diff --git a/web.go b/web.go
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+++ b/web.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+)
+
+func loadWebPage(web_url string) ([]byte, error) {
+	resp, err := http.Get(web_url)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err.Error())
+	}
+
+	//reads html as a slice of bytes
+	html, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err.Error())
+	}
+
+	//check response codes
+	if resp.StatusCode >= 400 && resp.StatusCode <= 499 {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("response Code: %v", resp.StatusCode)
+	}
+	return html, err
+
+}