package main import ( "context" "fmt" "io" "io/ioutil" "net/http" ) // MaxResponseSize limits the response bytes from the API const MaxResponseSize = 2 << 16 // 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) }