httpclient

Documentation

Overview

Package httpclient provides a shared, configurable HTTP client for all modules. Using a single factory avoids each module creating its own client with inconsistent timeouts, user-agents or proxy settings.

Index

• Constants
• func Default() *http.Client
• func New(opts Options) *http.Client
• type Options

Constants

const (
	DefaultTimeout   = 15 * time.Second
	DefaultUserAgent = "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; BLACKHORN/1.0; +https://github.com/DonatoReis/blackhorn)"
)

Functions

func Default

func Default() *http.Client

Default returns an *http.Client with default settings.

func New

func New(opts Options) *http.Client

New returns an *http.Client configured with the given options. Redirects are followed up to 10 times by default.

Types

type Options

type Options struct {
	Timeout   time.Duration
	UserAgent string
}

Options configures the HTTP client.