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R. Hussain, M. ZulfiqarBeginning Go Programminghttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8858-0_7

7. HTTP

Rumeel Hussain1   and Maryam Zulfiqar2
(1)
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
(2)
Lahore, Pakistan
 

Now that you have a good grasp of the basics of the Go programming language, it’s the time to put things into action! The easiest way to do that is through web application programming interfaces (APIs). An API is a set of specifications used to communicate between two programs. APIs utilize web technologies, especially Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), to exchange information between clients and servers. Go provides extensive support for HTTP. This chapter includes Go recipes ...

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