Go: panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference

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According to the docs for func (*Client) Do:

“An error is returned if caused by client policy (such as CheckRedirect), or if there was an HTTP protocol error. A non-2xx response doesn’t cause an error.

When err is nil, resp always contains a non-nil resp.Body.”

Then looking at this code:

res, err := client.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()

if err != nil {
    return nil, err
}

I’m guessing that err is not nil. You’re accessing the .Close() method on res.Body before you check for the err.

The defer only defers the function call. The field and method are accessed immediately.

So instead, try checking the error immediately.

res, err := client.Do(req)

if err != nil {
    return nil, err
}
defer res.Body.Close()

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