How to Test HTTP Outbound in Go Using Just the Standard Library

The Go standard library is rich and powerful, but we often find ourselves needing third-party libraries to test HTTP outbound. Similar to testing an HTTP handler with the httptest package, we can also test HTTP outbound either with httptest or by extending the http.RoundTripper package. This article will demonstrate how to test HTTP outbound in Go. Prepare the Playground To ensure we’re on the same page, let’s clone this repository to use as our base code....

April 15, 2024 · 10 min · 2078 words · Jose Sitanggang