//Add necessary imports, e.g., os, slclient, datatypes
// "os"
// slclient "github.com/maximilien/softlayer-go/client"
// datatypes "github.com/maximilien/softlayer-go/data_types"

//Access SoftLayer username and API key from environment variable or hardcode here
username := os.Getenv("SL_USERNAME")
apiKey := os.Getenv("SL_API_KEY")
	
//Create a softLayer-go client
client := slclient.NewSoftLayerClient(username, apiKey)

//Get the SoftLayer account service object
accountService, err := client.GetSoftLayer_Account_Service()
if err != nil {
  return err
}

//Create a template for the virtual guest (changing properties as needed)
virtualGuestTemplate := datatypes.SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest_Template{
  Hostname:  "some-hostname",
	Domain:    "softlayergo.com",
	StartCpus: 1,
	MaxMemory: 1024,
	Datacenter: datatypes.Datacenter{
		Name: "ams01",
	},
	SshKeys:                      [],  //or get the necessary keys and add here
	HourlyBillingFlag:            true,
	LocalDiskFlag:                true,
	OperatingSystemReferenceCode: "UBUNTU_LATEST",
}
	
//Get the SoftLayer virtual guest service
virtualGuestService, err := client.GetSoftLayer_Virtual_Guest_Service()
if err != nil {
  return err
}
	
//Create the virtual guest with the service
virtualGuest, err := virtualGuestService.CreateObject(virtualGuestTemplate)
if err != nil {
	return err
}
	
//Use the virtualGuest or other services...