Golang streaming (http) client

streaming-client.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net"
	"time"
)

const (
	addr                     = "localhost:3000"
	maxConcurrentConnections = 100
)

func sendRequest() {
	con, err := net.Dial("tcp", addr)
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Printf("Could not connect to %q: %v.", addr, err)
	}
	// this is needed for HTTP Servers to respond at all
	fmt.Fprintf(con, "GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n")

	buffer := make([]byte, 10)
	err = nil
	for {
		read, err := con.Read(buffer)
		if read > 0 {
			fmt.Printf(string(buffer[:read]))
		}

		if err != nil {
			if err == io.EOF {
				break
			}

			fmt.Printf("Error reading: %v.", err)
		}
	}
}
func sendRequests(abort <-chan time.Time) {
	requestDone := make(chan bool)
	currentRequests := 0

	for {
		select {
		case <-abort:
			return
		case <-requestDone:
			currentRequests--
		default:
			if currentRequests < maxConcurrentConnections {
				currentRequests++
				go func(requestDone chan bool) {
					sendRequest()
					requestDone <- true
				}(requestDone)
			}
		}
	}
}

func main() {
	duration := time.After(10 * time.Second)

	go sendRequests(duration)
	<-duration
}