Consuming a REST API using Golang

Overview

This post will talk about how to consume a REST API using Go. We will go through steps to setup the Go project, Go Modules used and how we run the code.

Prerequisites

• Valid Golang installation

If you need instructions on how to install it this is a good place to start https://golang.org/doc/install

Introduction

I’ve been meaning to start a developer blog of some sort for a while but never seem to get around to doing so. With the second lockdown still in force for England it seems like now is a good time.

This is a popular task to complete as…