go-timeout-httpclient

Yet another HTTP Client with configurable timeouts and TLS options.

Usage

Create a HTTP client with specific timeouts once and re-use it wherever you need it.

import "github.com/pteich/go-timeout-httpclient"

// Create an HTTP client with a timeout of 5s
httpClient := timeouthttp.New(timeouthttp.WithTimeout(5))

Built-in Circuit Breaker

Using the option timeouthttp.WithCircuitBreaker() automatically enables a circuit breaker for the requested host. This is implemented using the http.RoundTripper interface.

By now there are no further configuration values possible. This means the circuit is considered open if there are more than 3 requests and a failure ratio > 0.6.

Caveat: A new circuit breaker is created for every new host. There will be a memory issue if you request a lot of different hosts as there is no cleaning build in for the time being.