Fix nil error for GET requests

go.mod

@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ go 1.20
 
 require (
 	github.com/lib/pq v1.10.9
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.8.0
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.11.0
 )

go.sum

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 github.com/lib/pq v1.10.9 h1:YXG7RB+JIjhP29X+OtkiDnYaXQwpS4JEWq7dtCCRUEw=
 github.com/lib/pq v1.10.9/go.mod h1:AlVN5x4E4T544tWzH6hKfbfQvm3HdbOxrmggDNAPY9o=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.8.0 h1:pd9TJtTueMTVQXzk8E2XESSMQDj/U7OUu0PqJqPXQjQ=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.11.0 h1:6Ewdq3tDic1mg5xRO4milcWCfMVQhI4NkqWWvqejpuA=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.8.0/go.mod h1:mRqEX+O9/h5TFCrQhkgjo2yKi0yYA+9ecGkdQoHrywE=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.11.0/go.mod h1:xgJhtzW8F9jGdVFWZESrid1U1bjeNy4zgy5cRr/CIio=

restclient/client.go

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package restclient
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"mime/multipart"
+	"net/http"
+)
+
+// SendRequest sends an HTTP request to a URL and includes the specified headers and body.
+// A body can be nil for GET requests, a map[string]string for multipart/form-data requests,
+// or a struct for JSON requests
+func SendRequest(url string, method string, headers map[string]string, body interface{}) (http.Response, error) {
+	var reqBody *bytes.Buffer
+	var contentType string
+
+	switch v := body.(type) {
+	case nil:
+		reqBody = bytes.NewBuffer([]byte(""))
+	case map[string]string:
+		reqBody = &bytes.Buffer{}
+		writer := multipart.NewWriter(reqBody)
+		for key, value := range v {
+			writer.WriteField(key, value)
+		}
+		writer.Close()
+		contentType = writer.FormDataContentType()
+	default:
+		jsonBody, err := json.Marshal(body)
+		if err != nil {
+			return http.Response{}, err
+		}
+		reqBody = bytes.NewBuffer(jsonBody)
+		contentType = "application/json"
+	}
+
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, reqBody)
+	if err != nil {
+		return http.Response{}, err
+	}
+
+	if contentType != "" {
+		req.Header.Set("Content-Type", contentType)
+	}
+
+	for key, value := range headers {
+		req.Header.Add(key, value)
+	}
+
+	client := &http.Client{}
+	resp, err := client.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return http.Response{}, err
+	}
+
+	return *resp, nil
+}