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Learn HTTP Clients in Go

Call real APIs, parse JSON, handle errors, and make HTTP feel boring in Go.

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What you'll learn in this Go course

Learn the backbone of the modern web: HTTP network communications. You will be writing real HTTP requests in Go, then parsing and displaying the responses. Each challenge in this course is part of a larger application so that you will understand how HTTP is used in the real world.

Chapter List

1
Why HTTP?
Learn about HTTP and how it powers the majority of web communication
2
JSON
Learn one of the most popular data formatting notations in the programming world
3
DNS
Learn about domain names and how they map human-readable names to physical servers
4
URIs
Understand URIs and URLs at a deeper level
5
Headers
Practice adding custom headers to HTTP requests and learn about authorization
6
Methods
Learn about GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE requests
7
Paths
Learn how URL paths and query parameters relate to typical HTTP requests
8
HTTPS
Learn how to encrypt HTTP requests and keep them secure
9
Errors
Learn how to handle errors in Go
10
cURL
Use cURL and jq to make HTTP requests from the command line

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I loved this course so much , so much learning in the same one. recommend big time!

(5/5)
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Andreas Lindh

Sweden

Concise, covers exactly what is necessary.

(5/5)
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Geoffrey K

San Jose, California, USA

Easy to understand and a great simple introduction to HTTP, deeper self research is required to fully understand the concepts but all links are provided throughout the lessons.

(5/5)
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Hamzah Master

United Kingdom

Direct, practical and fun. Almost too short.

(4/5)
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Jaroslav Hůna

Ceske Budejovice, Czech republic

Good. This comes after the Learn Go course in the Backend Path, and it takes it up a notch.

(5/5)
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Aduneer

Germany

made me rework my loose ends in client side application programming now i truly understand this

(5/5)
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Sudhanshu Singh

India

Amazing and informal, but maybe need more depth

(5/5)
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Ahmed hagag

Egypt

Use boots there is a lot of stuff happing behind the scenes

(5/5)
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Paul

Germany

Great course for learning the basics of HTTP clients!

(5/5)
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Hugh Gramelspacher

Seattle, WA

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