golangHow to use basic auth with HTTP client

package main

import ("net/http"; "os"; "io")

func main() {
  h := http.Client{}
  req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://echoof.me/", nil)
  req.SetBasicAuth("user", "pwd")
  r, _ := h.Do(req)
  defer r.Body.Close()
  io.Copy(os.Stdout, r.Body)
}ctrl + cgithub

`package main` default package declaration	`net/http` http package to work with http protocol
`http.Client{}` creates new HTTP client object	`http.NewRequest` creates HTTP request object
`"GET"` HTTP method to use	`SetBasicAuth(` set basic auth username and password
`.Do(` sends given request	`io.Copy(os.Stdout, r.Body)` output response body to stdout

Usage example

package main

import ("net/http"; "os"; "io")

func main() {
  h := http.Client{}
  req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://echoof.me/", nil)
  req.SetBasicAuth("user", "pwd")
  r, _ := h.Do(req)
  defer r.Body.Close()
  io.Copy(os.Stdout, r.Body)
}

output

IP:                           135.181.98.214

ACCEPT_ENCODING:              gzip
AUTHORIZATION:                Basic dXNlcjpwd2Q=
USER_AGENT:                   Go-http-client/1.1

https://echoof.me

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