package main import ("net/http"; "io/ioutil"; "fmt") func main() { req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "http://127.0.0.1:5000/", nil) req.SetBasicAuth("u", "supersecret") res, resErr := http.DefaultClient.Do(req) if resErr != nil { panic(resErr) } defer res.Body.Close() body, bodyErr := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body) if bodyErr != nil { panic(bodyErr) } fmt.Print(string(body)) }