Getting the status code from a get request in golang - http

Question

I'm trying to get the http status code in goland.
I'm passing the authorization token as well.
This is what I tried so far:
func StatusCode(PAGE string, AUTH string) (r string){
resp, err := http.NewRequest("GET", PAGE, nil)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
resp.Header.Set("Authorization", AUTH)
fmt.Println("HTTP Response Status:", resp.StatusCode, http.StatusText(resp.StatusCode))
r := resp.StatusCode + http.StatusText(resp.StatusCode)
}
Basically I want to get this:
r = "200 OK"
or
r= "400 Bad request"
The previous code it´s complaining from resp.StatusCode and http.StatusText(resp.StatusCode)

Answer 1

There are two problems. The first is that the application uses the request as the response. Execute the request to get the response.
The second problem is that resp.StatusCode + http.StatusText(resp.StatusCode) does not compile because operand types are mismatched. The value resp.StatusCode is an int. The value of http.StatusText(resp.StatusCode) is a string. Go does not have the implicit conversion of numbers to strings that would make this work the way you expect.
Use r := resp.Status if you want the status string as sent from the server.
Use r := fmt.Sprintf("%d %s", resp.StatusCode, http.StatusText(resp.StatusCode)) to construct a status string from the server's status code and the Go's status strings.
Here's the code:
func StatusCode(PAGE string, AUTH string) (r string) {
// Setup the request.
req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", PAGE, nil)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
req.Header.Set("Authorization", AUTH)
// Execute the request.
resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
if err != nil {
return err.Error()
}
// Close response body as required.
defer resp.Body.Close()
fmt.Println("HTTP Response Status:", resp.StatusCode, http.StatusText(resp.StatusCode))
return resp.Status
// or fmt.Sprintf("%d %s", resp.StatusCode, http.StatusText(resp.StatusCode))
}