go-http-client vs go-cleanhttp

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go-http-client		go-cleanhttp
	Project
-	Mentions	1
73	Stars	354
-	Growth	0.0%
2.7	Activity	0.0
3 months ago	Latest Commit	about 1 year ago
Go	Language	Go
MIT License	License	Mozilla Public License 2.0

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go-http-client

Posts with mentions or reviews of go-http-client. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

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Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

go-cleanhttp

Posts with mentions or reviews of go-cleanhttp. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-06-09.

Rust without the async (hard) part
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 9 Jun 2022

Yes - `DefaultClient` in `net/http` is what the various package level methods operate on. This is constitutionally bad as global state that dependencies can mutate at will during init (or any other time), hence go-cleanhttp [1].
[1]: https://github.com/hashicorp/go-cleanhttp

What are some alternatives?

When comparing go-http-client and go-cleanhttp you can also consider the following projects:

heimdall - An enhanced HTTP client for Go

contact - Retryable HTTP client in Go.

go-sse - Fully featured, spec-compliant HTML5 server-sent events library

req - Simple Go HTTP client with Black Magic

gev - 🚀Gev is a lightweight, fast non-blocking TCP network library / websocket server based on Reactor mode. Support custom protocols to quickly and easily build high-performance servers.

requests - HTTP requests for Gophers

httpx - Reliable HTTP for GoLang

httpretry - Enriches the standard go http client with retry functionality.

go-otelroundtripper - Go http.RoundTripper that emits open telemetry metrics. This helps you easily get metrics for all external APIs you interact with.