// Copyright © 2018 Inanc Gumus // Learn Go Programming Course // License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ // // For more tutorials : https://learngoprogramming.com // In-person training : https://www.linkedin.com/in/inancgumus/ // Follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/inancgumus package main import ( "bytes" "fmt" "io" "net/http" "os" ) func main() { // initiate the transmission channel (http connection) to the webserver. resp, err := http.Get("https://inancgumus.github.com/x/rosie.unknown") if err != nil { fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err) return } // close it so the http package can reuse the connection. defer resp.Body.Close() // resp.Body here is an io.ReadCloser: Read() + Close() methods. // but in the transfer function it's an io.Reader: Only the Read() method. n, err := transfer(resp.Body) if err != nil { fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err) return } fmt.Printf("%d bytes transferred.\n", n) // resp.Body.Close() runs here (because of the defer above) } func transfer(r io.Reader) (n int64, err error) { const pngSign = "\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n" const pngSignLen = 8 // create an in-memory buffer (bytes.Buffer is an io.Reader and an io.Writer). var memory bytes.Buffer // stream from the standard input to the in-memory buffer in 32KB data chunks. // r.Read(...) -> memory.Write(...) if n, err = io.Copy(&memory, r); err != nil { return n, err } // check the png signature. buf := memory.Bytes() fmt.Printf("% x\n", buf[:pngSignLen]) fmt.Printf("% x\n", pngSign) return n, err }