Function doRequest

main.go:250–297

Sends HTTP request to Github API

(method, url, contentType string, reqBody io.Reader, bodySize int64)

// Sends HTTP request to Github API
func doRequest(method, url, contentType string, reqBody io.Reader, bodySize int64) ([]byte, error) {
	req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, reqBody)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	req.Header.Set("Authorization", fmt.Sprintf("token %s", githubToken))
	req.Header.Set("Content-type", contentType)
	req.Header.Set("Accept", "application/vnd.github.v3+json")
	req.ContentLength = bodySize

	if debug {
		log.Println("================ REQUEST DUMP ==================")
		dump, err := httputil.DumpRequestOut(req, true)
		if err != nil {
			log.Println(err.Error())
		}
		log.Println(string(dump[:]))
	}

	resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	if debug {
		log.Println("================ RESPONSE DUMP ==================")
		dump, err := httputil.DumpResponse(resp, true)
		if err != nil {
			log.Println(err.Error())
		}
		log.Println(string(dump[:]))
	}

	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	defer resp.Body.Close()

	respBody, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK && resp.StatusCode != http.StatusCreated {
		return respBody, fmt.Errorf("Github returned an error:\n Code: %s. \n Body: %s", resp.Status, respBody)
	}

	return respBody, nil
}