I am sending a request to server but it is returning a web page. Is there a way to get the url of the web page instead?
package main
import (
"fmt"
"io/ioutil"
"net/http"
)
func main() {
req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://www.google.com", nil)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
client := new(http.Client)
response, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
fmt.Println(ioutil.ReadAll(response.Body))
}
You need to check for redirect and stop(capture) them. If you capture a redirection then you can get the redirect URL (to which redirection was happening) using location method of response struct.
package main
import (
"errors"
"fmt"
"net/http"
)
func main() {
req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://www.google.com", nil)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
client := new(http.Client)
client.CheckRedirect = func(req *http.Request, via []*http.Request) error {
return errors.New("Redirect")
}
response, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
if response.StatusCode == http.StatusFound { //status code 302
fmt.Println(response.Location())
} else {
panic(err)
}
}
}