If there is no scheme then use a sensible default. For example,
package main
import (
"fmt"
"io/ioutil"
"log"
"net/http"
"net/url"
)
func main() {
href := "//www.google.com/support/websearch/?source=g&hl=en"
url, err := url.Parse(href)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
if url.Scheme == "" {
url.Scheme = "http"
}
req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", url.String(), nil)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
client := http.Client{}
res, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
websearch, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
res.Body.Close()
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
fmt.Printf("%s
", websearch)
}