Dual ssl auth in go

main

# copied from https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/golang-nuts/dEfqPOSccIc

package main

import(
    "crypto/rand"
    "crypto/tls"
    "io/ioutil"
    "log"
    "net"
    "net/http"
    "compress/gzip"
    "strings"
    "time"
)

func main() {
    cert, err := tls.LoadX509KeyPair("certificate.pem", "key.pem")
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("Failed to load X509 key pair: %s", err)
    }

    ssl: = &tls.Config{
        Certificates: []tls.Certificate{cert},
        InsecureSkipVerify: true,
    }
    ssl.Rand = rand.Reader

    client: = &http.Client{
        Transport: &http.Transport{
            Dial: func(network, addr string)(net.Conn, error) {
                return net.DialTimeout(network, addr, time.Duration(time.Second*3))
            },
            TLSClientConfig: ssl,
        },
    }

    requestBody := strings.NewReader("{}");
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://www....", requestBody)

    // some custom headers
    req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
    req.Header.Add("Accept", "application/json")

    response, err := client.Do(req)
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("Failed to make request: %s", err)
    }

    if response.StatusCode != 200 {
        log.Fatalf("FAILED: Got status: " + response.Status)
    }

    defer response.Body.Close()
    // in case response is gziped, run that through the gzip reader to de decompress
    if strings.Contains(response.Header.Get("Content-Encoding"), "gzip") {
        response.Body, err = gzip.NewReader(response.Body)
        if err != nil {
            return
        }
    }

    data, err := ioutil.ReadAll(response.Body)
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("Could not read response body: %s", err)
    }
    log.Println(string(data))
}