Function request

x-tba/swapi-api-client/request.go:23–52

creating a robust http getter (lecture? :))

(ctx context.Context, url string)

// creating a robust http getter (lecture? :))
func request(ctx context.Context, url string) ([]byte, error) {
	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	req = req.WithContext(ctx)

	resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		// Get the error from the context.
		// It may contain more useful data.
		select {
		case <-ctx.Done():
			err = ctx.Err()
		default:
		}
		return nil, err
	}
	defer resp.Body.Close()

	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Bad Status: %d", resp.StatusCode)
	}

	// Prevents the api to shoot us unlimited amount of data
	r := io.LimitReader(resp.Body, MaxResponseSize)

	return ioutil.ReadAll(r)
}