HTTP is an application protocol built on top of the TCP layer. The concept is relatively simple; you can craft a request using plain text. In the first line, you will provide the method, such as GET or POST, along with the path and the HTTP version you are conforming to. After that, you will provide a series of key and value pairs to describe your request. Generally, you need to provide a Host value so that the server knows which website you are requesting. A simple HTTP request might look like this:
GET /archive HTTP/1.1 Host: www.devdungeon.com
You don't need to worry about all of the details in the HTTP specification though. Go provides a net/http package that comes with several tools for easily creating production-ready ...
