main.go

package main

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

func fakeDial(proto, addr string) (conn net.Conn, err error) {
  fmt.Println("using domain socket")
  return net.Dial("unix", "/var/xapi/xapi")
}

func main() {
  tr := &http.Transport{
      Dial: fakeDial,
  }
  client := &http.Client{Transport: tr}
  req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "http://127.0.0.1/rrd_updates?start=1435024500&host=true&cf=AVERAGE", nil)
  req.SetBasicAuth("root", "testing")
  resp, err := client.Do(req)
  if err != nil {
    log.Fatal(err)
  }
  defer resp.Body.Close()

  body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
  if err != nil {
    log.Fatal(err)
  }
  fmt.Print(string(body))
}

// GOOS=linux GOARCH=386 go build