I am trying to get the content of a publicly available file using ioutil.ReadFile()
but it doesn't find the file: panic: open http://www.pdf995.com/samples/pdf.pdf: No such file or directory
Here's my code:
// Reading and writing files are basic tasks needed for
// many Go programs. First we'll look at some examples of
// reading files.
package main
import (
"fmt"
"io/ioutil"
)
// Reading files requires checking most calls for errors.
// This helper will streamline our error checks below.
func check(e error) {
if e != nil {
panic(e)
}
}
func main() {
fileInUrl, err := ioutil.ReadFile("http://www.pdf995.com/samples/pdf.pdf")
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
fmt.Printf("HERE --- fileInUrl: %+v", fileInUrl)
}
Here's a go playground example