main.go

package main

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

func main() {
        http.HandleFunc("/", webserver)
        http.ListenAndServe(":8080", nil)
        message := get()
        fmt.Println("The webserver said:", message)
}

func webserver(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
        fmt.Fprintf(w, "Howdy!")
}

func get() string {
        response, err := http.Get("http://localhost:8080/")
        if err != nil {
                log.Fatalln(err)
        }
        message, err := ioutil.ReadAll(response.Body)
        if err != nil {
                log.Fatalln(err)
        }
        return string(message)
}