/
helpers.go
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/
helpers.go
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package gobet
import (
"bytes" //needed for debug
"encoding/json"
"io/ioutil" //needed for debug
"log"
"net/http"
"strings"
)
func DoRequest(verb, url, payload string, headers map[string]string, outputStructPointer interface{}, logger *log.Logger) error {
if logger == nil {
logger = log.New(ioutil.Discard, "", 0)
}
req, err := http.NewRequest(verb, url, strings.NewReader(payload))
for headerKey, headerVal := range headers {
req.Header.Set(headerKey, headerVal)
}
client := &http.Client{}
resp, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
logger.Println(err)
return err
}
defer resp.Body.Close()
// debug request and response
//logger.Println(req, payload)
bodyBytes, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
//logger.Println("\n\n", string(bodyBytes), "\n\n")
resp.Body = ioutil.NopCloser(bytes.NewBuffer(bodyBytes))
err = json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(outputStructPointer)
if err != nil {
logger.Println(err, "Got this instead: ", "Request", req, payload, "Response", string(bodyBytes))
return err
}
return nil
}