protocol string
}

// Define Body struct that goes in Response
type Body struct {
	Bytes []byte
	String string
}

func Get(req Request) (Response, error) {

	// Build the URL
	var url string
	url += req.BaseUrl
	url += req.Endpoint
	url += req.QueryString

	// Create an HTTP client
	c := &http.Client{}

	// Create an HTTP request
	r, err := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
	if err != nil { return Response{}, err }	

	// Add any defined headers
	if req.Headers != nil {
		r.Header = http.Header(req.Headers) 
	}

	// Add User-Agent if none is given
	if r.Header["User-Agent"] == nil {
	    r.Header.Set("User-Agent", "Golang easyget")
	}

	// Send the request
	res, err := c.Do(r)

	// Check for error
	if err != nil { return Response{}, err }	

	// Make sure to close after reading
	defer res.Body.Close()

	// Limit response body to 1mb
	lr := &io.LimitedReader{res.Body, 1000000}

	// Read all the response body
	rb, err := ioutil.ReadAll(lr) 

	// Check for error
	if err != nil { return Response{}, err }	

	// Build the output
	responseOutput := Response{
		Body: Body {
			Bytes: rb,
			String: string(rb),
		},
		Headers: res.Header,
		Status: res.StatusCode,
		Protocol: res.Proto,
	}

	// Send it along
	return responseOutput, nil

}

main.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"unirest"
	"encoding/json"
)

// Define response data
type Data struct {
	Date string
	Cases int
	Status string
}

func main() {

	// Create any headers we want to send
	headers := make(map[string][]string)
	headers["X-Header-Info"] = []string{"Something"} 
	headers["X-Header-Array"] = []string{"One", "Two"} 

	// Build the Request struct
	req := unirest.Request{
		BaseUrl: "http://192.241.227.237/",
		Endpoint: "ebola/project",
		QueryString: "?distance=5",
		Headers: headers,
	}

	// Send the request
	res, err := unirest.Get(req)

	// Print error if it exists
	if err != nil { fmt.Println(err) }	

	// Print the stuff in Response struct
	fmt.Println(res.Body.String)
	fmt.Println(res.Headers)
	fmt.Println(res.Status)
	fmt.Println(res.Protocol)

	// Since we have a JSON array lets turn it into a Go array
	var data []Data 
	json.Unmarshal(res.Body.Bytes, &data)

	// Print what we got with keys
	fmt.Printf("%+v\n", data)

	// Loop over array and print some stuff we found
	for _, e := range data {
		fmt.Printf("%v total %v cases: %v \n", e.Date, e.Status, e.Cases)
	}
}

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