3 files changed, 45 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/internal/fetch/doc.go b/internal/fetch/doc.go
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+++ b/internal/fetch/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// Package fetch makes a GET request to a given URL, retrieving the
+// HTML contents of that webpage.
+package fetch
diff --git a/internal/fetch/fetch.go b/internal/fetch/fetch.go
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+++ b/internal/fetch/fetch.go
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+package fetch
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func fetch(rawURL string, timeoutSecs int) (io.Reader, error) {
+	client := http.Client{
+		Timeout: time.Duration(timeoutSecs) * time.Second,
+	}
+
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, rawURL, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't create %s request for %s", http.MethodGet, rawURL)
+	}
+
+	resp, err := client.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("client failed to perform %s request for %s", http.MethodGet, rawURL)
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("status for %s for %s: %s", http.MethodGet, rawURL, resp.Status)
+	}
+
+	return bufio.NewReader(resp.Body), nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/fetch/fetch_test.go b/internal/fetch/fetch_test.go
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/fetch/fetch_test.go
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+package fetch
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestFetch(t *testing.T) {
+	_, err := fetch("http://example.com", 2)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+}