Fetch a URL and consume its body, useful for testing bandwidth limiting

README.md

Usage

$ # go run dlMulti.go urls...
$ go run dlMulti.go https://google.ca https://blog.golang.org https://twitter.com

dlMulti.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"io/ioutil"
	"log"
	"net/http"
	"os"
)

func main() {
	if len(os.Args) < 2 {
		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "expecting atleast one url\n")
		os.Exit(1)
	}
	rest := os.Args[1:]

	for _, url := range rest {
		log.Printf("Fetching %q\n", url)
		res, err := http.Get(url)
		if err != nil {
			log.Printf("err %v url %q\n", err, url)
			continue
		}

		log.Printf("Successfully fetched %q\n", url)
		n, _ := io.Copy(ioutil.Discard, res.Body)
		log.Printf("read %d bytes from %q\n", n, url)
	}
}