Simple wrapper around the standard go net/http library to add timeouts to http requests.

NOTE - it is now possible to timeout requests using the standard go library either by using the Timeout field in https://golang.org/pkg/net/http/#Client or by creating your own https://golang.org/pkg/net/http/#RoundTripper and using the lower level timeout cabilities surfaced there.

This library is compatible with Go1.1.

go get github.com/jimrobinson/httpclient

Import the library as well as the standard go time and net/http libraries:

import "github.com/jimrobinson/httpclient"
import "log"
import "net/http"
import "time"

Decide on a timeout for your client, and create a new *httpclient.Client to dispatch your requests:

timeout := time.Duration(1 * time.Second)
client := httpclient.NewClient(timeout)

req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "http://example.org/", nil)
if err != nil {
	log.Fatal(err)
}

rsp, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
	log.Fatal(err)
}
defer rsp.Body.Close()