http.ReadRequest will not parse a responce

[gopherbot]

by tm1rbrt:

http.ReadRequest fails to parse this response from bitcoin rpc, complaining with:
malformed HTTP version "OK"

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:26:26 +0000
Connection: close
Content-Length: 39
Content-Type: application/json
Server: bitcoin-json-rpc/0.3.23-beta

{"result":114548,"error":null,"id":""}

[robpike]

Comment 1:

Owner changed to @bradfitz.

Status changed to Accepted.

[bradfitz]

Comment 2:

ReadRequest reads requests.
ReadResponse reads responses.
But neither of those are APIs most users should use.  Just use http.Client or http.Get,
http.Post, etc.  It will do everything for you.

Status changed to Invalid.