How to set timeout for http.Get() requests in Golang?
get, go, http, timeout
Solution
Apparently in Go 1.3 http.Client has Timeout field
client := http.Client{
Timeout: 5 * time.Second,
}
client.Get(url)
That's done the trick for me.
Problem
I'm making a URL fetcher in Go and have a list of URLs to fetch. I send `http.Get()` requests to each URL and obtain their response. ``` resp,fetch_err := http.Get(url) ``` How can I set a custom timeout for each Get request? (The default time is very long and that makes my fetcher really slow.) I want my fetcher to have a timeout of around 40-45 seconds after which it should return "request timed out" and move on to the next URL. How can I achieve this?