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Overview of using context in HTTP requests - Go Tutorial
From the course: Context Package In Go Lang
Overview of using context in HTTP requests
- [Presenter] Let's talk about using the context package in HTTP request. Using context in HTTP requests is a critical tool for enhancing performance, reliability, and maintainability. Context and HTTP requests are used primarily to manage lifecycle requests, propagate cancellation signals, and handle request specific data. This is especially useful in concurrent requests and long running operations in web applications. To use context and HTTP requests, you must first create a new context at the beginning of your request and then derive any context as needed. Then, you must pass each of the context through the stack in order for them to be used. When using context, it's important that you follow best practices, such as ensuring that the context is the first parameter of the function and avoiding storing context in global or struct variables. This will ensure that your context will be used efficiently in order to enhance maintainability and reliability of the requests being made. You…
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