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Learn HTTP Clients in Go

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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.

Syllabus

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

Taught by

Lane Wagner, Allan, Dan, Matt, and Hunter

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