/* ========== Cariddi ========== This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/. @Repository: https://github.com/edoardottt/cariddi @Author: edoardottt, https://www.edoardoottavianelli.it @License: https://github.com/edoardottt/cariddi/blob/main/LICENSE */ package crawler import ( "bytes" "encoding/json" "io" "net/http" ) // GetRequest performs a GET request and return // a string (the body of the response). func GetRequest(target string) (string, error) { resp, err := http.Get(target) if err != nil { return "", err } defer resp.Body.Close() // We Read the response body on the line below. body, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body) if err != nil { return "", err } // Convert the body to type string sb := string(body) return sb, nil } // PostRequest performs a POST request and return // a string (the body of the response) // the map in the input should contains the data fields and values // in this way for example: // { email: test@example.com, password: stupid_pwd }. func PostRequest(target string, data map[string]string) (string, error) { postBody, _ := json.Marshal(data) responseBody := bytes.NewBuffer(postBody) // Leverage Go's HTTP Post function to make request resp, err := http.Post(target, "application/json", responseBody) // Handle Error if err != nil { return "", err } defer resp.Body.Close() // Read the response body body, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body) if err != nil { return "", err } sb := string(body) return sb, nil } // HeadRequest performs a HEAD request and return // a string (the headers of the response). func HeadRequest(target string) (string, error) { resp, err := http.Head(target) if err != nil { return "", err } defer resp.Body.Close() // Read the response body body, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body) if err != nil { return "", err } sb := string(body) return sb, nil }