main.go

func get() string {
        // Println debugging!
        fmt.Println("Got into func get().")
        response, err := http.Get("http://localhost:8080/")
        if err != nil {
                log.Fatalln(err)
        }
        // Println debugging!
        fmt.Println("Sent GET request.")
        message, err := ioutil.ReadAll(response.Body)
        if err != nil {
                log.Fatalln(err)
        }
        // Println debugging!
        fmt.Println("Got GET response body:", message)
        return string(message)
}