1 files changed, 44 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/request/req.go b/pkg/request/req.go
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index 0000000..350f5f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/request/req.go
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package request
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// GetRes returns api response
+func GetRes(api string, params map[string]string) (string, error) {
+	c := http.Client{
+		// TODO: timeout should be configurable by the user
+		Timeout: time.Second * 64,
+	}
+
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, api, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	q := req.URL.Query()
+	for k, v := range params {
+		q.Add(k, v)
+	}
+	req.URL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
+
+	res, err := c.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	defer res.Body.Close()
+
+	if res.StatusCode != 200 {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("Unexpected response status code received: %d %s",
+			res.StatusCode, http.StatusText(res.StatusCode))
+	}
+
+	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return string(body), err
+}