Generic REST client (HTTP GET only) for #43

rest/client/rest.go

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+package client
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+)
+
+// httpClient allows http.Client to be mocked for tests
+type httpClient interface {
+	Do(*http.Request) (*http.Response, error)
+}
+
+// Generic REST restClient
+type restClient struct {
+	client  httpClient
+	baseURL *url.URL
+}
+
+// do performs an HTTP request with this client and returns the response
+func (c *restClient) do(method, uri string) (*http.Response, error) {
+	rel, err := url.Parse(uri)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	url := c.baseURL.ResolveReference(rel)
+
+	// Build the request
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url.String(), nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// Send the request
+	return c.client.Do(req)
+}
+
+// doGet performs a GET request with this client and marshalls the JSON response into v
+func (c *restClient) doGet(uri string, v interface{}) error {
+	resp, err := c.do("GET", uri)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	defer func() {
+		_ = resp.Body.Close()
+	}()
+	if resp.StatusCode == http.StatusOK {
+		// Decode response body
+		return json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(v)
+	}
+
+	return fmt.Errorf("Unexpected HTTP response status %v: %s", resp.StatusCode, resp.Status)
+}