Modifying http.Request in http/client.go?

[Peter Bourgon]

I need to submit a HTTP request with a request.Method and
request.Headers that I specify. I could do this no problem if
http/client.go's send() method was public. But, as it stands, the only
way I could figure out how to do it was to add a new method there:

func ArbitraryRequest(req Request, body io.Reader) (r *Response, err
os.Error) {
req.Body = nopCloser{body}
return send(&req)
}

Is there a better way, or should I submit my modification as a patch?

[Michael Hoisie]

Check out http.ClientConn, it gets the job done . It should be
available in the past two releases.

This is a snippet using it: http://pastie.org/836335

- Mike

[Peter Bourgon]

Thanks for the heads-up. It's quite a bit more... verbose than what I
was working with, but I'll go with it for now. I think there's still
room for a function like mine; if any of the authors agrees just let
me know.

[Michael Hoisie]

I've been pushing for that exact method for a while (even submitted a
patch) but haven't had any luck. http.ClientConn is a step forward,
but it is awkward to use.

I think that Russ and Petarm are planning to build a richer interface
on top of http.ClientConn.

- Mike

P.S I might rewrite http://github.com/hoisie/httplib.go to use
http.ClientConn .

[Peter Bourgon]

Ah, I see this has been extensively discussed... forgive my rehash. +1
to everything mentioned below:

http://groups.google.com/group/golang-nuts/browse_thread/thread/c381b81c291bb527
http://code.google.com/p/go/issues/detail?id=155