NOTE: Guide to
net/http
timeouts
Also, here are some Transport settings you might want.
Although not explicitly stated, DNS resolution appears to be taken into consideration as part of the overall http.Client.Timeout
setting. If you need to set your own DNS timeout, then it seems https://github.com/miekg/dns is a popular solution.
Additionally, it's important to realise how golang resolves hostnames to IPs (i.e. DNS resolution):
https://golang.org/pkg/net/#hdr-Name_Resolution