go-weather/web.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io/ioutil"
	"net/http"
)

func loadWebPage(webURL string) ([]byte, error) {
	resp, err := http.Get(webURL)
	//reads html as a slice of bytes
	html, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	defer resp.Body.Close()

	//check response codes
	if resp.StatusCode >= 400 && resp.StatusCode <= 499 {
		err = fmt.Errorf("got response code %v", resp.StatusCode)
	}
	return html, err

}